Elder Stephen D. Nadauld of the Seventy has created the Santo Domingo Dominican Republic Independencia Stake, which includes the Cristo Rey, Independencia, La Fe, La Paz, Mirador, and Quisqueya wards, and the Haina and Piantini branches.
Elsewhere, stakes were reorganized in California, Utah and Washington, and in the Dominican Republic and Mexico.New stake
SANTO DOMINGO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC INDEPENDENCIA: (Oct. 18, 1992) Created from the Santo Domingo Dominican Republic and San Geronimo Dominican Republic stakes. President - Felix Sequi-Martinez, 51, Church Educational System coordinator, former mission president's counselor, high councilor, district president and counselor, married Lubian Altagracia Amaro-Guzman. Counselors - Bertillio R. Fernandez, 27, bank auditor, former branch president and counselor and Young Men president, married Marianela Vasquez de Fernandez; Dario C. Sanchez, 32, press and graphics technician, former high councilor, bishop and counselor, branch president, and elders quorum president, married Yolanda Miguelina Castillo.
Stake reorganizations
BENNION UTAH WEST STAKE: (Nov. 8, 1992) President - Philip A. Trost, 41, president and chief executive officer of management support company, succeeding Robert Thomas Birkinshaw; former stake president's counselor, bishop, and elders quorum president, married Janet Kay Peterson. Counselors - LaMar L. Layton, 37, president of investment management company, former stake executive secretary, bishop and counselor, elders quorum president, Young Men president's couselor, Young Single Adult adviser, married Lynnette Stark; Richard Dean Call, 38, seminary teacher, former high councilor, stake Young Men president's counselor, bishop's counselor, ward executive secretary, and gospel doctrine teacher, married Channa Lee Cole.
ELMA WASHINGTON STAKE: (Nov. 8, 1992) President - W. Edson Kilgore, II, 49, obstetrician and gynecolo gist, succeeding Lou Elwin Green; former high councilor, stake mission president's counselor, elders quorum president, institute instructor, and Sunday School teacher, married Marsha Maxfield. Counselors - J. Gerald Erickson, 55, owner of building material store, former high councilor, bishop and counselor, ward financial clerk, elders quorum president and counselor, and Sunday School president, married Phyllis Joan Sutton; Arlin W. Burbidge, 35, preventive maintenance foreman and custodian for the Church, former stake Young Men president, bishop and counselor, Young Men president, seminary teacher, and Scoutmaster, married Cindy Louan Newell.
SALT LAKE UNIVERSITY 1ST STAKE: (Nov. 8, 1992) President - Dale G. Renlund, 40, associate professor of medicine at the University of Utah, succeeding H. David Burton; former high councilor, bishop, and ward mission leader, married Ruth Lybbert. Counselors - O. William Farley, 58, associate dean at the University of Utah Graduate School of Social Work, former Teacher Development Committee member, stake president's counselor, high councilor, bishop and counselor, married Mary Joy Siggard; Jonathan A. Dibble, 46, partner in law firm, former high councilor, stake mission president, bishop, Sunday School teacher, Scout committee chairman, and Scoutmaster, married Colleen Wright.
SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA SWEETWATER STAKE: (Nov. 8, 1992) President - James W. Weipert, 40, bank vice president and general manager, succeeding Craig Bramwell; former stake president, high councilor, elders quorum president, Young Men president, and seminary teacher, married Jen Larson. Counselors - Gary S. Glauser, 47, attorney, former high councilor, bishop's counselor, elders quorum president and instructor, married Carol Kathleen Cook; Conrad F. Walton, 55, president of construction company, former high councilor, bishop's counselor, ward executive secretary, elders quorum president, Young Men president, and Sunday School teacher, married Jeanne Helen Bryner.
SANTO DOMINGO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC STAKE: (Oct. 18, 1992) President - Jose Antonio Castro, 27, self-employed merchant, succeeding Jaime
Natera Guerrero; former high councilor, stake executive secretary, stake clerk, bishop and counselor, and ward clerk, married Marisol Alvarez Rojas. Counselors - Gustavo Nina, 39, sales agent, former stake president's counselor, high councilor, branch president, and branch clerk, married Maria Magdalena Aguiar; Rafael Leonidas Guerrero, 34, administrative assistant in security, former high councilor, bishop and counselor, branch president and elders quorum president, married Valentin Celia Dione Morales.
VALLE HERMOSO MEXICO STAKE: (Oct. 18, 1992) President - Heriberto Molina M., 40, high school mathematics instructor, succeeding Victorio Cisneros Diaz; former bishop and counselor, ward executive secretary, and elders quorum
president, married Leticia Hernandez Rea. Counselors - Perfecto S. Leyva G., 53, assistant high school principal, former
bishop, ward executive secretary, and seminary teacher, married Maria Elena Caballero Salinas; Lehi Santiago Rodriguez, education professor, former stake mission president, bishop's counselor, and elders quorum president's counselor, married Elizabeth Morales Mejia.