New Mission Presidents Called to Serve

The Church announced the names of 127 new mission presidents earlier this year. The majority began their three-year calling in July of this year.

Mission	New President
Alaska Anchorage	N. Warren Clark
Albania Tirana	Andrew M. Ford
Alpine German-Speaking	Richard L. Miles
Argentina Buenos Aires West	Douglas B. Carter
Argentina Mendoza	Sergio E. Avila
Argentina Resistencia	Raymond S. Heyman
Argentina Rosario	Hugo L. Giuliani
Argentina Salta	Juan J. Levrino
Arizona Phoenix	R. Scott Taylor
Arizona Tucson	Roger E. Killpack
Arkansas Little Rock	Daniel Bay Gibbons
Baltic	Jeffrey G. Boswell
Benin Cotonou	Robert F. Weed
Bolivia Cochabamba	Dan L. Dyer
Brazil Brasilia	Helcio L. Gaertner
Brazil Florianopolis	J. Joel Fernandes
Brazil Fortaleza	Francisco A. Souza
Brazil Maceió	Mauricio G. Gonzaga
Brazil Manaus	H. Moroni Klein
Brazil Recife	Rubens C. Lanius
Brazil Rio de Janeiro	Geraldo Lima
Brazil Salvador	James W. Hart
Brazil São Paulo Interlagos	R. Pacheco Pinho
Brazil São Paulo North	Marcus H. Martins
Brazil São Paulo South	John S. Tanner
Brazil Vitória	J. Araújo Bezerra
California Anaheim	Bradford C Bowen
California Arcadia	Jorge T. Becerra
California Fresno	Larry Gelwix
California Riverside	Paul F. Smart
California Roseville	John G. Weston
California Sacramento	H. Benson Lewis
California San Diego	Paul N. Clayton
California San Jose	W. Lincoln Watkins
California Ventura	Fernando R. Castro
Canada Vancouver	Karl M. Tilleman
Cape Verde Praia	Roberto F. Oliveira
Chile Concepción South	Osvaldo Martinez Carreño
Chile Osorno	John E. Rappleye
Chile Santiago North	Fred D. Essig
Colombia Cali	Jonathan M. Prince
Colorado Colorado Springs	J. Patrick Anderson
Colorado Denver North	Jerry M. Toombs
Côte d’Ivoire Abidjan	Z. Dominique Dekaye
Democratic Republic of Congo Kinshasa	Brent L Jameson
Dominican Republic Santo Domingo East	Heriberto Hernandez
Dominican Republic Santo Domingo West	Raul Rodriguez Morel
Ecuador Guayaquil North	Lizardo H. Amaya
Ecuador Quito	Bruce E. Ghent
El Salvador San Salvador	David L. Glazier
El Salvador Santa Ana/Belize	I. Poloski Cordon
England Manchester	Robert I. Preston
Fiji Suva	Kenneth D. Klingler
Finland Helsinki	Douglas M. Rawlings
Florida Fort Lauderdale	Donald E. Anderson
France Paris	Franck Poznanski
Georgia Atlanta North	Mark A. Wolfert
Germany Frankfurt	Lehi K. Schwartz
Ghana Accra	Daniel K Judd
Ghana Cape Coast	Jeffrey L. Shulz
Guatemala Guatemala City Central	M. Joseph Brough
Guatemala Guatemala City North	Edward D. Watts
Guatemala Guatemala City South	Larry Stay
Guatemala Quetzaltenango	Lewis Bautista
Honduras Tegucigalpa	Carlos A. Hernandez
Japan Kobe	Richard G. Zinke
Japan Sapporo	Eric C. Evans
Japan Sendai	Gary D. Rasmussen
Kentucky Louisville	W. Richards Woodbury
Korea Busan	Lynn A. Gilbert
Louisiana Baton Rouge	Jim M. Wall
Mexico Mexico City North	J. Dana Call
Mexico Mexico City Southeast	Raymundo Morales Barrera
Mexico Oaxaca	Enrique Leyva Jimenez
Mexico Puebla	Robert C. Reeves
Mexico Tijuana	Armando Carreón Rivera
Mexico Torreón	David Flores Villaseñor
Mexico Tuxtla Gutiérrez	Juan G. Cardenas Tamayo
Mexico Veracruz	Carlos W. Treviño
Michigan Lansing	Stephen H. Hess
Micronesia Guam	Stephen F. Mecham
Minnesota Minneapolis	Jordan W. Clements
Missouri Independence	Donald J. Keyes
Mongolia Ulaanbaatar	Jay D. Clark*
Nevada Las Vegas	Michael A. Neider
New Jersey Morristown	Jon M. Jeppson
New Zealand Auckland	Paul N. Lekias
New Zealand Wellington	Michael L. Kezerian
Nigeria Lagos	Edward K. B. Karkari
Nigeria Port Harcourt	Philip K. Xaxagbe
Ohio Columbus	Robert T. Nilsen
Oregon Eugene	Mark A. Young
Oregon Portland	C. Jeffery Morby
Pennsylvania Pittsburgh	Clinton D Topham
Peru Chiclayo	Eduardo C. Risso
Peru Lima East	Nelson Ardila Vásquez
Philippines Angeles	David C. Martino
Philippines Cebu	Evan A. Schmutz
Philippines Davao	Ferdinand Pangan
Philippines Manila	Lyle J. Stucki
Philippines Olongapo	Roberto B. Querido
Philippines Quezon City North	Dennis R. Sperry
Philippines San Pablo	George E. Peterson
Philippines Tacloban	Jose V. Andaya
Romania Bucharest	Ned C. Hill
Russia Novosibirsk	Steven M. Petersen
Russia St. Petersburg	Jon Beesley
Russia Yekaterinburg	E. Kent Rust
Samoa Apia	Johnny L. Leota
Slovenia/Croatia	Edward B. Rowe
South Africa Cape Town	Mark I. Wood
South Africa Johannesburg	S. Craig Omer
South Carolina Columbia	Monte Holm
Sweden Stockholm	Gregory J. Newell
Tahiti Papeete	Benjamin T. Sinjoux
Tennessee Knoxville	Richard A. Irion
Tennessee Nashville	William L. McKee
Texas Dallas	Devin G. Durrant
Texas Houston	John C. Pingree
Texas Houston East	Thomas J. Crawford
Texas Lubbock	Arnold R. Augustin
Ukraine Donetsk	Vladimir Campero
Ukraine Kyiv	Jörg Klebingat
Venezuela Caracas	Vianey R. Villamizar
Washington Tacoma	Douglas W. Weaver
West Virginia Charleston	Bruce G. Pitt
Zambia Lusaka	Mikele R. Padovich