Elder F. Melvin Hammond of the Seventy created the Chetumal Mexico Stake, which includes the Bacalar, Bosque, Centro, Chetumal, Jardines, and Morelos wards, and the Subteniente Lopez and Ucum branches.
Elder Richard D. Scott of the Council of the Twelve created the Columbia Maryland Stake, which includes the Catonsville, Columbia 1st, Columbia 2nd, Hampstead, and Laurel wards.Elder L. Aldin Porter of the Seventy created the Highland Utah East stake, which includes the American Fork Training School West, Highland 2nd, Highland 3rd, Highland 4th, Highland 7th, Highland 9th, and Highland 11th wards.
Elsewhere, stakes were reorganized in West Virginia, Mexico, and Peru.
New
stakes
CHETUMAL MEXICO STAKE: (Oct. 27, 1991) Created from the Chetumal Mexico district. President - Raul Gaspar Rodriguez Ferreyro, 32, company supervisor, former stake Sunday School president, branch president, district president, ward clerk, ward Sunday School president, and elders quorum president's counselor, married Martha Leticia Echeverria Alcocer. Counselors - William Isidro Lugo Alonso, 44, caretaker, former branch president and counselor, and district president's counselor, married Alla B. Leal Zaldivar; Pedro Viveros Leon, 35, veterinarian, former branch president and district president's counselor, married Bertha Patricia Cellio Diaz.
COLUMBIA MARYLAND STAKE: (Nov. 10, 1991) Created from the Seneca Maryland Stake. President - Cecil Brent Bargeron, 48, principal staff physicist, former stake president's counselor, high councilor, bishop and counselor, and elders quorum president, married Marilyn Dee Johnson. Counselors - Clarence Edward Johnson, 52, information systems director, former high councilor, bishop, seminary teacher, Young Men president, and Scoutmaster, married Dana Carolyn Morris; Glenn Leslie Hawkes, 49, marketing manager, former stake mission president, stake clerk, high councilor, Young Men president's counselor, and elders quorum president, married Mary Jane Davidson.
HIGHLAND UTAH EAST STAKE: (Nov. 10, 1991) Created from the Highland Utah Stake. President - Stephen Mark Studdert, 42, consulting firm chairman, former stake president and counselor, high councilor, bishop's counselor, and Aaronic Priesthood adviser, married Bonnie Jane Beck. Counselors - Joel Daniels Zabriskie, 43, vice president of finance for technologies manufacturing company, former high councilor, bishop and counselor, assistant priests quorum adviser, elders quorum president's counselor, and ward music chairman, married Ruby Kimball; Bruce William Bowen, 38, life insurance agent, former high councilor, stake Sunday School president and counselor, bishop and counselor, and gospel doctrine teacher, married Melissa Vern Reese.
Stake
reorganizations
AREQUIPA PERU UMACOLLO STAKE: (Sept. 15, 1991) President - Eleuterio Jorge Zevallos Butron, 54, professor, succeeding Victor Hugo Gamero Cornejo; former stake president's counselor, stake clerk, high councilor, and elders quorum president, married Laura Estela Luque Collado. Counselors - Alfonso Salomon Lopez Diez, 32, family history department employee, former stake mission president, bishop's counselor, Sunday School president, and elders quorum president, married Orietta Robles Gonzales; Raul Carlos Galarza, 61, Peru Mining Logistics chief, former high councilor, bishop, and ward mission leader, married Luz Marina Olivera Araujo.
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA STAKE: (Nov. 17, 1991) President - Alton Lee Hill, 51, construction project engineer, succeeding Paul Victor Hinman; former stake president's counselor, high councilor, bishop's counselor, Sunday School president's counselor, and Young Men president's counselor, married Connie Lee Peterson. Counselors - William Delver Connelly, 48, data processing manager, former high councilor, ward clerk, ward Sunday School president, ward Young Men president, and high priests group leader, married Lorraine Smith; Dennis Newman Emery, 40, controller of gas company, former stake clerk, bishop and counselor, elders quorum president, and Primary teacher, married Judy Lee Robbins.
CIUDAD JUAREZ MEXICO SOUTH STAKE: (Oct. 20, 1991) President - Amadeo Alfredo Chavez Dominguez, 56, building caretaker, succeeding Ricardo Jurado Mendoza; former stake president's counselor, stake clerk, high councilor, bishop, and branch president, married Alicia Reza Sanchez. Counselors - Jose Filadelfo Chico Ramirez, 32, saddle maker, former stake mission president and counselor, bishop's counselor, and elders quorum president, married Silvia Alicia Amaya Fabela; Martin Garcia Ceron, 46, owner of bus company, former high councilor, seminary teacher, and bishop's counselor, married Josefina Aguirre Barraza.