“New Temple Presidents Now Serving,” Liahona, Feb. 2009, N3–N4

New Temple Presidents Now Serving

By assignment from the First Presidency, 39 new temple presidents are now serving with their spouses. The presidents of the Panama City Panama, Rexburg Idaho, and Twin Falls Idaho Temples began serving earlier in 2008 after the temples were dedicated. The president of the Draper Utah Temple will begin serving after the temple is dedicated on March 20, 2009.

Temple	New President
Adelaide Australia	Philip F. Howes
Apia Samoa	John P. Hanks
Asunción Paraguay	David K Udall
Baton Rouge Louisiana	Max P. Brough
Bern Switzerland	Raimondo Castellani
Billings Montana	Ronald M. Morrison
Bismarck North Dakota	John R. Reese
Bogotá Colombia	Jorge J. Escobar
Boise Idaho	Wenden W. Waite
Columbia South Carolina	Brent H. Koyle
Curitiba Brazil	Jason G. Sousa
Draper Utah	Donald L. Staheli
Freiberg Germany	Frank H. Apel
Guayaquil Ecuador	Jorge A. Rojas
Idaho Falls Idaho	Larry G. Stoddard
Jordan River Utah	F. Wayne Chamberlain
Kona Hawaii	Opurainonarii Mo‘o
Logan Utah	W. Rolfe Kerr
Los Angeles California	Grant R Brimhall
Louisville Kentucky	Dale R. Hettinger
Lubbock Texas	E. Dale Cluff
Madrid Spain	Garry K. Moore
Mount Timpanogos Utah	L. Edward Brown
Newport Beach California	D. Thomas Borgquist
Oakland California	Richard A. Hunter
Ogden Utah	Robert R. Steuer
Panama City Panama	Ronald D. Jamison
Rexburg Idaho	Val R. Christensen
Salt Lake	Sheldon F. Child
San Antonio Texas	Marion D. Woods
San Diego California	Bruce L. Olsen
Snowflake Arizona	Lewis Tenney
Suva Fiji	LaRon P. Woolley
Sydney Australia	W. John Bailey
The Hague Netherlands	Jacob J. Van Ry
Toronto Ontario	Stephen M. Hadley
Twin Falls Idaho	Donald R. Gerratt
Vernal Utah	Mac W. Holmes
Washington D.C.	Earl C. Tingey

The Guayaquil Ecuador Temple is 1 of 39 temples with new temple presidents.

Photograph by Edward Ledeno Perez