2011
New Temple Presidents Begin Service
February 2011


“New Temple Presidents Begin Service,” Liahona, Feb. 2011, 77–78

New Temple Presidents Begin Service

Beginning on November 1, 2010, 53 new temple presidents and their wives began serving in temples around the world. There are currently 134 temples in operation around the world with another 23 announced or under construction.

Aba Nigeria

Alexander A. and Theresa A. Odume*

Anchorage Alaska

Melvin R. and Sharon V. Perkins

Birmingham Alabama

Kent R. and Geniel R. Van Kampen

Campinas Brazil

George A. and Jeannette N. Oakes

Caracas Venezuela

Luis M. and Juana P. Petit

Chicago Illinois

Paul W. and Ann P. Castleton

Ciudad Juárez Mexico

Manuel and Elsa M. Araiz

Cochabamba Bolivia

Lee W. and Connie C. Crayk

Columbia River Washington

T. Dean and Patrice A. Moody

Columbus Ohio

Edward J. and Carol B. Brandt

Copenhagen Denmark

H. Hjort Nielsen and Ellen Haibrock

Curitiba Brazil

José M. and Aida C. Arias

Dallas Texas

Robert C. and Talmadge M. Packard

Detroit Michigan

Phillip G. and Margaret K. Pulsipher

Draper Utah

Russell E. and Christine C. Tueller*

Edmonton Alberta

Bryce D. and Kathryn Card

Fresno California

Paul B. and Judith H. Hansen

Guadalajara Mexico

Jaime F. and M. Teresa Herrera

Halifax Nova Scotia

Douglas M. and Carol Ann Robinson

Hamilton New Zealand

James and Frances M. Dunlop

Hong Kong China

John M. and Lydia C. Aki

Johannesburg South Africa

Kenneth S. and Muriel D. Armstrong

Kyiv Ukraine

B. John and Carol Galbraith*

Lima Peru

Robert W. and Kay Lees

London England

C. Raymond and Irene M. Lowry

Manhattan New York

W. Blair and Suzanne J. Garff

Medford Oregon

David J. and Pauline Davis

Melbourne Australia

Malcolm R. and Ruthje M. Mullis

Memphis Tennessee

T. Evan and Lou Anne W. Nebeker

Mérida Mexico

Zeniff and Elizabeth Mejía

Monterrey Mexico

C. Juan Antonio and Isabel S. Machuca

Nashville Tennessee

R. Lloyd and Judy R. Smith

Nauvoo Illinois

Spencer J. and Dorothea S. Condie

Nuku’alofa Tonga

Pita F. and Lani A. Hopoate

Orlando Florida

David T. and Lana W. Halversen

Panama City Panama

D. Chad and Elizabeth B. Richardson

Perth Australia

Geoffrey J. and Lesley M. Liddicoat

Portland Oregon

Myron G. and Gearldine T. Child

Provo Utah

Robert H. and Janet L. Daines

Raleigh North Carolina

J. Mitchel and Z. Sue Scott

Reno Nevada

Franklin B. and Joyce C. Wadsworth

Rexburg Idaho

Clair O. and Anne Thueson

Santiago Chile

Julio E. and Elena Otay

Santo Domingo Dominican Republic

Larry K. and Joann W. Bair

Seattle Washington

Donald E. and Jane H. Pugh

Seoul Korea

Song Pyung-Jong and Yang Gye-Young

Spokane Washington

Charles H. and Elizabeth M. Recht

St. George Utah

Bruce C. and Marie K. Hafen

St. Paul Minnesota

C. Kent and Karen J. Hugh

Tampico Mexico

Barry R. and Risa L. Udall

Tuxtla Gutiérrez Mexico

Jorge D. and Irma Del Toro Arrevillaga

Twin Falls Idaho

Karl E. and Beverly C. Nelson

Winter Quarters Nebraska

Maury W. and Joan Schooff

  • These couples began serving earlier in the year.

The Twin Falls Idaho Temple is one of 53 temples that received a new president on November 1, 2010.

Photograph by Matt Reier