2012
New Mission Presidents Called to Serve
July 2012


“New Mission Presidents Called to Serve,” Liahona, July 2012, 74–75

New Mission Presidents Called to Serve

The Church announced the names of 110 new mission presidents earlier this year. The majority will begin their two- or three-year-calling, accompanied by their wives, this month.

Mission

New President

Argentina Bahia Blanca

Manuel Parreno

Argentina Neuquén

Paul R. Lovell

Australia Adelaide

Bradley D. Carter

Australia Perth

R. Bruce Lindsay

Australia Sydney

Philip F. Howes

Belgium/Netherlands

Alden C. Robinson

Brazil Belém

Jose C. Scisci

Brazil Belo Horizonte

Paschoal F. Fortunato

Brazil Campinas

Carlos E. Perrotti

Brazil Cuiabá

Keith R. Reber

Brazil Porto Alegre North

D. Layne Wright

Brazil Porto Alegre South

Palmênio C. Castro

Brazil Salvador South

Marcelo Andrezzo

Brazil São Paulo East

Ronald A. Ferrin

Brazil Teresina

Alvacir L. Siedschlag

Bulgaria Sofia

Michael S. Wilstead

California Oakland/San Francisco

David N. Weidman

California San Fernando

Kenneth T. Hall

California Santa Rosa

Rene R. Alba

Cambodia Phnom Penh

David C. Moon

Canada Calgary

Howard Nicholas

Canada Halifax

Brian Leavitt

Canada Winnipeg

Kirk M. Thomas

Chile Santiago East

David L. Wright

Chile Viña del Mar

Frederico M. Kähnlein

China Hong Kong

Val D. Hawks

Colombia Bogotá North

Mark F. Andelin

Colombia Bogotá South

Letvin Lozano

Colombia Medellín

Roberto O. Pitarch

Costa Rica San José

Chad R. Wilkinson

Democratic Republic of the Congo Lubumbashi

Phillip W. McMullin

Denmark Copenhagen

Shawn D. Sederholm

Dominican Republic Santiago

John Douglas

England Birmingham

R. Craig Rasmussen

England London

David J. Jordan

England London South

Roger C. Millar

France Lyon

Blake M. Roney

Georgia Atlanta

John R. Harding

Germany Berlin

Henry W. Kosak

Ghana Kumasi

Leon A. Holmes

Greece Athens

Eric B. Freestone

Haiti Port-au-Prince

Hubermann Bien-Aimé

Honduras Comayagüela

Candido Fortuna

Hungary Budapest

Lowell V. Smith

Idaho Pocatello

Marvin T. Brinkerhoff

Illinois Chicago

Jerry D. Fenn

India New Delhi

Peter E. Sackley

Japan Fukuoka

C. Samuel Gustafson

Japan Tokyo

L. Todd Budge

Korea Seoul

Brent J. Christensen

Madagascar Antananarivo

David R. Adams

Maryland Baltimore

Mark L. Richards

Massachusetts Boston

Daniel W. Packard

Mexico Cuernavaca

Bruce C. Kusch

Mexico Guadalajara

G. Wesley Wagner

Mexico Guadalajara East

Luis F. Camarillo

Mexico Hermosillo

Alberto E. Hernandez

Mexico Mexico City South

Roberto Valadez

Mexico Monterrey West

Edward M. Swapp

Mexico Puebla North

Ralph N. Christensen

Mexico Tampico

Ralph B. Jordan III

Mexico Xalapa

Paulo Lopez

Mississippi Jackson

Mark J. McDonough

Montana Billings

Kris J. Mecham

Mozambique Maputo

Paulo V. Kretly

Nebraska Omaha

Michael D. Weston

Nevada Reno

David N. Hermansen

New Mexico Farmington

Doyle L. Batt

New York New York North

Thomas B. Morgan

New York New York South

Kevin E. Calderwood

New York Utica

Joseph B. Wirthlin Jr.

Nigeria Calibar

John E. Kosin

North Carolina Charlotte

Ronald L. Craven

North Carolina Raleigh

Marc A. Bernhisel

Norway Oslo

Don A. Evans

Ohio Cleveland

Michael L. Vellinga

Oklahoma Tulsa

Scott K. Shumway

Papua New Guinea Port Moresby

Suliasi Vea Kaufusi

Paraguay Asunción

P. David Agazzani

Peru Lima Central

Alan M. Borg

Peru Lima South

Sean Douglas

Peru Piura

Chad A. Rowley

Philippines Bacolod

Marlo O. Lopez

Philippines Baguio

William J. Monahan

Philippines Laoag

Julius Jonah F. Barrientos

Portugal Lisbon

Stephen L. Fluckiger

Russia Rostov-na-Donu

William H. Prows

Russia Vladivostok

Gregory S. Brinton

Scotland/Ireland

Alan H. Brown

Singapore

Bradley S. Mains

South Dakota Rapid City

Curtis E. Anderson

Spain Barcelona

Mark L. Pace

Spain Madrid

Scott T. Jackson

Spain Málaga

Monte M. Deere Jr.

Taiwan Taipei

David O. Day

Texas Houston South

Brian K. Ashton

Thailand Bangkok

David M. Senior

Ukraine Dnepropetrovsk

J. Robert van Bruggen

Uruguay Montevideo

David K. Armstrong

Utah Ogden

Maurice D. Hiers Jr.

Utah Provo

John A. McCune

Utah Salt Lake City Central

Richard W. Moffat

Utah Salt Lake City West

Earl S. Swain

Vanuatu Port Vila

Larry E. Brewer

Venezuela Barcelona

Juan C. Chacin

Venezuela Maracaibo

Juan F. Zorrilla

Washington DC South

Matthew L. Riggs

Washington Spokane

Donald E. Mullen

West Indies

Daniel S. Mehr II

Zimbabwe Harare

Bryson C. Cook