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2002
NEW PRESIDENTS: 129
| NORTH AMERICA - 43 MISSIONS | ||
| Mission | New President | Returning President |
| Alaska Anchorage | Kent Byron Petersen | J. Vance Hendricks |
| Arizona Mesa | Nigel George Wappett* | New mission |
| Arizona Phoenix | Craig Lang Booth | Nigel George Wappett* |
| Arizona Tucson | Leland J. Anderson II | Lanny J. Nalder |
| Arkansas Little Rock | John Robert Bonnemort | William Dean Bawden Jr. |
| California Anaheim | R. Gene Moffitt | L. Neil Rasmussen |
| California Fresno | H. Arthur Barney | William Dana Friden |
| California Los Angeles | Michael Jay Partridge | T. Dean Christensen |
| California Riverside | Neil H Christensen | Edward Andersen Heyes |
| California Roseville | Danel Wayne Bachman | Kenneth R. Zimmerman |
| California Sacramento | R. Craig Hansen | Robert Joseph Grow |
| California San Diego | Eldon Dale Olsen | Richard Leo Pitcher |
| California San Jose | E. Reed Heywood | W. Kent Fitzgerald |
| California Ventura | Kenneth Earl Brailsford | Val L. Clarke |
| Canada Montreal | David Olson Ulrich | Larry Grant Stoddard |
| Canada Toronto East | Glen Ward Taylor | James Douglas Hart |
| Canada Vancouver | Steven Harold Stewart | Robert Peter Haight |
| Colorado Colorado Springs | C. Eugene Hymas | New mission |
| Colorado Denver North | Gary Edmund Mordock | Darwin LaMar Thomas |
| Connecticut Hartford | Garth A. Hanson | Donald J. Butler |
| Florida Ft Lauderdale | Wynn H. Hemmert | Floyd Eugene Warren |
| Georgia Macon | K. Eric Gardner | Norman Dean Anderson |
| Kentucky Louisville | Bernard E. Packard | Michael Clark Cannon |
| Louisiana Baton Rouge | D. Thomas Borgquist | Max B. Simpson |
| Michigan Lansing | L. Scott Gardner | Kenneth Hayden Church |
| Minnesota Minneapolis | Peter F. Evans | Lonny Ralph Gleed |
| Nevada Las Vegas | Lorey Larson Draper | Warren G. Tate |
| New Jersey Morristown | Merrill Rex Norman | L. Robert Webb Jr. |
| New York New York North | Scott Smith Parker | Noel Golden Stoker |
| Ohio Columbus | Steven Lynn Driscoll | Robert Arnold Sharp |
| Oregon Eugene | John Riley Cushing | Ronald Andrew Smart |
| Oregon Portland | Arlo Bryan Weston | Scott Walter Ballif |
| Pennsylvania Harrisburg | Neils Foster Ludlow | Patrick John Schwartz |
| South Carolina Columbia | LeRoy Kimball Berrett | Roger Watson Doxey |
| Tennessee Knoxville | Wayne Bower Hilbig | Hyrum Ernest Smith III |
| Tennessee Nashville | Kenneth Lee Sorber | Henry Dixon Taylor Jr |
| Texas Dallas | Kimel Pierce Fisher | Blaine Clifford Morgan |
| Texas Houston | Maynard Robert Olsen | James Bruce Mayfield |
| Texas Houston East | Steven Ross Sutherland | Kevin Ralph Nield |
| Texas Lubbock | James Grey Larkin | New mission |
| Washington Kennewick | Keith A. Anderson | New mission |
| Washington Tacoma | John William Allen | Ronald Allan Stone |
| West Virginia Charleston | Ronald A. Millett | John Robert Wible |
| MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA - 15 MISSIONS | ||
| Mission | New President | Returning President |
| El Salvador San Salvador East | Henry Aldous Nelson | Delwyn Lee Richardson |
| El Salvador San Salvador West | William James Young | Elmer Roberto Cajas |
| Guatemala Guatemala City Central | David R. Daines Jr. | James Arnold Lemmon |
| Guatemala Guatemala City North | Randy Jay Harris | H. Clifford Potter |
| Guatemala Guatemala City South | Harold Rand Tolboe | Keith Nash Layton |
| Guatemala Quetzaltenango | Stuart Thorpe Waldrip | Carlos Leonel Astorga |
| Honduras Tegucigalpa | James Johnston Wilson | Michael Don Anderton |
| Mexico Guadalajara | Wilford W. Andersen | Ruben Dario Torres |
| Mexico Mexico City North | Eduardo H. Ferreyro | Arturo Galindo |
| Mexico Oaxaca | Felix Alberto Martinez | Leonardo Reyes |
| Mexico Puebla | Robert Thomas Seeley | Juan Antonio Machuca |
| Mexico Tijuana | Jose Luis Alonso | Wilbur Thayne Wagner |
| Mexico Torreon | Kurt M. Alexander | Mauro Jose Luis Gil |
| Mexico Tuxtla Gutierrez | Sidney Dean Goodrich | Jose Marcos Lopez |
| Mexico Veracruz | Ivan Lee Thomas | Jose Luis Torres |
| AFRICA - 6 MISSIONS | ||
| Mission | New President | Returning President |
| Ghana Accra | John Cottam Riding | Duane Arnold Hoem |
| Nigeria Enugu | Jan Gysbert Hugo | Robert Reid Nally |
| Nigeria Ibadan | William Hubbell Sherwood | New mission |
| Nigeria Uyo | Jonathon Atwood Dibble | New mission |
| South Africa Cape Town | David Daniel Marriott | Gary Kay Haddock |
| South Africa Johannesburg | James Warren Fitch | P. Roger DeMordaunt |
| BRITISH ISLES - 2 MISSIONS | ||
| Mission | New President | Returning President |
| England Birmingham | Richard Grant Whitehead * | Michael Richards Hinckley |
| England Bristol | Mission being consolidated | Richard Grant Whitehead * |
| England Manchester | David Murray Fewster | Philip Coy Wightman |
| SOUTH AMERICA - 30 MISSIONS | ||
| Mission | New President | Returning President |
| Argentina Buenos Aires West | Jerry R. Villarreal | Ruben Sabatino Tidei |
| Argentina Cordoba | Steven Dale Ogden ** | Enrique Manuel Garcia |
| Argentina Mendoza | Mario Cecilio Romero | W. Douglas Steimle II |
| Argentina Neuquen | George Owen Stewart | Richard Riley George |
| Argentina Resistencia | Ruben Luis Spitale | Shirley Dean Christensen |
| Argentina Rosario | Hyde M. Merrill | Rafael Eduardo Pino |
| Argentina Salta | Marvin Edgar Turley | David Michael Macdonald |
| Bolivia Cochabamba | Terry Frank Calton | Daniel Arnoldo Moreno |
| Bolivia La Paz | Terrance Stephan Drake | Gordon Thomas Wilson |
| Brazil Brasilia | David Fredrick Babbel | George Mavromatis |
| Brazil Florianopolis | Guilherme T. Peixoto | Nivaldo Bentim |
| Brazil Fortaleza | Leonel Sa Maia | Jose Maria Arias |
| Brazil Maceio | Nata Cruciol Tobias | Edson Jose Martins Lopes |
| Brazil Manaus | Adelson de Paula Parrella | James David Campbell |
| Brazil Recife | Saul Rodrigues Duarte | Ross Martin Madsen |
| Brazil Ribeirao Preto | Henrique Sergio Simplicio | Lewis P. Zollinger |
| Brazil Rio de Janeiro | Reinaldo de Souza Barreto | Mark David Ringger |
| Brazil Rio de Janeiro North | Sandro Quatel | Alan Stephen Anderson |
| Brazil Salvador | Lowell Richard Williams | Fernando Antonio Silva |
| Brazil Sao Paulo Interlagos | David Cannon Marriott | Richard Neils Christensen |
| Brazil Sao Paulo North | Richard Sherman Bangerter | Stanley G. Ellis |
| Brazil Sao Paulo South | F. Lynn DeBry | Jay Blair Jones |
| Chile Osorno | David Lopez | Jose Antonio Garcia |
| Chile Santiago North | Lawrence E. Corbridge | David Alan Christensen |
| Colombia Cali | Jorge Eduardo H. Trujillo | Noel Alberto Diaz |
| Ecuador Guayaquil North | Roger Perry Smock | W. David Terry |
| Ecuador Quito | Lynn Shurtleff | Owen Dean Call |
| Peru Chiclayo | Boyd Tobler | William George Hawkins |
| Peru Lima East | Glendon Lyons | Mark Harding Barrow |
| Venezuela Caracas | Allan Jay Webb | James Gregory Andrus |
| ASIA - 6 MISSIONS | ||
| Mission | New President | Returning President |
| Japan Hiroshima | Bradford Berry Banks | Thomas Merrill Cherrington |
| Japan Sapporo | Richard K Hansen | Michael R. Larkins |
| Japan Sendai | Alan Money Bird | Conan Paul Grames |
| Japan Tokyo South | Karl Hart Bullock | Kenji Suzuki |
| Korea Pusan | To be announced | Robert Henry Slover II |
| Mongolia Ulaanbaatar | Gary Gibbons | Glen Harlan Clark |
| EUROPEAN - 16 MISSIONS | ||
| Mission | New President | Returning President |
| Austria Vienna | Mission being consolidated | Michael Schulze |
| Baltic (formerly Lithuania Vilnius) | Peter Roland Barr | Robert Kent Lund |
| Cape Verde Praia | Daryl Kitt Hobson | New mission |
| Finland Helsinki | Preston Blair Hoyt | Kim Monson Johnson |
| France Paris | Lynn Jacobsen Bennion | David Wilford Madsen |
| France Toulouse | Allan Thomas Pratt | Reed Neil Wilcox |
| Germany Frankfurt | John Laurence Manwaring | Frank Herbert Apel |
| Germany Munich/Austria | LeRoy Samuel Wirthlin | Laurence Ardell Harker |
| Italy Catania | Sebastiano Caruso | Terrance Grant Rempel |
| Italy Padova | Mission being consolidated | Daniel Otto Jensen * |
| Italy Rome | Daniel Otto Jensen * | Craig Neil Pacini |
| Netherlands Amsterdam | Mission being consolidated | Thomas Charles Anderson |
| Norway Oslo | Steven W. Bergstedt | Jan Thyge Tveten |
| Portugal Lisbon North | Mission being consolidated | Philip Arlo Trost |
| Romania Bucharest | Clayton Shirl Huber | George Kirkham Jarvis |
| Russia Yekaterinburg | Martell Joseph Gee | Marc Earl Hall |
| Slovenia Ljubljana | Ralph Carlyl Aardema | Brent Marvin Strong |
| Sweden Stockholm | Gary Evan Baugh | Allan Thomas Clarke |
| Ukraine Donetsk | Kay H. Christensen | David Michael McQueen |
| Ukraine Kiev | William Gillman West | Frank Vernon Trythall |
| PHILIPPINES/MICRONESIA - 7 MISSIONS | ||
| Mission | New President | Returning President |
| Philippines Angeles | Grant R. Brimhall | K. Dean Black |
| Philippines Cebu | Brent M. Wadsworth | Gerald Dwayne Abram |
| Philippines Davao | Miguel R. Valdez | Arsenio Abraham Pagaduan |
| Philippines Manila | D. Gary Beck | Jack Melvin Peck |
| Philippines Olongapo | Keith F. Kinghorn | E. LaMar Sanders |
| Philippines San Pablo | Rulon Robert Osmond | George Edgar Johnson |
| Philippines Tacloban | Frank Wayne Elggren | Danilo Durias Dela Vega |
| CARIBBEAN - 2 MISSIONS | ||
| Mission | New President | Returning President |
| Dominican Republic Santo Domingo East | Kenneth E. Hudson | Robert Michael Johns |
| Dominican Republic Santo Domingo West | C. Henry Platt | Laren Murri Gertsch |
| PACIFIC - 5 MISSIONS | ||
| Mission | New President | Returning President |
| Fiji Suva | La Ron Woolley | Roy Gene Bauer |
| New Zealand Auckland | Dirk Smibert | Paul Wendell Mendenhall |
| New Zealand Wellington | David Emerson Staples | Gregory M. Capson |
| Samoa Apia | Rendall V. Broomhead | Suau'upa'ia Pe'a |
| Tahiti Papeete | William Joseph Welsh III | Ralph Alonzo Andersen |
* Being transferred
** Began serving 4 February 2002
