“New Mission Presidents Begin Service,” Ensign, July 2005, 75–76
New Mission Presidents Begin Service
More than one-third of the missions worldwide will receive a new mission president this year. One hundred and twenty-two mission presidents will begin their new assignments on or around July 1. The total number of missions worldwide is now 339, the newest being the Mozambique Maputo Mission, which was created on January 1, 2005.
Mission |
New President |
---|---|
Alaska Anchorage |
Randy C. Lewis |
Albania Tirana |
Paul D. Clayton |
Argentina Buenos Aires West |
Alfonso Ramos |
Argentina Mendoza |
Juan C. Ávila |
Argentina Resistencia |
Donald V Shakespear |
Argentina Rosario |
Richard C. Hutchison |
Argentina Salta |
Israel Rubalcava |
Arizona Phoenix |
C. Scott Gill |
Arizona Tucson |
Douglas F. Higham |
Arkansas Little Rock |
Gary N. Batchelor |
Baltic |
Russell N. Watterson |
Bolivia Cochabamba |
Ronald E. Dalene |
Brazil Brasília |
Marcos A. Aidukaitis |
Brazil Florianópolis |
Lamonte J. Dansie Jr. |
Brazil Fortaleza |
Victor A. da Silva |
Brazil Maceió |
B. Bruce Muir |
Brazil Manaus |
Paulo H. Itinose |
Brazil Recife |
Mark B. Woodruff |
Brazil Ribeirão Prêto |
R. Blair Condie |
Brazil Rio de Janeiro |
Milton H. Brinton |
Brazil Rio de Janeiro North |
João L. Oppe |
Brazil Salvador |
Jarbas F. Souza |
Brazil São Paulo Interlagos |
Dale H. Bradford |
Brazil São Paulo North |
Michael J. Bertasso |
Brazil São Paulo South |
Jose A. Teixeira |
California Anaheim |
Randall G. Harmsen |
California Arcadia |
Stephen W. Owen |
California Fresno |
John C. Beck |
California Riverside |
Robert A. Ewer |
California Roseville |
Lee T. Perry |
California Sacramento |
R. Randall Huff |
California San Diego |
Robert N. Packer |
California San Jose |
Oscar W. McConkie III |
California Ventura |
Richard M. Ellsworth |
Canada Montreal |
Alain A. Petion |
Canada Toronto East |
Tad R. Callister |
Canada Vancouver |
Anthony W. Middleton Jr. |
Chile Osorno |
Carl R. Faulkner |
Chile Santiago North |
Kevin R. Duncan |
Colombia Cali |
Horacio J. Nieto |
Colorado Colorado Springs |
Robert S. Fotheringham |
Colorado Denver North |
W. Dea Montague Jr. |
Connecticut Hartford |
Van R. Johnson |
Croatia Zagreb |
Douglas L. Weight |
Dominican Republic Santo Domingo East |
Juan A. García |
Dominican Republic Santo Domingo West |
Larry K. Bair |
Democratic Republic of Congo Kinshasa |
William W. Maycock |
Ecuador Guayaquil North |
Randall L. Ridd |
Ecuador Quito |
José F. Lara |
El Salvador San Salvador East |
Ricky D. Jones |
El Salvador San Salvador West |
Robert D. Call |
England Manchester |
Theodore M. Jacobsen |
Fiji Suva |
Ian S. Ardern |
Finland Helsinki |
Phillip Estes |
Florida Fort Lauderdale |
Noel B. Reynolds |
France Paris |
Steven H. Pond |
France Toulouse |
J. Craig Merrell |
Georgia Macon |
R. Brent Evanson |
Germany Frankfurt |
K. Eugene Webb |
Germany Munich/Austria |
Holger D. Rakow |
Guatemala Guatemala City Central |
Hugo E. Martínez |
Guatemala Guatemala City North |
Thomas R. Coleman |
Guatemala Guatemala City South |
Ronald R. Bennion |
Guatemala Quetzaltenango |
César A. Morales |
Honduras Tegucigalpa |
Scott D. Farrell |
Italy Catania |
W. Bryan Colton |
Ivory Coast Abidjan |
Lindsay T. Dil |
Japan Hiroshima |
Akira Yafuso |
Japan Sapporo |
Yoshikazu Yokoyama |
Japan Sendai |
Asao Miyashita |
Japan Tokyo South |
Valten J. Tucker |
Kentucky Louisville |
Dennis C. Brimhall |
Korea Busan |
Pyung-Jong Song |
Louisiana Baton Rouge |
Douglas H. Patterson |
Mexico Guadalajara |
Gary L. Heaton |
Mexico Mexico City North |
Ricardo E. Castillo |
Mexico Oaxaca |
Jesús A. Ortiz |
Mexico Puebla |
J. Phil Freestone |
Mexico Tijuana |
Brian B. Carmack |
Mexico Torreón |
Richard J. Hogan |
Mexico Tuxtla Gutiérrez |
Clifford L. Whetten |
Mexico Veracruz |
Lester F. Johnson |
Michigan Lansing |
Dean C Edwards |
Minnesota Minneapolis |
R. Lloyd Smith |
Missouri Independence |
James L. Hacking |
Mozambique Maputo |
Lynn P. Wallace* |
Nevada Las Vegas |
John J. Wadsworth |
New Jersey Morristown |
Stephen K. Parkinson |
New Zealand Auckland |
Carl B. Cook |
New Zealand Wellington |
G. Michael Finnigan |
Nigeria Port Harcourt |
Edgar L. Stone |
Ohio Columbus |
Russell S. Gilliland |
Oregon Eugene |
Daniel B. Fugal |
Oregon Portland |
Van C. Gessel |
Pennsylvania Harrisburg |
Jerrald M Jensen |
Pennsylvania Pittsburgh |
Jay K. Francis |
Peru Lima East |
Michael R Lindstrom |
Philippines Angeles |
Robert J. Stringham |
Philippines Cebu |
Leonard M Anderson |
Philippines Davao |
Moises M. Mabunga Jr. |
Philippines Manila |
David E. LeSueur |
Philippines Olongapo |
Craig A. Burtenshaw |
Philippines San Pablo |
Gerald E. Mortimer |
Philippines Tacloban |
Richard J. Trask |
România Bucharest |
John H. Ashby |
Russia Yekaterinburg |
Gregory A. Schwitzer |
Samoa Apia |
Paul B. Price |
South Africa Cape Town |
John C. Nelson |
South Africa Johannesburg |
James A. Bowden |
South Carolina Columbia |
Kenneth E. Brailsford |
Sweden Stockholm |
Jan Åke Karlsson |
Tahiti Papeete |
T. Marama Tarati |
Tennessee Knoxville |
Ronald S Godfrey |
Tennessee Nashville |
Mark O. Lords |
Texas Dallas |
Bart C. Warner |
Texas Houston |
Travis L. Steward |
Texas Houston East |
Michael S. Lake |
Texas Lubbock |
D. Brent Rose |
Ukraine Donetsk |
Dale E. Andersen |
Ukraine Kiev |
R. Kim Davis |
Venezuela Caracas |
Danilo A. Paredes |
Washington Tacoma |
Kevin W. Pearson |
West Virginia Charleston |
Joseph F. Cowley Jr. |
* Began service on January 1, 2005, when mission was created. |