New mission presidents by area for 2012
Published: Thursday, March 1, 2012
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The calling of 110 new mission presidents in the Church was announced this
week. They will begin their service in July. The new presidents and their
predecessors are listed below.
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Mission
Current President
New President
Africa Southeast Area
DR Congo Lubumbashi
Gary L. Packer
Phillip W. McMullin
Madagascar Antananarivo
Sean E. R. Donnelly
David R. Adams
Mozambique Maputo
Loren Spendlove
Paulo V. Kretly
Zimbabwe Harare
Edward Dube
Bryson C. Cook
Mission
Current President
New President
Africa West Area
Ghana Kumasi
New Mission
Leon A. Holmes
Nigeria Calabar
I. Raymond Egbo
John E. Kosin
Mission
Current President
New President
Asia Area
Cambodia Phnom Penh
Scott B. Smedley
David C. Moon
China Hong Kong
Simon Yue-Sang Chan
Val D. Hawks
India New Dehli
William K. Jackson
Peter E. Sackley
Singapore
Terrence A. Clark
Bradley S. Mains
Taiwan Taipei
Terence E. Grimley
David O. Day
Thailand Bangkok
Michael S. Smith
Marc A. Bernhisel
Mission
Current President
New President
Asia North Area
Japan Fukuoka
Sherman K. Margetts
C. Samuel Gustafson
Japan Tokyo
W. Steve Albrecht
L. Todd Budge
Korea Seoul
Yong Hwan Lee
Brent J. Christensen
Mission
Current President
New President
Caribbean
Dominican Republic Santiago
Miguel A. Lee
John Douglas
Haiti Port-au-Prince
Kerving H. Joseph
Hubermann Bien-Aime
West Indies
Claude R. Gamiette
Daniel S. Mehr II
Mission
Current President
New President
Central America Area
Costa Rica San Jose
Sam Galvez
Chad R. Wilkinson
Honduras Comayaguela
Manuel A. Flores
Candido Fortuna
Mission
Current President
New President
Mexico Area
Mexico Cuernavaca
Alin Spannaus
Bruce C. Kusch
Mexico Guadalajara
Lazaro Saucedo
G. Wesley Wagner
Mexico Guadalajara East
John D. Jesperson
Luis F. Camarillo
Mexico Hermosillo
Sergio Velez
Alberto E. Hernandez
Mexico Mexico City South
Aaron Chavez
Roberto Valadez
Mexico Monterrey West
Brent W. Romney
Edward M. Swapp
Mexico Puebla North
New Mission
Ralph N. Christensen
Mexico Tampico
Stanton L. Call
Ralph B. Jordan III
Mexico Xalapa
New Mission
Paulo Lopez
Mission
Current President
New President
Europe Area
Belgium/Netherlands
Scott M. Brubaker
Alden C. Robinson
Denmark Copenhagen
Jens H. Andersen
Shawn D. Sederholm
England Birmingham
John C. Ogden
R. Craig Rasmussen
England London
Renn M. Patch
David J. Jordan
England London South
Lyle E. Shamo
Roger C. Millar
France Lyon
Kent H. Murdock
Blake M. Roney
Germany Berlin
Jay D. Pimentel
Henry W. Kosak
Greece Athens
Christopher Charles
Eric B. Freestone
Hungary Budapest
Gary S. Baughman
Lowell V. Smith
Norway Oslo
Armand D. Johansen
Don A. Evans
Portugal Lisbon
Moroni B. Torgan
Stephen L. Fluckiger
Scotland/Ireland
Gary K. Griffiths
Alan H. Brown
Spain Barcelona
Clark B. Hinckley
Mark L. Pace
Spain Madrid
J. Stanford Watkins
Scott T. Jackson
Spain Malaga
Richard R. Clegg
Monte M. Deere Jr.
Mission
Current President
New President
Europe East Area
Bulgaria Sofia
Gerold Roth
Michael S. Wilstead
Russia Moscow West
Kenneth M. Woolley
Mission Consolidation
Russia Rostov-na-Donu
Vladimir Nechiporov
William H. Prows
Russia Vladivostok
Michael S. Pratt
Gregory S. Brinton
Ukraine Dnepropetrovsk
Dale E. Nielsen
J. Robert van Bruggen
Mission
Current President
New President
Idaho
Idaho Pocatello
Scott W Colton
Marvin T. Brinkerhoff
Mission
Current President
New President
North America Central Area
Canada Calgary
Alan Archibald
Howard J. Nicholas
Canada Winnipeg
Sidney C Paulson
Kirk M. Thomas
Illinois Chicago
Sherman L. Doll
Jerry D. Fenn
Montana Billings
Larry H. Gardner
Kris J. Mecham
Nebraska Omaha
Milan F. Kunz
Michael D. Weston
South Dakota Rapid City
Jay G. Layton
Curtis E. Anderson
Mission
Current President
New President
North America Northeast
Canada Halifax
Craig W. Simpson
Brian Leavitt
Maryland Baltimore
A. Brent Belliston
Mark L. Richards
Massachusetts Boston
William T. Evans
Daniel W. Packard
New York New York North
Richard F. Smith
Thomas B. Morgan
New York New York South
William H. Nelson
To Be Announced
New York Utica
Kevin M. Bulloch
Joseph B. Wirthlin Jr.
Ohio Cleveland
Darwin D. Sorensen
Michael L. Vellinga
Washington D.C. South
G. Mark Albright
Matthew L. Riggs
Mission
Current President
New President
North America Northwest Area
Washington Spokane
S. Mark Palmer
Donald E. Mullen
Mission
Current President
New President
North America Southeast Area
Georgia Atlanta
Steven H. Satterfield
John R. Harding
Mississippi Jackson
Tom R. Tucker
Mark J. McDonough
North Carolina Charlotte
Lindsay A. Thomas
Ronald L. Craven
North Carolina Raleigh
Dirk A. Cotterell
David M. Senior
Mission
Current President
New President
North America Southwest Area
New Mexico Farmington
Spencer V. Jones
Doyle L. Batt
Nevada Reno
New Mission
To Be Announced
Oklahoma Tulsa
Richard E. Merkley
Scott K. Shumway
Texas Houston South
G. Mark Saylin
Brian K. Ashton
Mission
Current President
New President
North America West Area
California Oakland/San Francisco
David G. Wade
David N. Weidman
California San Fernando
Jerald L. Martin
Kenneth T. Hall
California Santa Rosa
Jonathon W. Bunker
Rene R. Alba
Mission
Current President
New President
Utah Area
Utah Ogden
R. Brent Olson
Maurice D. Hiers Jr.
Utah Provo
Neil E. Pitts
John A. McCune
Utah Salt Lake City Central
New Mission
Richard W. Moffat
Utah Salt Lake City West
New Mission
Earl S. Swain
Mission
Current President
New President
Pacific Area
Australia Adelaide
Craig K. Poulton
Bradley D. Carter
Australia Perth
Dirk Smibert
R. Bruce Lindsay
Australia Sydney
Jeffrey T. Simmons
Philip F. Howes
Papua New Guinea Port Moresby
Meliula M. Fata
Suliasi Vea Kaufusi
Vanuatu Port Vila
New Mission
Larry E. Brewer
Mission
Current President
New President
Philippines Area
Philippines Bacolod
George J. Tobias
Marlo O. Lopez
Philippines Baguio
Thomas H. Jensen
William J. Monahan
Philippines Laoag
Allistair B. Odgers
Julius F. Barrientos
Mission
Current President
New President
Brazil
Brazil Belem
Jose C. F. Campos
Jose C. Scisci
Brazil Belo Horizonte
Adilson Parrella
Paschoal F. Fortunato
Brazil Campinas
R. Marshall Tanner
Carlos E. Perrotti
Brazil Cuiaba
Cleto Oliveira
Keith R. Reber
Brazil Porto Alegre North
Edison Pavan
D. Layne Wright
Brazil Porto Alegre South
Curtis F. Swenson
Palmenio C. Castro
Brazil Salvador South
Helton Vecchi
Marcelo Andrezzo
Brazil Sao Paulo East
Joaquim J. Moreira
Ronald A. Ferrin
Brazil Teresina
Mario A. Dias
Alvacir L. Siedschlag
Mission
Current President
New President
Chile
Chile Santiago East
Larry R. Laycock
David L. Wright
Chile Vina del Mar
Richard W. Gillespie
Frederico M. Kahnlein
Mission
Current President
New President
South America Northwest
Colombia Bogota North
J. Grant Hacking
Mark F. Andelin
Colombia Bogota South
Justo P. Casablanca
Letvin Lozano
Colombia Medellin
New Mission
Roberto O. Pitarch
Peru Lima Central
Stephen H. Tyler
Alan M. Borg
Peru Lima South
Roger C. Manning
Sean Douglas
Peru Piura
John J. Chipman
Chad A. Rowley
Venezuela Barcelona
Edgar Lopez
Juan C. Chacin
Venezuela Maracaibo
Sergio Krasnoselsky
Juan F. Zorilla
Mission
Current President
New President
South America South
Argentina Bahia Blanca
Jorge E. Detlefsen
Manuel Parreno
Argentina Neuquen
Darwin F. Peterson
Paul R. Lovell
Paraguay Asuncion
Mark J. Callan
P. David Agazzani
Uruguay Montevideo
Ernesto A. Da Silva
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