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Russia, India, Nicaragua to get their first Mormon temples; Utah to get its 19th

Of the seven new temples announced Sunday by new LDS Church President Russell M. Nelson, one is planned for Russia, a country where Mormon proselytizers can’t even call themselves “missionaries,” another will go up in India, the world’s largest Hindu nation, and yet another will be in, well, Utah, already home to nearly 20 of the sacred edifices.

Yes, Layton, with LDS temples just to its south in Bountiful and its north in Ogden will become home to the state’s 19th Mormon temple.

But that hardly tamped the enthusiasm of Layton residents and other Utahns.