The First Presidency has announced the assignments of mission presidents called this year, and transfers of presidents already serving. Of the Church's 254 missions, 122 will receive new leaders this year.
Mission Succeeding New President
NORTH AMERICA - 42
Alaska Anchorage Jim Fogg Stephen R. Forrey
Arizona Phoenix J Ballard Washburn Wilbern L. McDougal
Arizona Tempe Durrel A. Woolsey David L. Bailey
Arizona Tucson New James E. Mangum
Arkansas Little Rock Robert S. Turley Robert T. Ferguson
California Anaheim Glenn C. Nelsoni ***C. Bruce Chambers
California Arcadia Gary J. Coleman *Edward L. Soper
California Fresno Harry Blundell Randy L. Bott
California Los Angeles Elmo B. Shirts W. Barney Gogarty
California Riverside New Jerry M. Hess
California Sacramento Gerald N Wray ***Paul G. Ripplinger
California San Diego Thomas E. Brown Jay L. Christensen
California San Jose Leo Douglas Keith H. Hoopes
California Ventura McKinley M. Oswald Jack K. Nielsen
Canada Montreal James Rasband ***William Flint Dickson
Colorado Denver Nile A. Sorenson ***William Kenneth Farrar Jr.
Florida Ft. Lauderdale Robert E. Coates M. Garfield Cook
Florida Jacksonville Douglas W. DeHaani **O. B. Johnston
Florida Tallahassee John H. Tanner Gordon E. Mills
Georgia Macon New John H. Cox
Idaho Boise Howard K. Barlow F. David Stanley
Iowa Des Moines Robert D. Manning Duane B. Welling
Kentucky Louisville Dale L. Gardner Larry V. Lunt
Louisiana Baton Rouge Kenneth R. Barker Phillip R. Kunz
Michigan Lansing Bernard J. Barnes ***James Calvin Taylor
Minnesota Minneapolis Gerald L. Thompson C. Kent Hugh
Missionary Training CenterEd J. Pinegar **Richard K. Klein
Nevada Las Vegas Gerald L. Scott George T. Taylor
New Jersey Morristown Dan J. Workman Clinton D. Davis
New York Rochester Richard Christensen Gordon E. Mauss
Ohio Columbus Arnold B. Gilbert Hugh S. West
Oklahoma Oklahoma City New **Duane Beazer
Oregon Eugene New Lloyd M Rasmussen
Pennsylvania Harrisburg Dale L. Dransfield Derrill H. Richards
South Carolina Columbia Kenneth L. Neal Don B. Castleton
Tennessee Nashville David C. Campbell Serge B. Woodruff
Texas Dallas Douglas E. Brinley M. Dean Anderson
Texas Houston Clark T. Thorstenson Vernon B. Watkins
Texas Houston East New Allen S. Farnsworth
Washington Seattle Clinton L. Cutler ***James L. Macfarlane
Washington Tacoma New J. Lewis Taylor
West Virginia Charleston Dean A. Barnes Lawrence E. Welling
CARIBBEAN - 1
Dominican Republic Gary Sorensen Ronald D. Jamison
Santo Domingo
MEXICO, CENTRAL AMERICA - 16
El Salvador San New **Ramon Eduardo Turcios Diaz
Salvador East
El Salvador San Franklin Henriquez E. Israel Perez C.
Salvador West
Guatemala Guatemala Gordon W.Romney David L. Frischknecht
City North
Guatemala Guatemala Adolfo Avalos Rico ***Gilberto de Jesus Cerda Vital
City South
Guatemala Quetzaltenango Mario A. Lopez Julio Alvarado
Honduras San Pedro Sula New *Lehi Gracia
Honduras Tegucigalpa *Lehi Gracia Luis Amado
Mexico Guadalajara Alfred Miron Martinez Francisco Pineda Salazar
Mexico Mazatlan Samuel Lara Del Moral Fernando R. Dorantes Trujano
Mexico Mexico City North Servando Rojas Ornales ***John Brentnell Robinson III
Mexico Oaxaca New Miguel Hidalgo Navarro
Mexico Tijuana New Arturo De Hoyos
Mexico Torreon Santiago Mejia Mora ***Rodolfo Pinon
Mexico Tuxtla-Gutierrez Alberto De La O Gamboa Octaviano Tenorio
Dominguez
Mexico Veracruz Leonardo Ramirez Rivas ***Tomas Santana Salazar
Nicaragua Managua New ***Luis Alvarez
SOUTH AMERICA - 24
Argentina Buenos Carlos Ernesto Aguero Rollin S. Davis
Aires South
Argentina Cordoba Tomas F. Lindheimer Gary Lunt
Argentina Mendoza New Charles W. Eastwood
Argentina Resistencia New Wilfredo R. Lopez G.
Argentina Rosario Guillermo Ricardo Pitarch Jorge W. Ventura
Argentina Salta Francisco Vinas **Daniel Aguilar
Argentina Trelew New **Antonio Cappi
Bolivia Cochabamba Harrell G. Fallis ***Hebert Omar Diaz
Bolivia La Paz Steven R. Wright Joseph W. Cook
Brazil Fortaleza Helvecio Martins Athos M. Amorim
Brazil Manaus New ***Claudio Roberto Mendes Costa
Brazil Recife A. J. Mendonca Donald L. Clark
Brazil Rio de Janeiro Lennis M. Knighton Orville Wayne Day Jr.
Brazil Salvador New Jairo Massagardi
Brazil Sao Paulo North Andrew J. Day III Ralph D. Chipman
Brazil Sao Paulo South Nelson De Genaro Stanley D. Neelman
Chile Osorno Juan Castro D. Gustavo A. Barrios
Chile Santiago North Howard G. Schmidt Holbrook B. DuPont
Colombia Barranquilla *Edward L. Soper Daniel Alvarez
Colombia Cali Jorge Leano Julio Eduardo Chumbita
Ecuador Quito Fred W. Nelson Jr. **Charles E. Hall
Peru Lima East Douglas Earli Juan Angel Alvaradejo Redondas
Peru Lima South Glen L. Slight **Martin David Openshaw
Venezuela Caracas D. H. Asay Teodoro Hoffmann Ilica
BRITISH ISLES - 1
England Coventry Robert H. Garff ***Percy Edwin Alfred Winstanley Jr.
EUROPE - 19
Austria Vienna Farrell M. Smith Kenneth D. Reber
Belgium Antwerp New R. Bruce Barrett
Czechoslovakia Prague New Richard W. Winder
Finland Helsinki Steven R. Mecham Gary L. Browning
France Paris James T. Johnson Charles E. Jones
Germany Dusseldorf New Edgar Wolferts
Germany Munich Warren L. Burton Bruce T. Harper
Greece Athens New R. Douglas Phillips
Hungary Budapest New James L. Wilde
Italy Padova New *Giuseppe Pasta
Italy Rome *Giuseppe Pasta Richard H Favero
Norway Oslo Erlend D. Peterson Ronald T. Halverson
Poland Warsaw New Walter Whipple
Portugal Lisbon North T. Dean McCook ***Vitor Manuel Pereira Martins
Portugal Lisbon South New R. Douglas Holt
Portugal Porto Dan Copeland **Philip Ray Brown
Spain Bilbao Garth J. Wakefield Fred C. Adams
Sweden Stockholm Max M. Kimball Bo G. Wennerlund
Switzerland Geneva H. Jay Hassell Richard W. Thatcher
AFRICA - 6
Nigeria Aba Joseph J. Grigg Kenneth S. Wilson
Nigeria Lagos Richard D. Mathews Douglas Alston
South Africa Cape Town Reed C. Snow Blaine L. Hudson
South Africa Johannesburg R. J. Snow ***Peter Mourik
Zaire Kinshasa C. Steven Hatch Scott H. Taggart
Zimbabwe Harare Joseph Hamstead George Brooks
ASIA - 6
Japan Okayama Masataka Kitamura Seiichiro Utagawa
Japan Okinawa New ***Evan Allan Larsen
Japan Sendai Yasuo Niiyama Makoto Fukuda
Japan Tokyo North Richard H. Kiyabu Bin Kikuchi
Japan Tokyo South M. Jim Matsumori William R. Walker
Korea Pusan Mark Peterson Won Seo
PHILIPPINES - 4
Philippines Cebu C. Elliott Richards Ralph L. Cottrell Jr.
Philippines Davao Jovencio C. Ilagan Sr. Ruben G. Gapiz
Philippines San Pablo New Dean O. Peck
Philippines Tacloban New Leonardo S. Mina
SOUTH PACIFIC - 3
Fiji Suva George S. Goble Clyde G. Harper
New Zealand Auckland Herschel N. Pedersen Charles P. Lloyd
Samoa Apia Polisi Fitisemanu Clifton E. Treglown
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(ADDITIONAL INFORMATION)
Worldwide mission totals
Africa - 8 missions
Asia - 19 missions
British Isles - 8 missions
Caribbean - 6 missions
Europe - 34 missions
Mexico, Central America - 27 missions
North America - 86 missions
Philippines, Micronesia - 12 missions
South America - 43 missions
South Pacific - 11 missions