Church Announces Mission Presidents and New Missions for 2016
Contributed By the Church News
The Church has announced 168 new mission president assignments, effective July 2016. The names of the new and returning mission presidents are listed below.
The Church has also announced the creation of three new missions:
The Democratic Republic of the Congo Mbuji-Mayi Mission will be created from a division of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa and Democratic Republic of the Congo Lubumbashi Missions.
The Nigeria Owerri Mission will be created from a division of the Nigeria Port Harcourt Mission. The new missions will become effective on July 1.
The Vietnam Hanoi Mission will be created from a division of the Cambodia Phnom Penh Mission during the first half of this year.
| MISSION CURRENT PRESIDENT NEW PRESIDENT |
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| AFRICA SOUTHEAST AREA |
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| Angola Luanda | Danny L. Merrill | Denelson Silva |
| Botswana/Namibia | Merrill A. Wilson | Dunstan G. B. T. Chadambuka |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo Lubumbashi | F. Brent Thomas | Larry D. Shumard |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo Mbuji-Mayi | New Mission | Alfred Kyungu |
| Kenya Nairobi | Gary C. Hicken | S. Ephraim Msane |
| South Africa Durban | John A. Zackrison | To be announced |
| Uganda Kampala | Robert F. Chatfield | Stephen H. Collings |
| Zambia Lusaka | Leif J. Erickson | Inoke F. Kupu |
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| AFRICA WEST AREA |
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| Cote d'Ivoire Abidjan West | Marcel Gueï | David Hamand |
| Ghana Accra West | Norman C. Hill | Robert H. Simpson |
| Nigeria Benin City | Akingbade A. Ojo | Alexander A. Odume |
| Nigeria Enugu | Freebody A. Mensah | Francis O. Nmeribe |
| Nigeria Lagos | Richard K. Ahadjie | Cornelius O. Tay |
| Nigeria Owerri | New Mission | Solomon Ijoma Aliche |
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| ASIA AREA |
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| India Bangalore | David M. Berrett | Fred M. Mortensen |
| Indonesia Jakarta | Christopher L. Donald | Paul S. Rowley |
| Mongolia Ulaanbaatar | Joseph P. Benson | Jeffrey C. Harper |
| Taiwan Taichung | Kurt L. Blickenstaff | Michael John U. Teh |
| Vietnam Hanoi | New Mission | Lewis Hassell |
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| ASIA NORTH AREA |
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| Japan Tokyo South | Takashi Wada | J Paul Warnick |
| Korea Daejeon | Yong-In S. Shin | John L. Madsen |
| Korea Seoul South | Marshall R. Morrise | Roger W. Turner |
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| BRAZIL AREA |
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| Brazil Curitiba | Anderson M. Monteiro | Douglas K. Hart |
| Brazil Curitiba South | Leonel R. Fernandes | B. Corey Cuvelier |
| Brazil Fortaleza East | Carlos Fusco | Ricardo C. Leite |
| Brazil Goiânia | David Kuceki | Francisco Bührer |
| Brazil João Pessoa | Izaias P. Nogueira | Xavier Dias |
| Brazil Juiz de Fora | Luciano Cascardi | Fábio Lacerda |
| Brazil Londrina | C. Alberto Genaro | Luiz Pereira |
| Brazil Natal | Saulo Soares | Eliseu Colleoni |
| Brazil Piracicaba | Kennedy F. Canuto | Howard K. Bangerter |
| Brazil Ribeirão Preto | Mauro T. Brum | Peter S. Scholz |
| Brazil Santa Maria | Adalton P. Parrela | Marcelo Louza |
| Brazil Santos | Celso B. Cabral | Carlos S. Obata |
| Brazil São Paulo West | José Luiz Del Guerso | Thomas W. Thomas |
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| CARIBBEAN AREA |
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| Jamaica Kingston | Kevin G. Brown | Scott C. Pearson |
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| CENTRAL AMERICA AREA |
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| El Salvador San Salvador West/Belize | Kai D. Hintze | Eric M. Adams |
| Guatemala Cobán | John F. Curtiss | Carlos A. Faundez Maureira |
| Guatemala Retalhuleu | Johnny F. Ruiz | Matthew M. Goodman |
| Honduras San Pedro Sula East | Norman S. Klein | Rex T. Carlisle Jr. |
| Honduras San Pedro Sula West | James M. Dester | Douglas R. Bush |
| Nicaragua Managua North | Monsop Collado | Sergio A. Poncio Alvarez |
| Nicaragua Managua South | Bryan G. Russell | Mark S. Brown |
| Panamá Panamá City | Curtis Carmack | William F. Current |
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| EUROPE AREA |
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| Czech/Slovak | James W. McConkie III | To be announced |
| England Leeds | Graham Pilkington | Martin J. Turvey |
| Italy Milan | Bruce L. Dibb | Kent J. Allen |
| Italy Rome | Michael Waddoups | Michael D. Pickerd |
| Poland Warsaw | Steven C Edgren | Mateusz Turek |
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| EUROPE EAST AREA |
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| Armenia Yerevan | J. Steven Carlson | Allen B. Bostrom |
| Russia Moscow | Garry E. Borders | Jeffrey D. McGhie |
| Russia Samara | Michael L. Schwab | S. Eric Ottesen |
| Russia Yekaterinburg | Val J. Christensen | Ray M. Beck |
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| IDAHO AREA |
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| Idaho Boise | John Winder | Randall D. Bartlett |
| Idaho Nampa | Stuart B. Cannon | Paul D. Sorensen |
| Idaho Twin Falls | Glen R. Curtis | Brent J. Nelson |
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| MÉXICO AREA |
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| México Aguascalientes | Juan Villarreal | Francisco J. Hernández Rivero |
| México Cancún | Dale B. Kirkham Jr. | Miguel A. Reynoso López |
| México Chihuahua | Ulises Chávez | Jose L. Montoya |
| México Ciudad Juárez | Rodolfo Derbez | J. Randall Owen |
| México Ciudad Obregón | Mauricio Munive Lara | Shaun S. Myers |
| México Culiacán | Jesús Velez | Carlos A. Gabaldón Royval |
| México Mérida | Sergio A. Garcia | Abel Ruiz Valadez |
| México México City Chalco | Jerald D. Crickmore | Francisco Zapata Orozco |
| México México City East | Sergio M. Anaya | Siegfried A. Naumann |
| México México City Northwest | Brad H Hall | Daniel D. De Leon |
| México México City West | George F. Whitehead | Carl D. Grossen |
| México Monterrey East | Larry C. Bird | Mark J. Maucotel |
| México Pachuca | Andrew E. Egbert | Jeff D. Kimball |
| México Querétaro | Javier Mejorada | Steven M. Williamson |
| México Reynosa | Abelardo Morales | Jorge Alejandro Regalado Campos |
| México Saltillo | L. Fernando Rodriguez | Kevin S. Cahoon |
| México Villahermosa | Israel G. Morales | Karl N. Haws |
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| NORTH AMERICA CENTRAL AREA |
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| Canada Edmonton | Larry G. Manion | George C. Pattison |
| Colorado Denver South | J Blake Murdock | Kirk D. Gifford |
| Colorado Fort Collins | Kelly W. Brown | Sean S. McMurray |
| Illinois Chicago | Paul S. Woodbury | Evan G. Bingham |
| Iowa Des Moines | John R. Jensen | Briant Badger |
| Kansas Wichita | Michael L. Bell | Mitchell Dean McCuistion |
| Missouri St Louis | Thomas W. Morgan | Michael J. Bateman
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| Wisconsin Milwaukee | Raymond A. Cutler | Jack Ross Williams |
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| NORTH AMERICA NORTHEAST AREA |
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| Canada Montréal | Victor P. Patrick | Robert L. Phillips |
| Indiana Indianapolis | Steven C. Cleveland | Daryl H. Carlson |
| Michigan Detroit | Nolan D. Gerber | Larry Cleveland |
| New Hampshire Manchester | Philip M. Stoker | Thomas J. Blair |
| New York Rochester | Arthur R. Francis | Zachary Evans |
| Ohio Cincinnati | John P. Porter | M. Tim Welch |
| Pennsylvania Philadelphia | T. Gary Anderson | Christopher L. Randall |
| Virginia Chesapeake | Alan J. Baker | Randall F. Weed |
| Virginia Richmond | E. Bradley Wilson | Corey B. Smith |
| Washington DC North | Peter S. Cooke | Stephen C. Johnson |
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| NORTH AMERICA NORTHWEST AREA |
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| Oregon Salem | Michael R. Samuelian | Paul Tateoka |
| Washington Everett | Mark Bonham | Michael S. Wilding |
| Washington Federal Way | Robert I. Eaton | Sterling A. Rasmussen |
| Washington Kennewick | Boyd S. Ware | Doneal L White |
| Washington Vancouver | Derlin Taylor | Dennis A. McAteer |
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| NORTH AMERICA SOUTHEAST AREA |
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| Alabama Birmingham | Richard D. Hanks | Stanford C. Sainsbury |
| Florida Jacksonville | Paul W. Craig | Brent I. Lee |
| Florida Orlando | Michael J. Berry | David K. Clark |
| Florida Tallahassee | Bradley J. Smith | Clint W. Smith |
| Florida Tampa | Mark D. Cusick | Kendall J. Cooper |
| Georgia Macon | Brent T Cottle | Roger A. Grayson |
| Tennessee Nashville | Kyle R. Andersen | Jared W. Stone |
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| NORTH AMERICA SOUTHWEST AREA |
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| Arizona Gilbert | K. Brett Nattress | Richard W. Wheeler |
| Arizona Mesa | Kirk L. Jenkins | Lonny E. Townsend |
| Arizona Scottsdale | Karl R. Sweeney | Marc B. Robinson |
| Arizona Tempe | James L. Toone | Spencer Christensen |
| Nevada Las Vegas West | Michael B. Ahlander | Martin N. Walker |
| New Mexico Albuquerque | Steven J. Miller | Timothy B. Guffey |
| Oklahoma Oklahoma City | Stewart R. Walkenhorst | Darren J. Mansell |
| Texas Fort Worth | Rodney A. Ames | Darrell G. Whitney |
| Texas McAllen | Fernando Maluenda | José S. Torres Caballero |
| Texas San Antonio | James E. Slaughter | Todd B. Polley |
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| NORTH AMERICA WEST AREA |
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| California Bakersfield | James M. Wilson | Tim W. Layton |
| California Carlsbad | Hal C. Kendrick | Glen B. Thomas |
| California Irvine | Von D. Orgill | Samuel W. Clark Jr. |
| California Long Beach | Ryan M. Tew | Brian P. Patterson |
| California Los Angeles | David N Weidman | Robert M. Haynie |
| California Rancho Cucamonga | Bruce E. Hobbs | Curtis G. Taylor |
| California Redlands | Daniel J. Van Cott | Sean R. Dixon |
| Hawaii Honolulu | Stephen R. Warner | James H. Bekker |
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| PACIFIC AREA |
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| Australia Brisbane | Lon E. Henderson | Mark E McSwain |
| Australia Melbourne | Cory H. Maxwell | Peter G. Vidmar |
| Marshall Islands Majuro | Thomas L. Weir | John F. Larkin |
| New Zealand Hamilton | Charles A. Rudd | Jeffrey D. Cummings |
| Papua New Guinea Lae | Mark P. Peteru | Sitiveni Fehoko |
| Tonga Nuku'alofa | Leitoni M. Tupou | Sione Tuione |
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| PHILIPPINES AREA |
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| Philippines Baguio | Anthony John Balledos | Dominic B. Bangal |
| Philippines Butuan | Pastor B. Torres | Avelino Santillan |
| Philippines Cagayan de Oro | Alberto C. Bulseco | Kim S. Antenorcruz |
| Philippines Cauayan | George R. Rahlf | C. Russell Hiatt |
| Philippines Cavite | Douglas C. Tye | Aaron B. Speirs |
| Philippines Cebu East | Richard L. Tanner | Rocky Kellett Maughan |
| Philippines Iloilo | Jaime R. Aquino | Hermenegildo Cruz |
| Philippines Legazpi | Jovencio A. Guanzon | Dale K. Kotter |
| Philippines Naga | L. Barry Reeder | Tomasito S. Zapanta |
| Philippines Quezon City | Carlos Revillo | David J. Koster |
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| SOUTH AMERICA NORTHWEST AREA |
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| Bolivia La Paz | Julián A. Palacio | Enrique Cabezas Gomez |
| Bolivia Santa Cruz | Jason A. Willard | Luis Rodríguez Serrano |
| Bolivia Santa Cruz North | Richard C. Zambrano | Fabian I. Vallejo |
| Colombia Barranquilla | Kent R. Searle | John J. Gallego Infante |
| Ecuador Guayaquil South | Maxsimo C. Torres | Pablo Moreno Hortua |
| Ecuador Guayaquil West | Jorge Dennis | Rosendo Santos Camargo |
| Ecuador Quito North | Brian A. Richardson | Blake P. Murphy |
| Perú Arequipa | Richard Zobrist | Douglas R. Johnson |
| Perú Cusco | Robert C. Harbertson | Henry Herrera Linares |
| Perú Huancayo | David Y. Henderson | Edgar Silva Julian |
| Perú Iquitos | Alejandro Gómez | José Alfonso Li De La Cruz |
| Perú Lima North | John R. Erickson | Matthew R Godfrey |
| Perú Lima West | Blake D. Archibald | Colin C. Stauffer |
| Perú Trujillo North | D. Kurt Marler | William L. Marble |
| Venezuela Valencia | Guillermo I. Guardia | Ramon Ernesto Sarmiento Arcila |
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| SOUTH AMERICA SOUTH AREA |
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| Argentina Buenos Aires North | David S. Ayre | Robert T. Smith |
| Argentina Buenos Aires South | Larry L Thurgood | Alejandro Calquin Sepulveda |
| Argentina Comodoro Rivadavia | Mark F. Rogers | Claudio Salerno |
| Argentina Córdoba | Rubén V. Alliaud | Pedro Fco. Correa Cardenas |
| Argentina Posadas | Lee R. LaPierre | Wenceslao H. Svec |
| Chile Antofagasta | Craig L. Dalton | David Ferreira |
| Chile Concepción | Kent J. Arrington | Nelson Catala |
| Chile Rancagua | Thomas R. Warne | Reed J. Harris |
| Chile Santiago South | David L. Cook | Douglas J. Gwilliam |
| Chile Santiago West | Jose A. Barreiros | Christopher G. Woodward |
| Paraguay Asunción North | Garn H. McMullin | Michael J. Evans |
| Uruguay Montevideo | Stanley E. Cook | Mark D. Eddy |
| Uruguay Montevideo West | Thomas A. Smith | Ryan K. Olsen |
| UTAH AREAS |
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| Utah Salt Lake City East | John C. Eberhardt | Brent J. Hillier |
| Utah Salt Lake City South | Robert E. Chambers | J. Christopher Lansing |
| Utah St. George | John R. Center | D. Zackary Smith
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