6 January 2023 - Salt Lake City
News Release
2023 Mission Leadership Assignments
Assignments for leadership couples include six new missions this year, bringing the Church’s total to 416 missions worldwide.
The locations and number of new mission presidents and companions for 134 missions worldwide who will begin their three-year service in July 2023. Graphic courtesy of Church News. © 2023 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.
The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has called new mission presidents and companions for 134 missions worldwide. Five couples will be announced later. The new leadership couples will begin their three-year service in July. Their names and assignments are listed below.
Links to the couples’ brief biographies will be added as they are published in the Church News in the coming months. This list can be found anytime at the bottom right of the Newsroom home page under Popular Topics.
The list includes assignments for the six new missions that begin this summer — five in Africa and one in Europe; with the additions, the Church will have 416 total missions. The six are the Cote d’Ivoire Abidjan North, Democratic Republic of the Congo Kananga, Nigeria Aba, Nigeria Abuja, South Africa Pretoria and Romania Bucharest missions.
Six new missions — five in Africa and one in Europe — bring the total of Church missions to 416 by July 2023. Graphic courtesy of Church News. © 2023 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. Mission Areas
To jump directly to a specific area, click on the area’s name in the following bulleted list. You can also scroll through the areas listed at the end of this article.
Africa Central Area
Mission
President and Companion
Cameroon Yaounde
David and Sally-Jane Kannar
Democratic Republic of the Congo Kananga (New)
Eric and Therese-Alberta Kapanga
Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa East
Rémy and Alda Tshilombo
Ethiopia Addis Ababa
Oliva and Rebecca Cowley
Republic of Congo Brazzaville
Brian E. and Rebecca S. Dunn
Tanzania Dar es Salaam
Samuel Enos Kwamina and Paulina Kissiwaa Eghan
Africa South Area
Mission
President and Companion
Madagascar Antananarivo
Deryl and Valerie Eastman
Mozambique Maputo
David A. and Janet Valletta
South Africa Cape Town
Dan and Susan E. Stringham
South Africa Johannesburg
Paul W. and Marianne Ruben
South Africa Pretoria (New)
Glenn M. and Amanda M. Holmes
Africa West Area
Mission
President and Companion
Benin Cotonou
Kelly and Tina Lundeen
Cote d’Ivoire Abidjan East
Pascal J. and Lauralyn Budge
Cote d’Ivoire Abidjan North (New)
Gregory B. and Robin A. Robinson
Ghana Accra
Ben and Julynn Beeson
Nigeria Aba (New)
Terrify Antonio and Mary Banda
Nigeria Abuja (New)
Dennis and Rita Darkwaah Ocansey
Nigeria Port Harcourt
Sipho and Christine Ndlovu
Asia North Area
Mission
President and Companion
Japan Kobe
Tsuyoshi and Tomomi Sano
Japan Sapporo
Ken and Ruri Toma
Japan Tokyo North
Reed T. and Heather L. Deshler
Brazil Area
Mission
President and Companion
Brazil Brasília
Eliezer and Regina Santos
Brazil Campinas
Adam B. and Kimberly Ball Harker
Brazil Florianópolis
Rogerio and Renata Finholdt
Brazil Fortaleza
Júlio C Lima and Kelli Sudy Feitosa
Brazil Maceió
Nathan and Michelle Hanks
Brazil Manaus
Andre and Carla França
Brazil Recife North
Davis M. and Asialene C. Smith
Brazil Recife South
Lincoln P. and Bianca Orsi Martins
Brazil Rio de Janeiro North
Alan and Joanna Dutson
Brazil Salvador
Troy and Carrie R. Jepson
Brazil São Paulo Interlagos
J. Tyler and Dana L. Rollins
Brazil São Paulo North
F. Alan and Mary S. Walker
Brazil São Paulo South
Milton and Sandra Queiroz
Brazil Vitória
Humberto and Kilma Barbosa
Caribbean Area
Mission
President and Companion
Dominican Republic Santo Domingo East
Luis C. and Anna Chaverri
Dominican Republic Santo Domingo West
Hector David and Emma Hernandez
Puerto Rico San Juan
Paul and Karryl Horstmeier
Central America Area
Mission
President and Companion
El Salvador San Salvador East
Rob and Debbie Young
El Salvador Santa Ana
Jared and Glendy Díaz de Choy
Guatemala Guatemala City
Phillip N. and Gretchen L. Foster
Guatemala Guatemala City Central
Daren and Becky Heyland
Guatemala Guatemala City East
Jose Andres and Tania Bermudez
Guatemala Quetzaltenango
Rossvan and Yoanna Plata
Honduras Tegucigalpa
Roberto and Lilian Carolina Gonzalez
Nicaragua Managua South
José and Mercedes Hernández
Europe Central Area
Mission
President and Companion
Adriatic North
Brian E. and Angelika Cordray
Adriatic South
David A. and Emily Wood Nelson
Alpine German-Speaking
Martin W. and Donna Bates
Bulgaria/Central Eurasian
Michael and Johanna Auras
France Paris
Ryan R. and Heather A. Munns
Germany Frankfurt
Douglas P. and Lynne G. Cropper
Hungary Budapest
Chet J. and Kristy Wall
Poland Warsaw
Gregory D. and Christine Roney
România Bucharest (New)
Geoffrey R. and Roseanna C. Fowler
Spain Barcelona
Frank and Maria Heckmann
Europe North Area
Mission
President and Companion
Baltic
Antti and Skaistė Makslakhti-Tolstosheev
Cape Verde Praia
Abel and Paula Chaves
Finland Helsinki
Juha and Ulla Lehtinen
Sweden Stockholm
Barry N. and Tonya C. Johnson
México Area
Mission
President and Companion
México Guadalajara East
Kleber A. and Miriam Litardo
México México City Southeast
Michael D. and Kay Y. Jones
México Oaxaca
Marcelo and Adriana Paz
México Puebla South
Raúl and Roxana Oyarzabal
México Tijuana
Jorge E. and Gloria P. Lara
México Torreón
David L. and Cambria Blain
México Tuxtla Gutiérrez
Luis J. and Bertita Camey
México Veracruz
Elder and Celeste Aída Alvarado
México Xalapa
Alejandro and Olga M. Villanueva
North America Central Area
Mission
President and Companion
Colorado Colorado Springs
To be announced
Colorado Denver North
Charles C. and M’Recia R. Clawson
Minnesota Minneapolis
Jeff and Jeni Gochnour
Missouri Independence
Scott D. and Lisa B. Sommerfeldt
North America Northeast Area
Mission
President and Companion
Maryland Baltimore
Robert J. and Patricia Brigham
Michigan Lansing
Gene and Karen Peckham
New Jersey Morristown
S. Mario and Karla K. Durrant
Ohio Columbus
David T. and Heather Brockbank
Pennsylvania Pittsburgh
R. Scott and Janny P. Hoffman
North America Southeast Area
Mission
President and Companion
Arkansas Little Rock
To be announced
Florida Fort Lauderdale
David W. and Jennifer J. Cluff
Georgia Atlanta North
Russell V. and Shawna Judd
Kentucky Louisville
David B. and Lori McGinn
Louisiana Baton Rouge
Michael C. and Holly J. Smuin
North Carolina Raleigh
John and Marcia Kirk Stevens
South Carolina Columbia
Scott and Deanna Hamblin
Tennessee Knoxville
Mark and Kimberly Barlow
North America Southwest Area
Mission
President and Companion
Arizona Phoenix
Cory D. and Carrilyn M. Fisk
Arizona Scottsdale
Scott and AnnaLisa Stratton
Arizona Tucson
Chris W. and Lesley P. Woodfield
Nevada Las Vegas
Carl D. and Emily Liljenquist Vance
Nevada Reno
Robert and Cyneil Saxton
Texas Austin
Gary F. and Marci Carter
Texas Dallas East
Donald B. and Andrea Taylor
Texas Dallas West
Jonathan and Stacey Ord
Texas Houston
Jeffrey C. and Jill Whatcott McMullin
Texas Houston East
Steve and Becky Schmutz
Texas Lubbock
Jason L. and Jamie Langeveld
North America West Area
Mission
President and Companion
California Anaheim
Jerome G. and Beverly S. Galotera
California Arcadia
Brent D. and Elizabeth Jones
California Fresno
Jeff and Amy Davis
California Riverside
Clark R. and Teresa H. Hendrickson
California Roseville
Edward and LeAnn Basha
California Sacramento
Kenneth B. and Julianne Black
California San Jose
Benjamin S. and Rebecca Larson
California Santa Rosa
E. Mark and Elaine H. Quinn
California Ventura
Juan and Martha Rodriguez
Oregon Eugene
Christopher J. and Rhonda L. Cornelius
Oregon Portland
Benjamin and Sela Tupouvainiaku Botchway
Washington Tacoma
To be announced
Pacific Area
Mission
President and Companion
Fiji Suva
Mac and Helen La’ulu
New Zealand Auckland
Marvin R and Lori B. Allen
New Zealand Wellington
Paul A. and Kristi T. Clark
Philippines Area
Mission
President and Companion
Philippines Angeles
Michael and Danielle Bingham
Philippines Cebu
Omer D. and Amalia B. Fernandez
Philippines Davao
Aretemio C. and Arlene Esguerra Maligon
Philippines Manila
Janryll and Liberty Fernandez
Philippines Olongapo
W. Scott and Megan G. Albrecht
Philippines Quezon City North
Mark and Janis Workman
Philippines San Pablo
Jon and Karen Scholl
Philippines Tacloban
Doroteo Allen G. and Ma. Hazel R. Martinez
South America Northwest Area
Mission
President and Companion
Colombia Cali
Tomas E. and Mayanin
Ecuador Guayaquil East
Bryan J and Dixie Peterson
Ecuador Guayaquil North
Gregg A. and Janette P. Toolson
Ecuador Quito
Bryan L. and Jenny Welton
Perú Chiclayo
Gus and Anny Giuria
Perú Lima East
Luis Daniel and Diana Carolina Santana
Venezuela Caracas
Henrry Jose and Airam Susej de Perez
Venezuela Maracaibo
Euvel and Neidy Rodríguez
South America South Area
Mission
President and Companion
Argentina Buenos Aires West
Richard and MaryAnn Holley
Argentina Mendoza
To be announced
Argentina Resistencia
Brad and Angela Barlow
Argentina Rosario
To be announced
Argentina Salta
F. Wayne and Cheryl Janzen
Utah Area
Mission
President and Companion
Utah Salt Lake City Temple Square
Raúl E. and Sani-Dee Kekauoha
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