New Missions Bring Church Total to 193

The First Presidency has announced the creation of five new missions. When they go into operation on July 1, they will bring the number of missions in the Church to 193.

The new missions, named for the city where they are headquartered, are: Brazil Campinas, Korea Kwang Ju, Philippines Quezon City, Texas Lubbock, and Washington D.C. North.

The Campinas Mission will include a wedge of southern Brazil reaching from Campinas westward to Paraguay. It will be the eighth mission in Brazil. Others are based in Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, Curitiba, Porto Alegre, Recife, and two in São Paulo.

The Quezon City mission will begin just above Manila and include the northeastern side of the island of Luzon. It will be the fifth in the Philippines.

The Kwang Ju mission will include the south-western quadrant of South Korea. The country has two missions at present.

There will now be four missions based in Texas—in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, and Lubbock. The Texas Lubbock Mission will stretch from Ft. Worth on the east to the state’s Big Bend country in the west, and north through the Panhandle.

The Washington D.C. North Mission will take in the western half of Maryland. It is the second mission headquartered in the United States capital.