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New temple presidents

Published: Saturday, Sept. 2, 2006

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Jong Chul and Young Sim Jun
Jong Chul Jun, 65, Sinchon Ward, Seoul Korea North Stake, called as president of the Seoul Korea Temple; succeeding President Do Whan Lee. President Jun's wife, Young Sim Cha, will serve as temple matron. President Jun, a sealer in the Seoul Korea Temple, has served as a mission president and mission president's counselor, stake president's counselor, district president, branch president, and Young Men president. He retired as temple recorder in the Seoul Korea Temple and has been a Distribution Center manager. He was born in Seoul, Korea, to Choong-Seon Jun and Yeong-Hee Han.

Sister Jun, who served with her husband when he was mission president, has been a stake Relief Society president's counselor, ward Relief Society president and ward Relief Society president's counselor, and Sunday School teacher. She was born in Seoul, Korea, to Yong-Tae Cha and Moo-Duk Lee.

Ryoushou and Noriko Nakamura
Ryoushou Nakamura, 74, Kumamoto Ward, Kumamoto Japan Stake, called as president of the Fukuoka Japan Temple; succeeding President Kiyoshi Tokuzawa. President Nakamura's wife, Noriko Uchiyama Nakamura, will serve as temple matron. President Nakamura, presently serving as a patriarch, has also served as a member of the Tokyo Japan Temple presidency, a temple sealer and ordinance worker, mission president's counselor, district president, branch president, and as a senior couple temple missionary. He is a retired medical doctor. He was born in Kumamoto, Japan, to Gorou and Tomi Nakajima Nakamura.

Sister Nakamura, who served with her husband as a senior couple temple missionary, has served as an assistant to the matron in the Tokyo Japan Temple, temple ordinance worker, branch Relief Society president, and ward Relief Society teacher. She was born in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto, Japan, to Masayuki Hirota and Itsuko Uchiyama.

Masayuki and Michiko Nakano
Masayuki Nakano, 62, Abeno Ward, Osaka Japan Stake, called as president of the Tokyo Japan Temple; succeeding President Makoto Fukuda. President Nakano's wife, Michiko Adachi Nakano, will serve as temple matron. President Nakano, an Area Seventy in the Asia North Area, has served as public affairs director, patriarch, mission president's counselor, stake mission president, stake president and stake president's counselor, and bishop. He is a retired Legal Department and Sales Administration director for Schering Plough K.K. He was born in Sapporo-city, Hokkaido, Japan, to Shigeaki and Masa Okajima Nakano.

Sister Nakano, currently serving as a ward Relief Society teacher, has also served as stake Relief Society president and Relief Society president's counselor, ward Relief Society president and Relief Society president's counselor, stake and ward Primary president, and as a teacher in ward Sunday School and Primary organizations. She was born in Matsue-city, Shimane, Japan, to Nobu and Toshie Katsube Adachi.