New Mission Presidents Begin Service
July 8, 2009 — News from the Church
The majority of the following new mission presidents and their wives began serving on or around July 1, 2009, as assigned by the First Presidency. The missions and their respective new presidents are:
Mission, New President
Argentina Bahía Blanca, Jorge Esteban Detlefsen
Argentina Neuquén, Darwin Franz Peterson
Australia Adelaide, Craig Kidd Poulton
Australia Sydney South, Jeffrey Ted Simmons
Belgium Brussels/Netherlands, Scott Mcdonald Brubaker
Brazil Belém, José Claudio Furtado Campos
Brazil Belo Horizonte, Adilson de Paula Parrella
Brazil Cuiabá, Cleto Pinheiro De Oliveira
Brazil Porto Alegre North, Edison Pavan
Brazil Porto Alegre South, Curtis Floyd Swenson
Brazil Salvador South, Helton Carlos Pimenta Vecchi
Brazil São Paulo East, Joaquim Jorge Oliveira Moreira
Bulgaria Sofia, Gerold Roth
California Oakland, David Gary Wade
California San Fernando, Jerald Lynn Martin
California Santa Rosa, Jonathon Wayne Bunker
Cambodia Phnom Penh, Scott Brunson Smedley
Canada Calgary, Alan Lee Archibald
Canada Halifax ,Craig Winger Simpson
Chile Santiago East, Larry Roberts Laycock
Chile Viña del Mar, Richard William Gillespie
China Hong Kong, Simon Yue-Sang Chan
Colombia Bogota North, Joseph Grant Hacking
Colombia Bogota South, Justo Pausides Casablanca
Costa Rica San José, Sam Minó Gálvez Orellana
Democratic Republic of Congo Kinshasa, Michael Steven Headlee
Dominican Republic Santiago, Miguel Alfredo Lee Bruno
England Birmingham, John Charles Ogden
England London, Renn Matthew Patch
England London South, Lyle Eric Shamo
Georgia Atlanta, Steven Homer Satterfield
Germany Berlin, Jay Douglas Pimentel
Greece Athens, Christopher Charles
Haiti Port-au-Prince, Hardwarson Kerving Joseph
Honduras Comayagüela, Manuel Antonio Flores Batres
Hungary Budapest, Gary Scott Baughman
Idaho Pocatello, Scott W Colton
Illinois Chicago North, Sherman Leroy Doll
India New Delhi, William King Jackson
Jamaica Kingston, Rick Graff
Japan Fukuoka, Sherman Kay Margetts
Japan Tokyo, William Steve Albrecht
Korea Seoul, Yong Hwan Lee
Madagascar Antananarivo, Sean Edmund Russell Donnelly
Marshall Islands Majuro, Bradley Jay Smith
Maryland Baltimore, Alma Brent Belliston
Massachusetts Boston, William Thornley Evans
Mexico Cuernavaca, Alin Spannaus
Mexico Guadalajara, Lazaro Saucedo Sosa
Mexico Guadalajara South, John Douglas Jesperson
Mexico Hermosillo, Sergio Velez Chavez
Mexico Mexico City South, Aaron Chavez Carpio
Mexico Monterrey West, Brent Wayne Romney
Mexico Tampico, Stanton Lynn Call
Montana Billings, Larry Higbee Gardner
Mozambique Maputo, Loren Blake Spendlove
Nebraska Omaha, Milan Foster Kunz
New York New York North, Richard Fred Smith
New York New York South, William Henrick Nelson
Norway Oslo, Armand Duane Johansen
Ohio Cleveland, Darwin Dean Sorensen
Oklahoma Tulsa, Richard Edgar Merkley
Papua New Guinea Port Moresby, Meliula Meafou Fata
Paraguay Asunción, Mark James Callan
Peru Lima Central, Stephen Hunter Tyler
Peru Lima South, Roger Christensen Manning
Peru Piura, John Jensen Chipman
Philippines Bacolod, George Javier Tobias
Philippines Baguio, Thomas Henry Jensen
Philippines Laoag, Allistair Bruce Odgers
Portugal Lisbon, Moroni Bing Torgan
Portugal Porto, Charles Wesley Walton
Russia Moscow West, Kenneth Musser Woolley
Russia Novosibirsk, Jon Charles Trejo
Russia Rostov-na-Donu, Vladimir Aleksandrovich Nechiporov
Russia Vladivostok, Michael Stephen Pratt
Russia Yekaterinburg, Bruce Howard Allcott
Scotland Edinburgh, Gary King Griffiths
Singapore, Terrence Andrew Clark
South Dakota Rapid City, Jay Glen Layton
Spain Barcelona, Clark Bryant Hinckley
Spain Bilbao, Richard Reed Clegg
Spain Madrid, James Stanford Watkins
Switzerland Geneva, Kent Hyrum Murdock
Taiwan Taipei, Terence Elial Grimley
Texas Houston South, Gregory Mark Saylin
Thailand Bangkok, Michael Sherrod Smith
Ukraine Dnepropetrovsk, Dale Edwin Nielsen
Uruguay Montevideo, Ernesto Antonio Da Silva Bornholdt
Utah Ogden, Richard Brent Olson
Utah Provo, Neil Edward Pitts
Venezuela Barcelona, Edgar Lopez Delgado
Venezuela Maracaibo, Sergio Luis Krasnoselsky
Washington DC South, George Mark Albright
Washington Spokane, Stanley Mark Palmer
West Indies, Claude Remy Gamiette
Zimbabwe Harare, Edward Dube
6 more to be announced
PHOTO: 07-9L-missionaries (stock art to accompany list of new mission presidents)