Four couples have been assigned as new temple leaders in Canada and will begin their three-year service in September 2025.
The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints called these new temple presidents and matrons to serve in four of Canada’s nine operating temples. The Church has 200 temples operating worldwide, eight that have been previously dedicated but are closed for renovation, and 171 that are under construction or have been announced.
Links to the couples’ brief biographies and photos were published in the Church News on January 30, 2025; February 6, 2025, and March 27, 2025.
The following biographies appear here courtesy of TheChurchNews.com. They are not for use by other media.
By Valerie Walton, Church News
Calgary Alberta Temple
Cameron Lee Olson and Valerie Jean Coad Olson, Crystalridge Ward, Calgary Alberta Foothills Stake, called as president and matron of the Calgary Alberta Temple, succeeding President G. Lawrence Spackman and Sister Flora E. Spackman. President Olson is a ward Sunday School presidency counselor and temple sealer and a former stake presidency counselor and bishop. He was born in Cardston, Alberta, to Oliver Albert Olson and Lorna Leavitt.
Sister Olson is a temple worker and a former ward Relief Society presidency counselor and ward Primary presidency counselor. She was born in Taber, Alberta, to John Raymond Coad and Gertrude Jean Loose.
Cardston Alberta Temple
DOWNLOADJohn Dudley Bridge and Bonnie Harker Bridge, Cardston 5th Ward, Cardston Alberta West Stake, called as president and matron of the Cardston Alberta Temple, succeeding President F. Brent Thomas and Sister Carolyn R. Thomas. President Bridge is a patriarch and temple sealer and a former stake presidency counselor, high councilor and bishop. He was born in Magrath, Alberta, to John Henry Bridge and Maxine Dudley.
Sister Bridge is a temple ordinance worker and a former ward Relief Society president, ward Young Women president and ward Primary president. She was born in Magrath, Alberta, to Kenneth Sabey Harker and Eva Marie Crookston.
Halifax Nova Scotia Temple
DOWNLOADGeorge Colin Pattison and Lisa Dolores Downey Pattison, Kennebecasis Ward, Saint John New Brunswick Stake, called as president and matron of the Halifax Nova Scotia Temple, succeeding President Thomas W. Drennan and Sister Valerie J. Drennan. President Pattison is a high councilor and temple worker and a former Canada Edmonton Mission president, stake president, bishop and elders quorum president. He was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Colin Ralph Pattison and Mabel Levina Watts.
Sister Pattison is a temple worker and a former mission president companion, ward Relief Society president, ward Young Women president and ward Primary presidency counselor. She was born in Moncton, New Brunswick, to Damon McKay Downey and Alice Louise Downey.
Montreal Quebec Temple
DOWNLOADSterling Harrison Dietze and Greta del Rocío Hermosa Zambrano Dietze, Victoria Ward, Longueuil Québec Stake, called as president and matron of the Montreal Quebec Temple, succeeding President Paul Arsenault and Sister Sue Arsenault. President Dietze is a temple sealer and former stake president, high councilor and bishop. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, to Siegfried Helmut Dietze and Ethel Elsie Dietze.
Sister Dietze is a temple worker and former ward Young Women president, ward Primary president and ward Relief Society presidency counselor. She was born in Manta, Ecuador, to Alfonso Guillermo Hermosa de la Torre and Augusta Rosa Hermosa.
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