Tuesday, November 27, 2012

New Stake Created in Spain

Earlier this month, the Church created a new stake in Spain.  The Lleida Spain Stake was created from the Hospitalet Spain Stake and Spain Barcelona Mission and includes four wards (Lleida, Sabadell 1st, Sabadell 2nd, and Terrassa) and three branches (Andorra, Zaragoza 1st, and Zaragoza 2nd).  Missionaries serving in the Spain Barcelona Mission report that the two branches in Zaragoza may become wards within the near future.  Currently the Hospitalet Spain Stake has only four wards and two branches.  With few wards in either stake, it appears that the decision to create the new stake in Lleida was under the expectation that some branches in both of these stakes will mature into wards and that some wards may divide to create additional units.

This Sunday, the Church will create two additional stakes in Spain in Madrid and Cartagena.  I will provide more details on these new stakes once they become available.  With the creation of three new stakes in 2012, there will be 13 stakes in Spain.
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10 comments:

  1. Mike JohnsonNovember 28, 2012 at 6:11 PM

    Thanks for the update.

    Note, the Hamilton New Zealand Rotokauri Stake now shows up in the meetinghouse locator with the following units:

    Dinsdale Ward
    Grandview Ward
    Hamilton Ward (Tongan)
    Nawton Ward
    Tuhikaramea Ward
    Raglan Branch

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  2. Mike JohnsonDecember 1, 2012 at 1:33 PM

    I was just comparing the list of 2012 stakes with the articles in the Church News about new stake presidencies.

    While the Church News is way behind on reporting the creation of recent stakes, they do report two stakes created in May 2012 that are not on the list here. These are the:

    Gilbert Arizona Highland East - May 20th, 2012 http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/62423/New-stake-presidents.html

    Note, the Gilbert Highland West Stake was created on 20 May and is number 21 on your list, but the Church News reports in the same article that a West AND an East stake were created that same day.

    Pocatello Idaho YSA 1st Stake - May 6th, 2012 http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/62423/New-stake-presidents.html

    The next two are simply naming differences.

    Your number 26 stake is listed as the Summerwood Texas Stake, but the Church News has it as the Houston Texas Summerwood Stake http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/62678/New-stake-presidents.html

    You list the Milan Italy East Stake as number 41, but the Church News says the Milan Italy West Stake was created from the Milan and Milan East http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/62866/New-stake-presidents.html

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  3. Mike JohnsonDecember 1, 2012 at 1:41 PM

    Oops.

    Ok, the Church News reported the creation of both the Gilbert Arizona Highlands East Stake and Gilbert Arizona Highlands West Stake, it occurred to me afterwards that the previous stake, the Gilbert Arizona Highlands Stake, was discontinued and so only one new stake was actually created.

    However, the Pocatello Idaho YSA 1st Stake does appear to need to be added to your list.

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  4. MattDecember 1, 2012 at 7:36 PM

    I did not include the Pocatello Idaho YSA 1st Stake on the new stake list because this was not a new stake. Rather, it was a renaming of the Pocatello Idaho Student Single 1st Stake.

    Thanks for the correction on the Houston Texas Summerwood Stake.

    Rick at www.ldschurchtemples.com lists the new stake in Milan as the Milan Italy East Stake, so that is why I included it instead of the west stake.

    Thanks for the unit list for the new stake in Hamilton!

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  5. Mike JohnsonDecember 2, 2012 at 8:49 AM

    Thanks, Matt. Makes sense.

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  6. GeoffDecember 3, 2012 at 3:07 PM

    The Lleida stake boundaries are interesting. I pictured it taking up Zaragoza, Andorra, Lleida, Tarragona, and Vilafranca.

    Really stoked about the Cartagena stake. Can't wait to find out the units in it.

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  7. Mike JohnsonDecember 7, 2012 at 4:36 PM

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  8. Mike JohnsonDecember 7, 2012 at 7:21 PM

    The Madrid stakes are as follows:

    Madrid Spain Centro Stake
    Madrid 1st Ward
    Madrid 2nd Ward
    Madrid 5th Ward
    Madrid 6th Ward
    Madrid 8th Ward
    Toledo Ward
    Aranjuez Branch
    (Possibly) Cuenca Branch--no longer shows up as assigned to the La Mancha Spain District.

    Madrid Spain East Stake
    Alcalá de Henares Ward
    Alcobendas Ward
    Azuqueca Ward
    Madrid 4th Ward
    Torrejón de Ardoz Ward
    Guadalajara Branch

    Madrid Spain West Stake
    Leganés Ward
    Madrid 3rd Ward
    Madrid 9th Ward
    Móstoles Ward
    Villalba Ward
    Alcorcón Branch
    Fuenlabrada Branch
    Parla Branch
    Talavera Branch

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  9. Mike JohnsonDecember 7, 2012 at 7:30 PM

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  10. Mike JohnsonDecember 9, 2012 at 2:09 PM

    Redoing this:

    Cartagena Stake:

    (from the Elche Stake)
    Cartagena 1, 2, and 3 wards
    Murcia 1 and 2 wards
    Molina Segura Ward
    Lorca Branch
    Huércal-Overa Branch (from the Grenada Stake)


    The Elche Stake retained:

    Elche 1 and 2 wards
    Alicante 1 and 2 ward
    Crevillente Branch
    Torrevieja Branch

    and received from the Valencia Stake:

    Alcoy Ward
    Benidorm Branch
    Albacete Branch

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