First Stake in Korea Organized in Seoul

The first stake in Korea, Seoul Stake, was recently organized—the 605th stake in the Church.

Created from the Seoul East and Seoul West districts of the Korea Mission, the new stake has 3,418 members in eight wards and two independent branches.

Heading the stake is President Ho Nam Rhee, with Chang Suen Kim and Wook Hwan Choi as counselors. An estimated one-third of the membership of the stake are college graduates.

Two other stakes were recently formed from mission areas, the Southampton Stake in England and the Porto Alegre Stake in Brazil.

Formed from the England Southwest Mission, the Southampton Stake has four wards and five independent branches, with 2,678 members. President is Reginald V. Littlecott, with Peter Crockford and Leonard Eden as counselors.

President Miguel Sorrentino III heads the Porto Alegre Stake, comprised of seven wards and one independent branch and a membership of 3,343. His counselors are Wilmar Gastao Pacheco de Caldas and Armenio Augusto de Oliveira Seabre. The new stake was formed from the Porto Alegre District of the Brazil South Mission.

Three other stakes have been created with the division of existing stakes. Nottingham Stake, England, was formed from a division of the Leicester Stake; Lake Mead West Stake in Nevada from Lake Mead Stake; and Idaho Falls (Idaho) West Stake from the Idaho Falls North Stake.