Exciting Happenings In Missionary Work!

As the work of the Lord moves forward, missions throughout the world are seeing some exciting changes. Recently the LDS Church announced the creation of 11 new missions, as well as the sustaining of 120 new mission presidents.

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Church Announces 2015 Mission Presidents by Area

• 13 JANUARY 2015

The number of new presidents per area. The Church has called 120 new mission presidents and created 11 new missions.  Image courtesy of the Deseret News.

The Church has announced the callings of 120 new mission presidents who will begin their service in July of 2015, and the creation of 11 new missions. The new presidents and their predecessors are listed below in this order: mission, current president, new president.

AFRICA SOUTHEAST AREA
Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa	W. Bryce Cook	Herve Baehrel
Madagascar Antananarivo	David R. Adams	Raymon D. Foote
Mozambique Maputo	Paulo V. Kretly	To be announced
Zimbabwe Harare	Bryson C. Cook	T. Jackson Mkhabela

AFRICA WEST AREA
Ghana Kumasi	Leon A. Holmes	Michael L. Cosgrave
Nigeria Calabar	John E. Kosin	Mathias O. Eguko

ASIA AREA
Cambodia Phnom Penh	David C. Moon	To be announced
China Hong Kong	Val D. Hawks	Maurice M. Lam
India New Dehli	Peter E. Sackley	Kirt L. Hodges
Singapore	Bradley S. Mains	Stephen A. Simmons
Taiwan Taipei	David O. Day	Jace B. Jergensen
Thailand Bangkok	David M. Senior	Kelly R. Johnson

ASIA NORTH AREA
Japan Fukuoka	C. Samuel Gustafson	Bradley C Egan
Japan Nagoya	Kazuhiko Yamashita	Tetsuji Ishii
Japan Tokyo	L. Todd Budge	Takuji Nagano
Korea Seoul	Brent J. Christensen	R. Craig Sonksen

BRAZIL AREA
Brazil Belém	José C. Scisci	Alexandre Stasevskas
Brazil Belo Horizonte	Paschoal F. Fortunato	Bruno M. A. Fernandes
Brazil Campinas	Carlos E. Perrotti	Bruce Hill
Brazil Cuiabá	Keith R. Reber	Adilson Oliveira
Brazil Porto Alegre North	D. Layne Wright	José V. Campos
Brazil Porto Alegre South	Palmênio C. Castro	Rogério G. R. Cruz
Brazil Salvador South	Marcelo Andrezzo	G. Paulo Bangerter
Brazil São Paulo East	Don L. Andrew	Roy W Silcox
Brazil Teresina	Alvacir L. Siedschlag	Wilson Melo

CARIBBEAN AREA
Barbados Bridgetown(Renamed from the West Indies Mission)	Daniel S. Mehr II	Alan C. Herrington
Dominican Republic Santiago	John Douglas	Lorenzo A. Castillo Camacho
Haiti Port-au-Prince	Hubermann Bien-Aime	Karlyle Raphael
Trinidad Port of Spain	New Mission	Gregory W. Egbert

CENTRAL AMERICA AREA
Costa Rica San José East (Renamed from the Costa Rica San José Mission)	Chad R. Wilkinson	Randy H. Hayes
Costa Rica San José West	New Mission	German Laboriel Guitty
Honduras Comayagüela	Candido Fortuna	Edwin R. Ferman Zelaya

EUROPE AREA
Belgium/Netherlands	Alden C. Robinson	Robert L. Bunnell
Denmark Copenhagen	Shawn D. Sederholm	Daniel R. O'Bryant
England Birmingham	R. Craig Rasmussen	To be announced
England London	David J. Jordan	Mark W. Stevens
England London South	Roger C. Millar	Ronald K. Gubler
France Lyon	Blake M. Roney	Scott D. Brown
Germany Berlin	Henry W. Kosak	Christian H. Fingerle
Greece Athens	Eric B. Freestone	Bill O. Heder
Hungary Budapest	Lowell V. Smith	József Szabadkai
Norway Oslo	Don A. Evans	Tracy A. Hill
Portugal Lisbon	Stephen L. Fluckiger	Victor Tavares
Scotland/Ireland	Alan H. Brown	George R. Donaldson
Spain Barcelona	Mark L. Pace	Merril T. Dayton
Spain Madrid	Scott T. Jackson	Kevin B. Pack
Spain Málaga	Monte M. Deere Jr.	T. DarVel Andersen

EUROPE EAST AREA
Bulgaria Sofia	Michael S. Wilstead	Michael D. Barclay
Russia Rostov-na-Donu	William H. Prows	David H. Miner
Russia Vladivostok	Gregory S. Brinton	John W. Perkinson
Ukraine Dnepropetrovsk	J. Robert van Bruggen	Paul R. Sullivan

IDAHO AREA
Idaho Pocatello	Marvin T. Brinkerhoff	Gene E. Hancock

MÉXICO AREA
México Cuernavaca	Bruce C. Kusch	Héctor Ávila Rosales
México Guadalajara	G. Wesley Wagner	Robert J. Clayton
México Guadalajara East	Luis F. Camarillo	Jack B. Egginton
México Hermosillo	Alberto E. Hernandez	Terence L. Robinson
México México City South	Roberto Valadez	D. Bryan Mecham
México Monterrey West	Edward M. Swapp	Daniel D. McArthur
México Puebla North	Ralph N. Christensen	Eric W. Nelson
México Tampico	Ralph B. Jordan III	Nelson S. Ramirez Herrera

NORTH AMERICA CENTRAL AREA
Canada Calgary	Howard Nicholas	Stephen P. Miles
Canada Winnipeg	Kirk M. Thomas	John N. Craig
Illinois Chicago West	Jerry D. Fenn	Gilbert M. Griffin
Montana Billings	Kris J Mecham	Gordon L. Wadsworth
Nebraska Omaha	Michael D. Weston	Chad B. Gardner
North Dakota Bismarck (Renamed from the South Dakota Rapid City Mission)	Curtis E. Anderson	Michael J. Hess

NORTH AMERICA NORTHEAST AREA
Canada Halifax	Brian Leavitt	To be announced
Maryland Baltimore	Mark L. Richards	Randal J. Christiansen
Massachusetts Boston	Daniel W. Packard	A. Todd Miller
New York New York North	Thomas B. Morgan	David L. Smith
New York New York South	Kevin E. Calderwood	Gary Reynolds
New York Utica	Joseph B. Wirthlin Jr.	Jeffrey G. Rogers
Ohio Cleveland	Michael L. Vellinga	Michael D. Brown
Washington DC South	Matthew L. Riggs	David H. Huntsman

NORTH AMERICA NORTHWEST AREA
Washington Seattle	Yoon Hwan Choi	Anthony W. Schofield
Washington Spokane	Donald E. Mullen	Wayne R Dymock
Washington Yakima	New Mission	John C. Lewis

NORTH AMERICA SOUTHEAST AREA
Georgia Atlanta	John R. Harding	David A. Foote
Mississippi Jackson	Mark J. McDonough	Bruce L. Olson
North Carolina Charlotte	Ronald L. Craven	Allen B. Alexander
North Carolina Raleigh	Marc A. Bernhisel	Dennis R. James

NORTH AMERICA SOUTHWEST AREA
Nevada Reno	David N. Hermansen	Bruce W Chesnut
New Mexico Farmington	Doyle L. Batt	David G. Adams
Oklahoma Tulsa	Scott K. Shumway	Kevin H Loveland
Texas Houston South	Brian K. Ashton	Aaron T. Hall

NORTH AMERICA WEST AREA
California Modesto	New Mission	To be announced
California Oakland/San Francisco	A. Jerry Meredith	Ted H. Frandsen
California San Fernando	Kenneth T. Hall	To be announced
California Santa Rosa	René R. Alba	Jim L. Wright

PACIFIC AREA
Australia Adelaide	Bradley D. Carter	R. Jeffrey Parker
Australia Perth	R. Bruce Lindsay	Walter S. Fife
Australia Sydney North	Philip F. Howes	Max L. Checketts
Papua New Guinea Port Moresby	Pita F. Hopoate	Voi R. Taeoalii
Vanuatu Port Vila	Larry E. Brewer	Paul W. Granger

PHILIPPINES AREA
Philippines Bacolod	Marlo O. Lopez	Christopher A. Barredo
Philippines Laoag	Julius Jonah F. Barrientos	Robert M. Andrada
Philippines Urdaneta	William J. Monahan	Ernesto A. Deyro Jr.

SOUTH AMERICA NORTHWEST AREA
Bolivia La Paz El Alto	New Mission	Juan R. Ocampo González
Colombia Bogota North	Mark F. Andelin	Robert Laney
Colombia Bogota South	Letvin Lozano	Renzo Baquerizo
Colombia Medellin	Roberto O. Pitarch	Víctor R. Calderón Punto
Perú Lima Central	Alan M. Borg	Stephen J. Larson
Perú Lima South	Sean Douglas	G. Boyd McGinn
Perú Piura	Chad A. Rowley	Daniel L. Rasmussen
Perú Trujillo South	New Mission	Manuel Rios Alejandro
Venezuela Barcelona	Juan C. Chacín Nava	Alberto A. Álvarez Mosquera
Venezuela Maracaibo	Juan F. Zorrilla	Efraín R. García López

SOUTH AMERICA SOUTH AREA
Argentina Bahia Blanca	Manuel Parreño	Mark E. Cifuentes
Argentina Buenos Aires East	New Mission	To be announced
Argentina Neuquén	Paul R. Lovell	Carlos Casariego Abellal
Argentina Santa Fe	New Mission	Gabriel Pérez Benavides
Chile Santiago East	David L. Wright	Marty Morgan
Chile Viña del Mar	Federico M. Kähnlein	Raúl Díaz Navarro
Paraguay Asunción	P. David Agazzani	Sergio A. Wilson

UTAH AREAS
Utah Logan	New Mission	To be announced
Utah Ogden	Maurice D. Hiers Jr.	Jeremy R. Jaggi
Utah Orem	New Mission	Chris D. Killpack
Utah Provo	John A. McCune	John C Hodgman
Utah Salt Lake City Central	Richard W. Moffat	Mission Consolidation
Utah Salt Lake City West	Earl S. Swain	L. Scott Palmer