2023 Mission Leadership Assignments | Church of The Lord Jesus Christ
2023 Mission Leadership Assignments | Church of The Lord Jesus Christ
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.
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
- Africa South Area
- Africa West Area
- Asia North Area
- Brazil Area
- Caribbean
- Central America Area
- Europe Central Area
- Europe North Area
- México Area
- North America Central Area
- North America Northeast Area
- North America Southeast Area
- North America Southwest Area
- North America West Area
- Pacific Area
- Philippines Area
- South America Northwest Area
- South America South Area
- Utah Area
MissionPresident 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
MissionPresident 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
MissionPresident 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
MissionPresident and Companion
| Japan Kobe | Tsuyoshi and Tomomi Sano |
| Japan Sapporo | Ken and Ruri Toma |
| Japan Tokyo North | Reed T. and Heather L. Deshler |
MissionPresident 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 |
MissionPresident 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 |
MissionPresident 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 |
MissionPresident 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 |
MissionPresident 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 |
MissionPresident 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 |
MissionPresident 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 |
MissionPresident 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 |
MissionPresident 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 |
MissionPresident 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 |
MissionPresident 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 |
MissionPresident 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 |
MissionPresident 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 |
MissionPresident 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 |
MissionPresident 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 |
MissionPresident and Companion
| Utah Salt Lake City Temple Square | Raúl E. and Sani-Dee Kekauoha |
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