New Mission Presidents Called

New presidents have been called for seventy-four of the Church’s missions. The new mission presidents will begin their service on July 1, with the exception of a few who are already serving.

Mission	New President	Succeeding
Alabama Birmingham	William F. Matthews	M. Dalton Cannon, Jr.
Argentina Bahia Blanca	Gayle Bluth	Agricol Lozano H.
Argentina Buenos Aires North	Gustavo Cesar Vicente Berta	Paul Hap Green
Australia Adelaide	Peter M. Masson	Wallace F. Gray
Australia Brisbane	Hori Harvey	Robert G. West
Australia Perth	Ronald W. G. Innis	William Campbell
Brazil Campinas	Albino Bruno Schmeil	Sheldon R. Murphy
Brazil Curitiba	L. D. Covington	Robert P. Swensen
California San Bernardino	D. Earl Hurst	Melvin E. Gourdin
Canada Toronto	Sidney A. Smith	John W. Hardy
Canada Vancouver	Robert W. Hill	Donald L. Hoskin
Chile Concepcion	Judd Allsop	Robert H Lemmon
Chile Santiago South	Enrique A. Ibarra	Jerald Lynn Taylor
Colombia Barranquilla	Edward L. Soper	Frank E. Berrett
Denmark Copenhagen	Spencer B. Greer	Dee V. Jacobs
Ecuador Guayaquil	Walter F. Gonzalez	J. Lynn Shawcroft
England Leeds	Clarence F. Robison	Lawrence H. Lee
France Bordeaux	Neil L. Andersen	new mission
German Democratic Republic Dresden	*Wolfgang Paul	new mission
Germany Frankfurt	David B. Wirthlin	Christian Vikari
Germany Hamburg	Robert W. Peterson	*Wolfgang Paul
Haiti Port-au-Prince	Clair W. Andrus	David S. King
Hawaii Honolulu	Waldo C. Perkins	Yoshihiko Kikuchi
Hong Kong	Kwok Yuen Tai	Charles W. H. Goo
Illinois Chicago	Kenneth R. Neeley	William C. Tanner, Jr.
Illinois Peoria	Fenton P. Burgess	Hal Visick
Indiana Indianapolis	Richard I. Corey	Mardon C. Lamb
Ireland Dublin	William B. Martin	Don S. Gull
Italy Catania	Mario Vaira	Vincenzo Conforte
Italy Milan	Nick M. Mascaro	Frank Lombardo
Japan Kobe	Douglas Matsumori	Morris R. Sterrett
Japan Osaka	Satoshi Nishihara	Shigeki Moriyama
Korea Seoul West	Bruce Max Snow	Gil Whe Do
Korea Taejon	Ross H. Cole	Moo-Kwang Hong
Liberia Monrovia	Miles Cunningham	J. Duffy Palmer
Mexico Merida	Guillermo Torres V.	Aurelio Valdespino Ortíz
Mexico Mexico City East	Mont J Garrett	Enrique Moreno
Mexico Monterrey	Richard J. Maynes	Efrain Villalobos Vazquez
Mexico Queretaro	Scott T. Lyman	new mission
Michigan Dearborn	Arnie Ferrin	Gareth B. Homer
Micronesia Guam	Lewis V. Nord	David J. Rollins
Missouri St. Louis	John W. Frame, Jr.	D. D. Rydalch
New Hampshire Manchester	Gary R. Ricks	Lynn E. Thomsen
New Mexico Albuquerque	Kenneth A. Griffiths	M. Darrell Nilson
New York New York	Cree Kofford	Willard B. Barton
New Zealand Christchurch	Melvin Tagg	Dean D. Baxter
Nigeria Aba	**Joseph J. Grigg	*Arthur W. Elrey
North Carolina Raleigh	Robert D. Rowan	Neal E. Lambert
Oklahoma Tulsa	*Arthur W. Elrey	Samuel O. Thompson
Oregon Portland	James J. Eardley	J. Samuel Park
Panama Panama City	Pedro Emmanuel Abularach	new mission
Paraguay Asuncion	Richard J. Russell	John J. Whetten
Pennsylvania Philadelphia	Jay A. Ferrell	Keith A. Poelman
Pennsylvania Pittsburgh	Lowell R. Tingey	Douglas F. Prince
Peru Arequipa	Francisco G. Gimenez	James R. Young
Peru Lima North	W. Craig Zwick	Martin H. Durrant
Philippines Manila	Donald L. Hilton	E. Wm. Jackson
Philippines Naga	Augusto A. Lim	new mission
Philippines Quezon City	Edmond P. Hyatt	Joel E. Leetham
Puerto Rico San Juan	Kay W. Briggs	W. M. Farnsworth
Switzerland Zurich	Keith K. Hilbig	Richard H. Cracroft
Tahiti Papeete	Yves R. Perrin	George F. Hilton
Taiwan Taichung	Kent Watson	Gary S. Williams
Texas Fort Worth	Ray L. White	Lyle L. Wasden
Texas San Antonio	Harold E. Greer	Dale J. Huntsman
Texas McAllen	S. Gibbons Frost	new mission
Tonga Nuku’alofa	’Isileli T. Kongaika	Eric B. Shumway
Utah Provo	**George E. Magnusson	new mission
Utah Salt Lake City	Donald R. McArthur	V. Dallas Merrell
Virginia Roanoke	Larry M. Johnson	James W. Ritchie
Washington D.C. North	Wm. Robert Wright	Dennis E. Simmons
Washington D.C. South	A. Dale Godfrey	John L. Ward
Washington Spokane	**Garth G. Eames	Bruce A. Lloyd
Wisconsin Milwaukee	Phil Fox	William B. Green