General Authorities Assigned to U.S., Canada

As part of a new supervisory program, the First Presidency has announced that the 50 missions in the United States and Canada have been divided into 12 areas, each assigned to one member of the Council of the Twelve as an adviser and one other General Authority as a supervisor.

The Brethren will continue to reside in Salt Lake City, but will tour their areas frequently.

The new program is designed to improve proselyting and intensify training of local members for leadership positions in the Church. The First Presidency previously announced that six Assistants to the Council of the Twelve would permanently reside and preside in areas of the world outside of the U.S. and Canada. (See Ensign, June 1975, pp. 70–71.)

The assignments, with areas and missions, are as follows:

Area	Council of the Twelve Adviser	General Authority Supervisor	Missions Included
Pacific North	Elder LeGrand Richards	Elder Franklin D. Richards	Alaska Anchorage, Canada Vancouver, Washington Seattle, Oregon Portland.
California North–Hawaii	Elder Marvin J. Ashton	Elder O. Leslie Stone	California Fresno, California Oakland, California Sacramento, Hawaii Honolulu.
California South	Elder Howard W. Hunter	Elder Robert D. Hales	California Anaheim, California Arcadia, California Los Angeles, California San Diego.
Mountain States	Elder Boyd K. Packer	Elder Theodore M. Burton	Idaho Pocatello, Utah Salt Lake City, Nevada Las Vegas, Colorado Denver.
Southwest	Elder Delbert L. Stapley	Elder James A. Cullimore	Texas Dallas, Texas San Antonio, Oklahoma Tulsa, Arizona Tempe.
West Central	Elder Boyd K. Packer	Elder Joseph Anderson	Arizona Holbrook, South Dakota Rapid City, Montana Billings, New Mexico Albuquerque, Canada Calgary.
North Central	Elder Thomas S. Monson	Elder A. Theodore Tuttle	Minnesota Minneapolis, Illinois Chicago, Indiana Indianapolis, Michigan Lansing.
South Central	Elder Mark E. Petersen	Elder David B. Haight	Missouri Independence, Louisiana Shreveport, Arkansas Little Rock, Kentucky Louisville, Tennessee Nashville.
Atlantic South	Elder Bruce R. McConkie	Elder Rex D. Pinegar	Florida Tallahassee, Florida Ft. Lauderdale, Georgia Atlanta, South Carolina Columbia.
Atlantic North	Elder Gordon B. Hinckley	Elder Marion D. Hanks	North Carolina Greensboro, Virginia Roanoke, Washington, D.C., Ohio Columbus.
Northeast	Elder L. Tom Perry	Elder Loren C. Dunn	Pennsylvania Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh, New York New York, Massachusetts Boston.
Eastern Canadian	Elder L. Tom Perry	Elder Neal A. Maxwell	New York Rochester, Canada Halifax, Canada Montreal, Canada Toronto.