Church News and Events

New Mission Presidents Begin Service

• 2 May 2011

The Church announced the names of 126 new mission presidents earlier this year. The majority will begin their three-year calling, accompanied by their wives, in July 2011.

• Alaska Anchorage

  N. Warren Clark

• Albania Tirana

  Andrew M. Ford

• Alpine German-Speaking

  Richard L. Miles

• Argentina Buenos Aires West

  Douglas B. Carter

• Argentina Mendoza

  Sergio E. Avila

• Argentina Resistencia

  Raymond S. Heyman

• Argentina Rosario

  Hugo L. Giuliani

• Argentina Salta

  Juan J. Levrino

• Arizona Phoenix

  R. Scott Taylor

• Arizona Tucson

  Roger E. Killpack

• Arkansas Little Rock

  Daniel Bay Gibbons

• Baltic

  Jeffrey G. Boswell

• Benin Cotonou

  Robert F. Weed

• Bolivia Cochabamba

  Dan L. Dyer

• Brazil Brasilia

  Helcio L. Gaertner

• Brazil Florianopolis

  J. Joel Fernandes

• Brazil Fortaleza

  Francisco A. Souza

• Brazil Maceió

  Mauricio G. Gonzaga

• Brazil Manaus

  H. Moroni Klein

• Brazil Recife

  Rubens C. Lanius

• Brazil Rio de Janeiro

  Geraldo Lima

• Brazil Salvador

  James W. Hart

• Brazil São Paulo Interlagos

  R. Pacheco Pinho

• Brazil São Paulo North

  Marcus H. Martins

• Brazil São Paulo South

  John S. Tanner

• Brazil Vitória

  J. Araújo Bezerra

• California Anaheim

  Bradford C Bowen

• California Arcadia

  Jorge T. Becerra

• California Fresno

  Larry Gelwix

• California Riverside

  Paul F. Smart

• California Roseville

  John G. Weston

• California Sacramento

  H. Benson Lewis

• California San Diego

  Paul N. Clayton

• California San Jose

  W. Lincoln Watkins

• California Ventura

  Fernando R. Castro

• Canada Vancouver

  Karl M. Tilleman

• Cape Verde Praia

  Roberto F. Oliveira

• Chile Concepción South

  Osvaldo Martinez Carreño

• Chile Osorno

  John E. Rappleye

• Chile Santiago North

  Fred D. Essig

• Colombia Cali

  Jonathan M. Prince

• Colorado Colorado Springs

  J. Patrick Anderson

• Colorado Denver North

  Jerry M. Toombs

• Cote d'Ivoire Abidjan

  Z. Dominique Dekaye

• Democratic Republic of Congo Kinshasa

  Brent L Jameson

• Dominican Republic Santo Domingo East

  Heriberto Hernandez

• Dominican Republic Santo Domingo West

  Raul Rodriguez Morel

• Ecuador Guayaquil North

  Lizardo H. Amaya

• Ecuador Quito

  Bruce E. Ghent

• El Salvador San Salvador

  David L. Glazier

• El Salvador Santa Ana/Belize

  I. Poloski Cordon

• England Manchester

  Robert I. Preston

• Fiji Suva

  Kenneth D. Klingler

• Finland Helsinki

  Douglas M. Rawlings

• Florida Fort Lauderdale

  Donald E. Anderson

• France Paris

  Franck Poznanski

• Georgia Atlanta North

  Mark A. Wolfert

• Germany Frankfurt

  Lehi K. Schwartz

• Ghana Accra

  Daniel K Judd

• Ghana Cape Coast

  Jeffrey L. Shulz

• Guatemala Guatemala City Central

  M. Joseph Brough

• Guatemala Guatemala City North

  Edward D. Watts

• Guatemala Guatemala City South

  Larry Stay

• Guatemala Quetzaltenango

  Lewis Bautista

• Honduras Tegucigalpa

  Carlos A. Hernandez

• Japan Kobe

  Richard G. Zinke

• Japan Sapporo

  Eric C. Evans

• Japan Sendai

  Gary D. Rasmussen

• Kentucky Louisville

  W. Richards Woodbury

• Korea Busan

  Lynn A. Gilbert

• Louisiana Baton Rouge

  Jim M. Wall

• Mexico Mexico City North

  J. Dana Call

• Mexico Mexico City Southeast

  Raymundo Morales Barrera

• Mexico Oaxaca

  Enrique Leyva Jimenez

• Mexico Puebla

  Robert C. Reeves

• Mexico Tijuana

  Armando Carreón Rivera

• Mexico Torreón

  David Flores Villaseñor

• Mexico Tuxtla Gutiérrez

  Juan G. Cardenas Tamayo

• Mexico Veracruz

  Carlos W. Treviño

• Michigan Lansing

  Stephen H. Hess

• Micronesia Guam

  Stephen F. Mecham

• Minnesota Minneapolis

  Jordan W. Clements

• Missouri Independence

  Donald J. Keyes

• Nevada Las Vegas

  Michael A. Neider

• New Jersey Morristown

  Jon M. Jeppson

• New Zealand Auckland

  Paul N. Lekias

• New Zealand Wellington

  Michael L. Kezerian

• Nigeria Lagos

  Edward K. B. Karkari

• Nigeria Port Harcourt

  Philip K. Xaxagbe

• Ohio Columbus

  Robert T. Nilsen

• Oregon Eugene

  Mark A. Young

• Oregon Portland

  C. Jeffery Morby

• Pennsylvania Pittsburgh

  Clinton D Topham

• Peru Chiclayo

  Eduardo C. Risso

• Peru Lima East

  Nelson Ardila Vásquez

• Philippines Angeles

  David C. Martino

• Philippines Cebu

  Evan A. Schmutz

• Philippines Davao

  Ferdinand Pangan

• Philippines Manila

  Lyle J. Stucki

• Philippines Olongapo

  Roberto B. Querido

• Philippines Quezon City North

  Dennis R. Sperry

• Philippines San Pablo

  George E. Peterson

• Philippines Tacloban

  Jose V. Andaya

• Romania Bucharest

  Ned C. Hill

• Russia Novosibirsk

  Steven M. Petersen

• Russia St. Petersburg

  Jon Beesley

• Russia Yekaterinburg

  E. Kent Rust

• Samoa Apia

  Johnny L. Leota

• Slovenia/Croatia

  Edward B. Rowe

• South Africa Cape Town

  Mark I. Wood

• South Africa Johannesburg

  S. Craig Omer

• South Carolina Columbia

  Monte Holm

• Sweden Stockholm

  Gregory J. Newell

• Tahiti Papeete

  Benjamin T. Sinjoux

• Tennessee Knoxville

  Richard A. Irion

• Tennessee Nashville

  William L. McKee

• Texas Dallas

  Devin G. Durrant

• Texas Houston

  John C. Pingree

• Texas Houston East

  Thomas J. Crawford

• Texas Lubbock

  Arnold R. Augustin

• Ukraine Donetsk

  Vladimir Campero

• Ukraine Kyiv

  Jörg Klebingat

• Venezuela Caracas

  Vianey R. Villamizar

• Washington Tacoma

  Douglas W. Weaver

• West Virginia Charleston

  Bruce G. Pitt

• Zambia Lusaka

  Mikele R. Padovich