Five new mission presidents and their wives have been called by the
First Presidency. They will begin service about July 1.
David J. and Kathleen Bullock
David John Bullock, 52, England
Manchester Mission; Littleton 5th Ward, Littleton Colorado Stake; high
priest group instructor; former high councilor, bishop, stake executive
secretary, elders quorum president and missionary in the Sweden Stockholm
Mission. Retired chief executive officer, ING Funds Distributor. Born in
Boise, Idaho, to Harry Cliffe and Lavaughn Marion Hunter Bullock. Married
Kathleen Amelia Packer, five children.
A stake Relief Society president, Sister Bullock is a former stake and
ward Primary president and ward Relief Society and Young Women president.
Born in American Fork, Utah, to Boyd Kenneth and Donna Edith Smith Packer.
Olinda B. and Jorge Luis del Castillo
Jorge Luis del Castillo, 54, Argentina
Resistencia Mission; El Dorado Ward, Florencio Varela Argentina Stake;
bishop; former Area Seventy, stake president, regional representative, area
public affair assistant and missionary in the
Argentina Cordoba Mission.
Owner of dry cleaning business. Born in Avellaneda, Buenos Aires,
Argentina, to Rafael and Luisa Carbonell Del Castillo. Married
Olinda Beatriz Boveda, six children.
Sister del Castillo is a former counselor in a ward Relief Society
presidency, seminary teacher and ward Primary president. Born in Posadas,
Misiones, Argentina, to Marcos and Irma Albrecht Boveda.
Joselito M. and Mafalda Neves
Joselito Medina Costa Neves, 39, Cape
Verde Praia Mission; Mindelo 2nd Ward, Mindelo Cape Verde Stake; former
district president and counselor, branch president and ward Sunday School
president and teacher. Coordinator, Church Educational System. Born in Cha
de Igreja, Ilha de Santo Antao, Cape Verde, to Carlos A. C. Neves and Maria
L. Medina. Married
Mafalda Sofia L. B. Ferreira, three children.
Sister Neves is a former district Young Women president, counselor in a
district Primary presidency and branch Primary president. Born in Mindelo,
Sao Vicente, Cape Verde, to Guilherme Santos and Adozinda B.L.B. Ferreira.
Carlos and Marcia Toledo
Carlos Roberto Toledo, 44, Brazil
Salvador Mission; Alphaville Ward, Barueri Brazil Stake; counselor in the
bishopric; former counselor in the Mexico City West Mission presidency,
high councilor, branch president, bishop, stake president and missionary in
the Brazil Porto Alegre Mission. Senior regional human resource director,
Solae. Master of organizational behavior at BYU; Born in Quatigua, Parana,
Brazil, to Antonio and Helena Cremonezi Toledo. Married
Marcia Regina Almeida, three children.
A ward Primary president, Sister Toledo is a former ward Young Women
president, stake Relief Society president, counselor in a ward Primary
presidency and branch Young Women president. Born in Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil,
to Carlos and Maria Ribeiro de Almeida.
Guillermo and Bernarda Velasco
Guillermo Velasco, 47, Mexico Tuxtla
Gutierrez Mission; Benemerito 8th (Student Single) Ward, Mexico City
Zarahemla (Student Single) Stake; area auditor and institute teacher;
former stake president and counselor, bishop and counselor, stake executive
secretary, temple ordinance worker, and missionary in the Mexico Monterrey
Mission. Accountant, Grupo Condelmex. Born in Mexico, D.F. to Guillermo
Velasco Laffite and Yolanda Coronado Salinas Velasco. Married
Bernarda Enriquez Galaviz, three children.
An area auditor, Sister Velasco is a former ward Relief Society, Young
Women and Primary president, institute teacher, counselor in a ward Young
Women presidency and missionary in the Mexico Monterrey Mission. Born in
Terrenate, Tlaxcala, Mexico, to Bernardo Enriquez Briones and Bertha
Galaviz Briones Enriquez.
