Church Announces New Temple Presidents for 2017
A family poses by the Kona Hawaii Temple. The Church has called more than 30 new temple presidents for temples around the world, including the Kona Temple.
The Church has announced new temple presidents will be assigned to the following temples in 2017, effective November 2017. The names of the current and new temple presidents by temple who have been called are listed below. Brief biographies of each temple presidency couple are here and here.
| Temple NEW PRESIDENT Replacing | ||
|---|---|---|
| Adelaide Australia | Robin Frederick Hill | Jouni Soininen |
| Apia Samoa | Beaver Taituliatu Ho Ching | Douglas W. Jessop |
| Bern Switzerland | Pierre Marie Claude Brenders | Frederik F. Psota |
| Bismarck North Dakota | Leo Stanford Schrubb | Russell T. Osguthorpe |
| Bogotá Colombia | José Luis González Gutiérrez | Marío Rojas |
| Caracas Venezuela | José Ignacio Rivero Sequera | Álvaro J. Pineda |
| Cedar City Utah | Daniel Macfarlane Jones | New temple* |
| Columbia South Carolina | Phillip Glenn Stalvey | Stephen C. Lenker |
| Edmonton Alberta | David James Henderson | Darrel B. Harker |
| Fort Lauderdale Florida | Jack Sterling Fisher | Jerry R. Boggess |
| Guayaquil Ecuador | Jaime Mario Calderón Montesdeoca | Jay R. Fuhriman |
| Kona Hawaii | Sanford Katsuji Okura | Philip A. Harris |
| Logan Utah | Jerry Lee Nelson | Glen O. Jenson |
| Los Angeles California | Larry James Larsen | William F. Reynolds |
| Louisville Kentucky | Edward P. Daetwyler | John F. Cotton |
| Lubbock Texas | Blaine Jay Bushman | Steven J. Vore |
| Madrid Spain | Wayne Leroy Gardner | Carlos J. Somoza |
| Manila Philippines | Carlos Condeno Revillo Sr. | Modesto M. Amistad Jr. |
| Meridian Idaho | James Ralph McCauley | New temple |
| Mesa Arizona | Kenneth M. Smith | J Brent Hatch |
| Mount Timpanogos Utah | Ronald Burton Funk | Ralph W. Smith |
| Newport Beach California | Douglas Farr Higham Sr. | Joseph I. Bentley |
| Ogden Utah | Michael Lee Vellinga | Fredrick Froerer |
| Phoenix Arizona | G. Wesley Wagner | Russell S. Gilliland |
| Quetzaltenango Guatemala | Reginaldo Manuel Bustillo Perla | José M. Gálvez |
| Salt Lake | Blaine Jackson Wixom Jr. | Cecil O. Samuelson |
| San Antonio Texas | Terry Jackson Orgill | Larry D. Sprouse |
| San Diego California | Kenneth Allen Ellsworth | Dirk O. Jergensen |
| San Salvador El Salvador | Alonso de Jesús Figueroa Moreno | Luis G. Chaverri |
| Snowflake Arizona | Thomas Lee Palmer | G. Merlin Hancock |
| Tokyo Japan Temple | Hideki Aoiki | Yasuo Niiyama |
| Toronto Ontario | David Paul Olsen | John K. Pallin |
| Tucson Arizona | J. Michael Moeller | New temple* |
| Vernal Utah | Norman Sanford Nielson | David R. Labrum |
