Southeast area divided; Caribbean Area created
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The First Presidency has announced the formation of a new area of the Church.
The Caribbean Area will include the island nations of the Caribbean Sea, along with the South American countries of Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana. The new area formerly belonged to the North America Southeast Area.
Elder Clate W. Mask Jr. of the Seventy will preside over the Caribbean Area. Newly called Seventy Elder Daniel L. Johnson will serve as first counselor. Elder Miguel A. Lee, an Area Seventy, has been called as second counselor. The area headquarters will be located in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
The Caribbean Area is geographically, linguistically and culturally diverse. Several island nations — like Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Bahamas, as well as Guyana — are English-speaking lands. Spanish is the predominant language in the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, while Haitian members speak Creole and French. French is also spoken in French Guiana. Meanwhile, much of Suriname speaks Dutch.
One temple — the Santo Domingo Dominican Republic Temple — and eight missions are in operation in the Caribbean Area.
