2007
New Mission Presidents Now in Place
August 2007


“New Mission Presidents Now in Place,” Liahona, Aug. 2007, N4–N5

New Mission Presidents Now in Place

Accepting assignments from the First Presidency, 117 new mission presidents began serving on or around July 1, 2007. The missions and their respective new presidents are:

Mission

President

Alabama Birmingham

James R. Tate

Argentina Buenos Aires North

Shane V. Argyle

Argentina Buenos Aires South

Ronald W. Asay

Argentina Cordoba

Stephen L Olsen

Arizona Mesa

W. Mark Bassett

Arizona Tempe

Robert C. Craig

Armenia Yerevan

Ronald J. Dunn

Australia Brisbane

Grant S. Richards

Australia Melbourne East

Corey B. Lindley

Australia Melbourne West

Barry Lee

Australia Perth

Carl R. Maurer

Australia Sydney North

H. E. Scruggs Jr.

Bolivia La Paz

Ismael Mendoza Regino

Bolivia Santa Cruz

Kevin D. McCracken

Brazil Campinas

Ildefonso de Castro Deus

Brazil Curitiba

Paulo M. Araujo

Brazil Goiânia

Vaguiner C. Tobias

Brazil João Pessoa

David G. Fernandes

Brazil Londrina

Luiz M. Leal

Brazil Santa Maria

Rodrigo Myrrha

California Carlsbad

Richard B. Brady

California Long Beach

Edwin A. Sexton

California Los Angeles

Spencer (Tim) G. Blackburn

California San Bernardino

David T. Sanchez

Canada Edmonton

George F. Rhodes Jr.

Canada Montreal

Joel H. McKinnon

Canada Toronto West

Jeffrey T. Simmons

Chile Antofagasta

Juan A. Urra Gomez

Chile Concepción

Oscar W. Chavez Lopez

Chile Rancagua

Esteban G. Resek

Chile Santiago West

Paul A. Jones

Colombia Barranquilla

Robin O. Roundy

Colorado Denver South

Earl L. Christison III

Czech Prague

Marvin J. Slovacek Jr.

Democratic Republic of Congo Kinshasa

Donald H. Livingstone

Denmark Copenhagen

Douglas J. Olauson Sr.

Ecuador Guayaquil South

William S. Johns

England Leeds

Wallace L. Stock

Florida Jacksonville

Russell A. Newman Jr.

Florida Orlando

John C. Darrington

Florida Tallahassee

Lynn L. Summerhays

Florida Tampa

Kent W. Colton

Germany Hamburg

Wesley B. Thompson

Hawaii Honolulu

Stephen N. Peterson

Honduras San Pedro Sula

Samuel Cruz Velasquez

Idaho Boise

John W. Yardley

Illinois Chicago South

Richard B. Roach

Illinois Peoria

Lynn G Erickson

India Bangalore

Melvin R. Nichols

Indiana Indianapolis

David L. Corey

Indonesia Jakarta

Ross Hawkins Marchant

Iowa Des Moines

G. Lyle Talbot

Ireland Dublin

Gordon W. Creer

Italy Catania

James A. Toronto

Italy Milan

J. Scott Dunaway

Italy Rome

Jeffrey Acerson

Japan Nagoya

Bruce F. Traveller

Kenya Nairobi

William H. Taylor

Korea Daejeon

Alan G. Perriton

Korea Seoul West

Craig P. Burton

Mexico Chihuahua

Edgar Flores Prieto

Mexico Culiacán

Marion R. Johnstun

Mexico Guadalajara

Robert J. Watkins

Mexico León

Robert T. Cox

Mexico Mérida

Victor M. Cardenas Lopez

Mexico Mexico City East

Russell G. Bulloch

Mexico Mexico City West

J. Francisco Fuentes Corpus

Mexico Monterrey East

Daniel Mendoza Regino

Michigan Detroit

Michael L. Rawson

Missouri St. Louis

Milton S. Turley

Mongolia Ulaanbaatar

D. Allen Andersen

New Hampshire Manchester

Michael R. Jensen

New Jersey Cherry Hill

Bruce H Winegar

New Mexico Albuquerque

Richard J. Anderson

New York Rochester

Michael F. Hemingway

Nicaragua Managua

Romel E. Fraatz

Nigeria Port Harcourt

Loveday I. Nwankpa

Nigeria Uyo

Joseph W. Sitati

Ohio Cincinnati

Gregory V. Robbins

Oklahoma Oklahoma City

James R. Gee

Panama Panama City

Manuel Madrigal Romero

Paraguay Asuncion North

Terry L. Wade

Pennsylvania Philadelphia

Michael R. Murray

Perú Arequipa

David J. Davis

Perú Lima North

Carlos A. Perez Basso

Perú Trujillo

Alejandro Mora Arauco

Philippines Cagayan de Oro

Remegio E. Meim Jr.

Philippines Cauayan

Raul S. Villanueva

Philippines Naga

Mark A. Ferrin

Philippines Quezon City

Beaver T. Ho Ching

Poland Warsaw

Torben Engbjerg

Puerto Rico San Juan East

Ralph L. Dewsnup

Puerto Rico San Juan West

J. Stanley Martineau

Russia Moscow

Charles D. Cranney

Russia Novosibirsk

Hal E. Mickelsen

Russia Samara

Randall K. Bennett

Russia Vladivostok

Stanley E. Everett

Russia Yekaterinburg

Stephen J. Allen

Sierra Leone Freetown

Phillip L. Squires

South Africa Durban

Steven H. Mann

Spain Málaga

Robert L. Mellor

Switzerland Zürich

Dietmar G. Matern

Taiwan Taichung

Michael A. Hoer

Texas Fort Worth

Wright Jenkins Thurston

Texas McAllen

Gary F. Miller

Texas San Antonio

Charles L. Cutler

Tonga Nuku‘alofa

Lynn C. McMurray

Ukraine Dnepropetrovsk

Leonard M. Abraham

Uruguay Montevideo West

Steven K. Peterson

Utah Salt Lake City

W. Blake Sonne

Utah Salt Lake City South

G. Steven Laney

Virginia Richmond

Mark B. Millburn

Washington D.C. North

L. Alma Mansell

Washington Everett

Donald L. Showalter III

Washington Kennewick

Paul M. Belnap

Washington Seattle

Craig M. Moffat

Wisconsin Milwaukee

William A. Barrett