Eight new mission presidents have been called by the First Presidency. The mission presidents and their wives will begin their service about July 1. Their assignments will be announced later. The new mission presidents are:
- Don L. Christensen, 65, Sunrise Villa Ward, Las Vegas Nevada Paradise Stake; ward mission leader; former regional representative, stake president, high councilor, stake and ward Young Men president, district president's counselor, bishop and counselor, branch president, and elders quorum president; retired medical doctor; received bachelor's and doctor of medicine degrees from the University of Utah; born in Salina, Utah, to Paul DeLloyd and Gladys Nicholena Christensen; married Lora Dee Nelson, six children. She is a Young Women adviser; former member of stake Relief Society board, Young Women president and adviser, Relief Society and Primary president; received registered nursing degree from St. Mark's Nursing School; born in Salina, Utah, to Elmer and Margaret Jensen Nelson.- Victor Hugo Gamero, 48, Vallecito Branch, Arequipa Peru Central Stake; branch president's counselor; former regional representative, stake president, mission president's counselor, district president, and missionary in the Bolivia Mission; general manager of Embotelladora Caplina S.A.; received diploma in financial negotiations from Universidad de Tarapaca; born in Arequipa, Peru, to Manuel and Aguedita Cornejo Gamero; married Angela Nunez, five children. She is Relief Society president; former Young Women president, Relief Society president and counselor, and seminary and institute teacher; studied art at Escuela Carlos Bacaflor; born in Miraflores, Peru, to Alejandro and Nelly Yukimura Nunez.
- Hector D. Huerta G., 63, Zarahemla 6th Ward, Mexico City Mexico Zarahemla Stake; patriarch; former stake president's counselor, district president, bishop, branch president, and missionary in the Mexican Mission; self employed; born in Puebla, Mexico, to Lomas Gilberto and Flores Alicia Galicia Huerta; married Norma Herrera M., seven children. She is a visiting teaching coordinator; former Relief Society president and counselor, Primary president, and Relief Society teacher; born in Orizaba, Mexico, to Pacheco Miguel and Laborda Josefina Manzano Herrera.
- Tagg B. Hundrup, 61, Holladay 27th Ward, Salt Lake Holladay South Stake; high priests group leader's assistant; former stake mission president, bishop's counselor, high priests group leader, seventies president, Sunday School teacher, missionary in the Danish Mission, and served with his wife as missionary in India; education specialist in Utah State Office of Education; received MBA degree and doctorate in educational administration from the University of Utah and graduated from the Army War College; born in Aalborg, Denmark, to Fred H and Bodil H Sorensen Hundrup; married Maria Kristensen, one child. She is a Relief Society president's counselor; former temple worker, Relief Society president and teacher, Primary teacher, teacher trainer, missionary in the Danish Mission, and served with her husband as missionary in India; received MBA degree and doctorate in administration of higher education from the University of Utah; born in Hjorring, Denmark, to Peter Kristian and Sara Konnerup Kristensen.
- Bernt G. Lundgren, 64, Samabula Ward, Suva Fiji Stake; stake Sunday School president; former stake president's counselor, high councilor, bishop and counselor, and missionary in the Norway Mission; Church Educational System director for Fiji; received bachelor's degree in history and English from Utah State University and master's degree in religious education from BYU; born in Vasteras, Sweden, to Karl George and Lilly Evelyn Alice Lindstrom Lundgren; married Violet Swedin, 16 children. She is Primary president; former stake Relief Society president's counselor, stake choir director, Young Women president, Relief Society president's counselor and teacher, choir director, and seminary teacher; received bachelor's degree in music education from Western Montana College; born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to John Gottfrid and Hannah Sylvia Karlsson Swedin.
- Carlos Monroy V., 42, Guerrero 2nd Ward, Mexico City Mexico Meyehualco Stake; bishop; former regional representative, stake president, bishop, branch president and counselor, and executive secretary; director of human resources for the Church; received a license in administration from University of Autonoma De Mexico and specialization in human resources from Technical College; born in Mexico City to Carlos Monroy B. and America Villalobos V. de Monroy; married Sonia Palacios C., four children. She is stake Young Women president; former stake Relief Society president's counselor, Relief Society and Young Women president, seminary and institute teacher, and temple worker; born in Mexico City to Manuel Palacios G. and Maria Conzzoni P. de Palacios.
- G. Craig Potter, 50, Alief Ward, Houston Texas South Stake; stake missionary and temple excursion ordinance worker; former stake president's counselor, high councilor, bishop, ward mission leader and seventies president, seminary teacher, teacher's quorum adviser, and missionary in the Spanish American Mission; certified public accountant; received bachelor's degree in accounting from BYU; born in Wilmington, N.C., to B. Melvin and Clyde Elizabeth Malphrus Watson Potter; married Reva Wright, four children. She is an early morning seminary teacher and temple excursion ordinance worker; former stake Relief Society president and counselor, stake missionary, Relief Society president and counselor, Young Women president, Cub Scout den leader, Primary and Relief Society teacher; received bachelor's degree in microbiology from BYU; born in Cardston, Alberta, to Robert John and Leatha Coleman Wright.
- Keith L. Ritchie, 56, Union 14th Ward, Sandy Utah Cottonwood Creek Stake; ward family history consultant; former high councilor, bishop and counselor, executive secretary, high priests quorum instructor, Young Single Adult adviser, Sunday School teacher, Young Men president, and missionary in the Swedish Mission; cardiologist; received bachelor's degree in medical biology and doctor of medicine degree from the University of Utah; born in Heber City, Utah, to Leon J and Elda Robbins Ritchie; married Vera Butler, six children. She is stake Primary music director; former Mormon Tabernacle Choir member, stake Relief Society music director, Cub Scout den leader, Primary teacher, Sunday School teacher, Relief Society teacher, Young Single Adult adviser, choir director, Laurel and Beehive adviser; received bachelor's degree in elementary education from BYU, and attended the University of Utah and Church College of Hawaii; born in Kamas, Utah, to Alvin Dale and Lorna Carpenter Butler.