Church Announces 2015 Mission Presidents by Area
The Church has announced the callings of 120 new mission presidents who will begin their service in July of 2015, and the creation of 11 new missions. The new presidents and their predecessors are listed below in this order: mission, current president, new president.
| Mission current president new president |
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| AFRICA SOUTHEAST AREA |
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| Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa | W. Bryce Cook | Herve Baehrel |
| Madagascar Antananarivo | David R. Adams | Raymon D. Foote |
| Mozambique Maputo | Paulo V. Kretly | To be announced |
| Zimbabwe Harare | Bryson C. Cook | T. Jackson Mkhabela |
| AFRICA WEST AREA |
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| Ghana Kumasi | Leon A. Holmes | Michael L. Cosgrave |
| Nigeria Calabar | John E. Kosin | Mathias O. Eguko |
| ASIA AREA |
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| Cambodia Phnom Penh | David C. Moon | To be announced |
| China Hong Kong | Val D. Hawks |
Maurice M. Lam
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| India New Dehli | Peter E. Sackley | Kirt L. Hodges |
| Singapore | Bradley S. Mains | Stephen A. Simmons |
| Taiwan Taipei | David O. Day | Jace B. Jergensen |
| Thailand Bangkok | David M. Senior | Kelly R. Johnson |
| ASIA NORTH AREA |
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| Japan Fukuoka | C. Samuel Gustafson | Bradley C Egan |
| Japan Nagoya | Kazuhiko Yamashita | Tetsuji Ishii |
| Japan Tokyo | L. Todd Budge | Takuji Nagano |
| Korea Seoul | Brent J. Christensen | R. Craig Sonksen |
| BRAZIL area |
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| Brazil Belém | José C. Scisci | Alexandre Stasevskas |
| Brazil Belo Horizonte | Paschoal F. Fortunato | Bruno M. A. Fernandes |
| Brazil Campinas | Carlos E. Perrotti | Bruce Hill |
| Brazil Cuiabá | Keith R. Reber | Adilson Oliveira |
| Brazil Porto Alegre North | D. Layne Wright | José V. Campos |
| Brazil Porto Alegre South | Palmênio C. Castro | Rogério G. R. Cruz |
| Brazil Salvador South | Marcelo Andrezzo | G. Paulo Bangerter |
| Brazil São Paulo East | Don L. Andrew | Roy W Silcox |
| Brazil Teresina | Alvacir L. Siedschlag | Wilson Melo |
| CARIBBEAN area |
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| Barbados Bridgetown (Renamed from the West Indies Mission) | Daniel S. Mehr II | Alan C. Herrington |
| Dominican Republic Santiago | John Douglas | Lorenzo A. Castillo Camacho |
| Haiti Port-au-Prince | Hubermann Bien-Aime | Karlyle Raphael |
| Trinidad Port of Spain | New Mission | Gregory W. Egbert |
| CENTRAL AMERICA AREA |
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| Costa Rica San José East (Renamed from the Costa Rica San José Mission) | Chad R. Wilkinson | Randy H. Hayes |
| Costa Rica San José West | New Mission | German Laboriel Guitty |
| Honduras Comayagüela | Candido Fortuna | Edwin R. Ferman Zelaya |
| EUROPE AREA |
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| Belgium/Netherlands | Alden C. Robinson | Robert L. Bunnell |
| Denmark Copenhagen | Shawn D. Sederholm | Daniel R. O'Bryant |
| England Birmingham | R. Craig Rasmussen | To be announced |
| England London | David J. Jordan | Mark W. Stevens |
| England London South | Roger C. Millar | Ronald K. Gubler |
| France Lyon | Blake M. Roney | Scott D. Brown |
| Germany Berlin | Henry W. Kosak | Christian H. Fingerle |
| Greece Athens | Eric B. Freestone | Bill O. Heder |
| Hungary Budapest | Lowell V. Smith | József Szabadkai |
| Norway Oslo | Don A. Evans | Tracy A. Hill |
| Portugal Lisbon | Stephen L. Fluckiger | Victor Tavares |
| Scotland/Ireland | Alan H. Brown | George R. Donaldson |
| Spain Barcelona | Mark L. Pace | Merril T. Dayton |
| Spain Madrid | Scott T. Jackson | Kevin B. Pack |
| Spain Málaga | Monte M. Deere Jr. | T. DarVel Andersen |
| EUROPE EAST AREA |
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| Bulgaria Sofia | Michael S. Wilstead | Michael D. Barclay |
| Russia Rostov-na-Donu | William H. Prows | David H. Miner |
| Russia Vladivostok | Gregory S. Brinton | John W. Perkinson |
| Ukraine Dnepropetrovsk | J. Robert van Bruggen | Paul R. Sullivan |
| IDAHO area |
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| Idaho Pocatello | Marvin T. Brinkerhoff | Gene E. Hancock |
| México AREA |
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| México Cuernavaca | Bruce C. Kusch | Héctor Ávila Rosales |
| México Guadalajara | G. Wesley Wagner | Robert J. Clayton |
| México Guadalajara East | Luis F. Camarillo | Jack B. Egginton |
| México Hermosillo | Alberto E. Hernandez | Terence L. Robinson |
| México México City South | Roberto Valadez | D. Bryan Mecham |
| México Monterrey West | Edward M. Swapp | Daniel D. McArthur |
| México Puebla North | Ralph N. Christensen | Eric W. Nelson |
| México Tampico | Ralph B. Jordan III | Nelson S. Ramirez Herrera |
| NORTH AMERICA CENTRAL AREA |
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| Canada Calgary | Howard Nicholas | Stephen P. Miles |
| Canada Winnipeg | Kirk M. Thomas | John N. Craig |
| Illinois Chicago West | Jerry D. Fenn | Gilbert M. Griffin |
| Montana Billings | Kris J Mecham | Gordon L. Wadsworth |
| Nebraska Omaha | Michael D. Weston | Chad B. Gardner |
| North Dakota Bismarck (Renamed from the South Dakota Rapid City Mission) | Curtis E. Anderson | Michael J. Hess |
| NORTH AMERICA NORTHEAST area |
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| Canada Halifax | Brian Leavitt | To be announced |
| Maryland Baltimore | Mark L. Richards | Randal J. Christiansen |
| Massachusetts Boston | Daniel W. Packard | A. Todd Miller |
| New York New York North | Thomas B. Morgan | David L. Smith |
| New York New York South | Kevin E. Calderwood | Gary Reynolds |
| New York Utica | Joseph B. Wirthlin Jr. | Jeffrey G. Rogers |
| Ohio Cleveland | Michael L. Vellinga | Michael D. Brown |
| Washington DC South | Matthew L. Riggs | David H. Huntsman |
| NORTH AMERICA NORTHWEST AREA |
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| Washington Seattle | Yoon Hwan Choi | Anthony W. Schofield |
| Washington Spokane | Donald E. Mullen | Wayne R Dymock |
| Washington Yakima | New Mission | John C. Lewis |
| NORTH AMERICA SOUTHEAST AREA |
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| Georgia Atlanta | John R. Harding | David A. Foote |
| Mississippi Jackson | Mark J. McDonough | Bruce L. Olson |
| North Carolina Charlotte | Ronald L. Craven | Allen B. Alexander |
| North Carolina Raleigh | Marc A. Bernhisel | Dennis R. James |
| NORTH AMERICA SOUTHWEST AREA |
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| Nevada Reno | David N. Hermansen | Bruce W Chesnut |
| New Mexico Farmington | Doyle L. Batt | David G. Adams |
| Oklahoma Tulsa | Scott K. Shumway | Kevin H Loveland |
| Texas Houston South | Brian K. Ashton | Aaron T. Hall |
| NORTH AMERICA WEST AREA |
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| California Modesto | New Mission | To be announced |
| California Oakland/San Francisco | A. Jerry Meredith | Ted H. Frandsen |
| California San Fernando | Kenneth T. Hall | To be announced |
| California Santa Rosa | René R. Alba | Jim L. Wright |
| PACIFIC AREA |
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| Australia Adelaide | Bradley D. Carter | R. Jeffrey Parker |
| Australia Perth | R. Bruce Lindsay | Walter S. Fife |
| Australia Sydney North | Philip F. Howes | Max L. Checketts |
| Papua New Guinea Port Moresby | Pita F. Hopoate | Voi R. Taeoalii |
| Vanuatu Port Vila | Larry E. Brewer | Paul W. Granger |
| PHILIPPINES AREA |
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| Philippines Bacolod | Marlo O. Lopez | Christopher A. Barredo |
| Philippines Laoag | Julius Jonah F. Barrientos | Robert M. Andrada |
| Philippines Urdaneta | William J. Monahan | Ernesto A. Deyro Jr. |
| SOUTH AMERICA NORTHWEST area |
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| Bolivia La Paz El Alto | New Mission | Juan R. Ocampo González |
| Colombia Bogota North | Mark F. Andelin | Robert Laney |
| Colombia Bogota South | Letvin Lozano | Renzo Baquerizo |
| Colombia Medellin | Roberto O. Pitarch | Víctor R. Calderón Punto |
| Perú Lima Central | Alan M. Borg | Stephen J. Larson |
| Perú Lima South | Sean Douglas | G. Boyd McGinn |
| Perú Piura | Chad A. Rowley | Daniel L. Rasmussen |
| Perú Trujillo South | New Mission | Manuel Rios Alejandro |
| Venezuela Barcelona | Juan C. Chacín Nava | Alberto A. Álvarez Mosquera |
| Venezuela Maracaibo | Juan F. Zorrilla | Efraín R. García López |
| SOUTH AMERICA SOUTH area |
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| Argentina Bahia Blanca | Manuel Parreño | Mark E. Cifuentes |
| Argentina Buenos Aires East | New Mission | To be announced |
| Argentina Neuquén | Paul R. Lovell | Carlos Casariego Abellal |
| Argentina Santa Fe | New Mission | Gabriel Pérez Benavides |
| Chile Santiago East | David L. Wright | Marty Morgan |
| Chile Viña del Mar | Federico M. Kähnlein | Raúl Díaz Navarro |
| Paraguay Asunción | P. David Agazzani | Sergio A. Wilson |
| UTAH areas |
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| Utah Logan | New Mission | To be announced |
| Utah Ogden | Maurice D. Hiers Jr. | Jeremy R. Jaggi |
| Utah Orem | New Mission | Chris D. Killpack |
| Utah Provo | John A. McCune | John C Hodgman |
| Utah Salt Lake City Central | Richard W. Moffat | Mission Consolidation |
| Utah Salt Lake City West | Earl S. Swain | L. Scott Palmer |
