Monday, September 10, 2012

New Stakes to be Created in Italy, Mexico, and Spain

Three new stakes will be created within the next few months in Italy, Mexico, and Spain.  I will provide more details on these new stakes once they are officially organized and information becomes available.

Italy
Members and missionaries report that a new stake will be created in northern Italy next weekend in the Milan area.  The new stake will be the Church's eighth stake in Italy. 

Mexico
Members report that another stake will be created in Puebla, Mexico but it is unclear when this will occur.  The new stake will be organized from a realignment of two or more stakes based in Puebla and Tlaxcala and likely centered in the Almecatla area.  A new stake in the Puebla area was created earlier this year.  With the creation of this pending stake there will be 13 stakes in Puebla State and 226 in Mexico. 

Spain
Missionaries report that a realignment of stakes will occur in southern Spain in order to create a new stake based in Cartagena this December. The new stake will be the Church's 11th in Spain.
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6 comments:

  1. Clark B. HinckleySeptember 10, 2012 at 5:04 PM

    The creation of new stake in Catalunya has also been approved. The Hospitalet Stake will be divided, with the new stake to be headquarted in Lleida, Spain. It is anticipated the division will take place at the stake conference scheduled in November 2012.

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  2. Clark B. HinckleySeptember 10, 2012 at 5:05 PM

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  3. The Chatelain'sSeptember 10, 2012 at 9:31 PM

    Do you think Andorra, Taragona, and Zaragoza will be part of the stake? It seems like Lleida is on the edge of the Hospitalet stake. Do you think the Barcelona will be part of the realignment?

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  4. GeoffSeptember 11, 2012 at 12:17 AM

    So bummed that glorious Cartagena is now part of the Malaga mission instead of my beloved Barça. I envision, the three Cartagena wards, Lorca, the two Murcia wards, and maybe Orihuela thrown in the mix? I'm not even certain on the current unit makeup of the area.

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  5. RaySeptember 11, 2012 at 6:40 PM

    August Growth in Church units:
    + 27 Wards & brs; + 32 W - 5 br + 3 stakes
    US: + 29: + 29 W + 0 br + 1 stake
    outside US: - 2 W&B; + 3 W - 5 br + 2 stakes + 0 districts
    YTD: + 134 W&B; + 230 W - 96 br + 33 stakes - 12 dist.
    + 7 missions + 2 temples
    YTD US: + 76 W&B; + 103 W - 27 br + 11 st. - 1 dist.
    + 4 missions + 1 temple
    YTD outside US: + 58 W&B; + 127 W - 69 br +22 st.-11 dist
    + 3 missions + 1 temple

    Areas of greatest net change;

    Africa + 57: + 34 W + 23 br,+ 5 stakes + 3 dist. + 1 mission

    Brazil + 3: + 22 W - 19 br + 2 st. - 4 dist. + 1 temple

    Mexico - 16: - 6 W - 10 br + 3 st - 1 dist + 2 miss.

    Philippines; + 7: + 4 W + 3 br

    Russia: - 11 W&B; + 0 W - 11 br - 3 dist - 1 miss. (new stake org. Sept 7 St Petersburg resulting in branch consolidations)

    Haiti: + 4 W&B; + 5 W - 1 br + 1 dist.

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  6. JohnSeptember 12, 2012 at 9:21 PM

    My sister served in the Padova mission which has since been recombined with Milan. It's nice to see some positive news in that area!

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