Friday, June 21, 2013

New Stakes Created in Costa Rica and Utah; District Discontinued in Costa Rica

Costa Rica
Two Sundays ago, the Church organized its sixth stake in Costa Rica.  The Heredia Costa Rica Stake was organized from the Alajuela Costa Rica Stake and includes the following five wards and two branches: The Belen, Flores, Heredia, Ojo de Agua, and San Francisco Wards and the San Rafael and Santo Domingo Branches.  As part of the new stake creation, the nearby Naranjo Costa Rica District was consolidated with the Alajuela Costa Rica Stake and two branches in the former district were upgraded to ward status.  There are now six stakes and four districts in Costa Rica

Utah
The Church organized a new stake in Utah last Sunday.  The Orem Utah Vineyard Stake was organized from the Orem Utah Sunset Heights Stake and includes the following seven wards and one branch: The Vineyard 1st, Vineyard 2nd, Vineyard 3rd (Spanish), Vineyard 4th, Vineyard 5th. Vineyard 6th and Vineyard 7th Wards and the Geneva Branch (Care Center).  There are now 564 stakes and one district in Utah.

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  1. The Kaliti Branch, Addis Ababa Ethiopia District, Uganda Kampala Mission, was created on 16 June. There are now 6 branches in the district:

    Awasa Branch
    Bekulobet Branch
    Debre Zeit Branch
    Kaliti Branch
    Megenagna Branch
    Wendo Genet Branch

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  2. So there are no reports on the seventh stake. Then no stake?

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  3. This is what is currently showing in CDOL for Costa Rica:

    The Alajuela Costa Rica Stake (6 wards and 2 branches):

    El Tejar Ward
    Grecia Branch
    La Tropicana Ward
    Naranjo Branch
    San Carlos Ward
    San Ramón Ward
    Trinidad Ward
    Villa Hermosa Ward


    The Heredia Costa Rica Stake (5 wards and 2 branches):

    Belén Ward
    Flores Ward
    Heredia Ward
    Ojo de Agua Ward
    San Francisco Ward
    San Rafael Branch
    Santo Domingo Branch


    The San José Costa Rica La Paz Stake (9 wards and 1 branch):

    Aserri Ward
    Cartago Ward
    El Jardín Ward
    Gravilias Ward
    La Loma Ward
    Los Santos Branch
    Paraíso Ward
    San Francisco Ward
    San Miguel Ward
    Turrialba Ward


    The San José Costa Rica La Sabana Stake (8 wards and 3 branches):

    Alajuelita Ward
    Ciudad Colón Ward
    Don Bosco Ward
    Escazu Ward
    Hatillo Ward
    La Verbena Branch
    Las Pavas Ward
    Paso Ancho Ward
    Santa Ana Branch
    Santiago Branch
    Vizcaya Ward


    The San José Costa Rica Los Yoses Stake (8 wards and 2 branches):

    Cariari Branch
    Concepción Ward
    Guacimo Branch
    Guapiles Ward
    La Campiña Ward
    La Rita Ward
    Los Yoses Ward
    Montes de Oca Ward
    Pococi Ward
    Tres Rios Ward


    The San José Costa Rica Toyopán Stake (7 wards and 1 branch):

    Coronado Ward
    Garabito Ward
    Ipis Ward
    Montelimar Ward
    Moravia Ward
    Purral Ward
    Tibás Ward
    Zurqui Branch


    The Liberia Costa Rica District, Costa Rica San José Mission (6 branches):

    Cañas Branch
    La Unión Branch
    Liberia Branch
    Nicoya Branch
    San Roque Branch
    Santa Cruz Branch


    The Limón Costa Rica District, Costa Rica San José Mission (4 branches):

    Cristóbal Colón Branch
    Pueblo Nuevo Branch
    Puerto Limón Branch
    Siquirres Branch


    The Puntarenas Costa Rica District, Costa Rica San José Mission (4 branches):

    Barranca Branch
    Orotina Branch
    Puntarenas Branch
    Quepos Branch


    The Río Claro Costa Rica District, Costa Rica San José Mission (4 branches):

    Corredores Branch
    Golfito Branch
    Río Claro de Golfito Branch
    San Vito Branch


    San Isidro del General Branch, Costa Rica San José Mission

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  4. The Liberia District becoming a Stake is my 95% certain guess. I don't see the math work out for anything else, unless two smaller Districts are consolidated.

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  5. Matt,
    Is there a case study done on how guided tours of meetinghouses affect the mission baptisms and rentention. Also how about proselyting via social media by missionaries. Since this will become the new norm do you have any stats on this in the missions that were pilot programs.

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  6. My nephew has been back from his mission for a year maybe two. He was part of a pioneer effort for online social media proselytizing.

    We recent had a sister missionary return home to our ward from the Temple Square mission where using social media was an important part of her mission.

    As for missionaries spending time at chapels to be available for tours, I wonder if this would work better in urban areas where people might be continually walking in front of a building, than in a suburban or rural area.

    If this works, I wonder if we will see meeting houses built with attached or adjacent missionary apartments.

    This strikes me as being somewhat analogous to some other churches which have full time employees (priests, ministers, pastors) who live at or near their church buildings and spend most of their time there. As a result, their buildings are open most of the time (except in the middle of the night), where people can come in just about any time they wish. This may be our attempt to mirror that availability.

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  7. I know back in the day in some places small branches would meet at the missionary apartments.

    Here http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865582147/Online-missionaries-LDS-meetinghouse-tours-Been-there-done-that.html is a Deseret News article with a horrible title that addresses some of these issues. WEhat they describe is more intentionally taking investigators through a tour of the Church, then having people show up.

    I know when I was in the Ann Arbor area we would occasionally have people show up out of the blue at the institute building wanting to learn more about the Church.

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  8. My experience being at Family History Centers during the day is that people show up who want to contact the Church and not just learn about family history. These people are mainly looking for physical assistance though, often monetary assistance, of a kind missionaries could not provide.

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  9. This surfaced tonight, although it's been up for a bit. Lee Donaldson works in the missionary department, and said a load of things in this about 50 minute presentation.

    http://svu.edu/speeches/education-conference/2013/lee-donaldson

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  10. The Itapipoca and Planalto Branches, Fortaleza Brazil West Stake, were created on 23 June. There are now 5 wards and 2 branches in the stake:

    Caucaia Ward
    Ipanema Ward
    Monte Castelo Ward
    Parquelândia Ward
    Álvaro Wayne Ward
    Itapipoca Branch
    Planalto Branch

    Also, 15 mission administrative branches for some of the new missions have been created.

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  11. New missions cover the following:

    Angola Luanda Mission

    Angola Luanda Mission Branch
    Lubango Branch
    Luanda Angola District


    Argentina Comodoro Rivadavia Mission

    Comodoro Rivadavia Argentina Stake
    Trelew Argentina North Stake
    Trelew Argentina South Stake
    Argentina Comodoro Rivadavia Mission Branch
    Caleta Olivia Argentina District
    Rio Grande Argentina District
    Río Gallegos Argentina District
    Ushuaia Argentina District


    Argentina Posadas Mission

    Ciudad del Este Paraguay Stake
    Posadas Argentina Stake
    Oberá Branch
    San Vicente Branch
    Apostoles Argentina District
    Eldorado Argentina District
    Encarnacion Paraguay District
    La Paloma Paraguay District
    Pilar Paraguay District


    Arizona Gilbert Mission

    Gilbert Arizona Greenfield Stake
    Gilbert Arizona Highland East Stake
    Gilbert Arizona Highland West Stake
    Gilbert Arizona Higley Stake
    Gilbert Arizona San Tan Stake
    Gilbert Arizona Stake
    Gilbert Arizona Val Vista Stake
    Gilbert Arizona YSA Stake
    Mesa Arizona Boulder Creek Stake
    Mesa Arizona Desert Ridge Stake
    Queen Creek Arizona Chandler Heights Stake
    Queen Creek Arizona East Stake
    Queen Creek Arizona North Stake
    Queen Creek Arizona South Stake
    Queen Creek Arizona Stake


    Arizona Scottsdale Mission

    Eagar Arizona Stake
    Mesa Arizona Maricopa North Stake
    Mesa Arizona Maricopa Stake
    Mesa Arizona YSA West Stake
    Paradise Valley Arizona Stake
    Payson Arizona Stake
    Phoenix Arizona East Stake
    Pinetop-Lakeside Arizona Stake
    Scottsdale Arizona Camelback Stake
    Scottsdale Arizona North Stake
    Show Low Arizona Stake
    Snowflake Arizona Stake
    St Johns Arizona Stake
    Taylor Arizona Stake


    Australia Sydney North Mission

    Newcastle Australia Stake
    Penrith Australia Stake
    Sydney Australia Baulkham Hills Stake
    Sydney Australia Harbour Stake
    Sydney Australia Hebersham Stake
    Coffs Harbour Australia District
    Narrabri Branch


    Bolivia Santa Cruz North Mission

    Montero Bolivia Stake
    Santa Cruz Bolivia El Bajío Stake
    Santa Cruz Bolivia Equipetrol Stake
    Santa Cruz Bolivia Paraíso Stake
    Trinidad Bolivia Stake
    Cobija Bolivia District
    Guayaramerín Bolivia District
    Riberalta Bolivia District


    Botswana/Namibia Mission

    Gaborone Botswana Stake
    Francistown Branch
    Katutura Branch
    Windhoek Branch


    Brazil Curitiba South Mission

    Curitiba Brazil Boqueirão Stake
    Curitiba Brazil Jardim do Sol Stake
    Curitiba Brazil Luz Stake
    Curitiba Brazil Novo Mundo Stake
    Curitiba Brazil Portão Stake
    Paranaguá Brazil Stake
    Guarapuava Brazil District
    União da Vitória Brazil District
    Brazil Curitiba South Mission Branch


    Brazil Fortaleza East Mission

    Brazil Fortaleza East Mission Branch
    Juazeiro Brazil District


    Brazil Juiz de Fora Mission

    Juiz de Fora Brazil Stake
    Lafaiete Brazil Stake
    Petrópolis Brazil Stake
    Teresópolis Brazil Stake
    Volta Redonda Brazil Stake
    Três Corações Brazil District
    Brazil Juiz de Fora Mission Branch


    Brazil Natal Mission

    Caicó Brazil Stake
    Mossoró Brazil Stake
    Natal Brazil Pajuçara Stake
    Natal Brazil Ponta Negra Stake
    Natal Brazil Potengi Stake
    Natal Brazil Stake
    Sousa Brazil District
    Brazil Natal Mission Branch

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  12. Brazil Piracicaba Mission

    Americana Brazil Stake
    Hortolândia Brazil Stake
    Piracicaba Brazil Stake
    Pirassununga Brazil Stake
    Rio Claro Brazil Stake
    Sumaré Brazil Stake
    São Carlos Brazil Stake
    São João da Boa Vista Brazil Stake
    Botucatu Brazil District
    Brazil Piracicaba Mission Branch


    Brazil Santos Mission

    Guarujá Brazil Stake
    Praia Grande Brazil Stake
    Santos Brazil Stake
    São Vicente Brazil Serra do Mar Stake
    São Vicente Brazil Stake
    Registro Brazil District
    São Sebastião Brazil District


    Brazil São Paulo West Mission

    Osasco Brazil Stake
    São Paulo Brazil Campo Limpo Stake
    São Paulo Brazil Cotia Stake
    São Paulo Brazil Ferreira Stake
    São Paulo Brazil Perdizes Stake
    São Paulo Brazil Raposo Tavares Stake
    São Paulo Brazil Stake
    São Paulo Brazil Taboão Stake
    Brazil São Paulo West Mission Branch


    California Bakersfield Mission

    Bakersfield California East Stake
    Bakersfield California South Stake
    Bakersfield California Stake
    Lancaster California East Stake
    Lancaster California Stake
    Palmdale California Stake
    Ridgecrest California Stake


    California Irvine Mission

    Irvine California Stake
    Laguna Niguel California Stake
    Mission Viejo California Stake
    Newport Beach California Stake
    San Clemente California Stake
    Santa Margarita California Stake


    California Rancho Cucamonga Mission

    Apple Valley California Stake
    Chino California Stake
    Hesperia California Stake
    Ontario California Stake
    Rancho Cucamonga California Stake
    Upland California Stake
    Victorville California Stake


    Chile Santiago South Mission

    Santiago Chile El Bosque Stake
    Santiago Chile Gran Avenida Stake
    Santiago Chile La Bandera Stake
    Santiago Chile La Cisterna Stake
    Santiago Chile Las Araucarias Stake
    Santiago Chile O'Higgins Stake
    Santiago Chile San Bernardo Stake
    Santiago Chile San Miguel Stake


    Colorado Fort Collins Mission

    Boulder Colorado Stake
    Cheyenne Wyoming Stake
    Fort Collins Colorado Stake
    Greeley Colorado Stake
    Laramie Wyoming Stake
    Longmont Colorado Stake
    Loveland Colorado Stake


    Ecuador Guayaquil West Mission

    Guayaquil Ecuador El Salado Stake
    Guayaquil Ecuador Garcia Moreno Stake
    Guayaquil Ecuador Pascuales Stake
    Guayaquil Ecuador Prosperina Stake
    Guayaquil Ecuador Puerto Liza Stake
    Libertad Ecuador Stake
    Manta Ecuador Stake
    Portoviejo Ecuador Stake
    Jipijapa Ecuador District
    Pedro Carbo Ecuador District
    Ecuador Guayaquil West Mission Branch
    Playas Branch


    Ecuador Quito North Mission

    Esmeraldas Ecuador Stake
    Otavalo Ecuador Imbabura Stake
    Otavalo Ecuador Stake
    Quito Ecuador Calderón Stake
    Quito Ecuador La Ofelia Stake
    Quito Ecuador Stake
    Ibarra Ecuador District
    Ecuador Quito North Mission Branch
    Nueva Loja Branch
    Orellana Branch


    El Salvador San Salvador East Mission

    Apopa El Salvador Stake
    San Miguel El Salvador Stake
    San Salvador El Salvador Ilopango Stake
    San Salvador El Salvador Soyapango Stake
    San Salvador El Salvador Stake
    San Vicente El Salvador District
    Usulutan El Salvador District
    Chalatenango Branch
    Nueva Concepción Branch
    Reubicación Branch
    San Francisco Gotera Branch
    Santa Rosa de Lima Branch

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  13. Georgia Macon Mission

    Augusta Georgia Stake
    Columbus Georgia Stake
    Macon Georgia Stake
    Savannah Georgia Stake
    Tifton Georgia Stake


    Ghana Accra West Mission

    Accra Ghana Kaneshie Stake
    Accra Ghana Kasoa Stake
    Accra Ghana Tesano Stake
    Abomosu Ghana District
    Asamankese Ghana District
    Ghana Accra West Mission Branch


    Guatemala Coban Mission

    Coban Guatemala Stake
    Chulac Guatemala District
    Poptun Guatemala District
    Sacsuha Guatemala District
    Salama Guatemala District
    San Benito Guatemala District
    Senahu Guatemala District


    Honduras San Pedro Sula West Mission

    El Merendón Honduras Stake
    Fesitranh Honduras Stake
    San Pedro Sula Honduras Stake
    Valle de Sula Honduras Stake
    Villa Nueva Honduras Stake
    Santa Rosa de Copan Honduras District
    Santa Bárbara Branch


    Idaho Nampa Mission

    Caldwell Idaho East Stake
    Caldwell Idaho Stake
    Emmett Idaho Stake
    Kuna Idaho East Stake
    Kuna Idaho Stake
    La Grande Oregon Stake
    Middleton Idaho Stake
    Nampa Idaho East Stake
    Nampa Idaho North Stake
    Nampa Idaho South Stake
    Nampa Idaho West Stake
    Nyssa Oregon Stake
    Ontario Oregon Stake
    Weiser Idaho Stake


    Idaho Twin Falls Mission

    Burley Idaho Stake
    Burley Idaho West Stake
    Carey Idaho Stake
    Declo Idaho Stake
    Filer Idaho Stake
    Jerome Idaho Stake
    Kimberly Idaho Stake
    Moore Idaho Stake
    Mountain Home Idaho Stake
    Oakley Idaho Stake
    Paul Idaho Stake
    Rupert Idaho Stake
    Rupert Idaho West Stake
    Salmon Idaho Stake
    Twin Falls Idaho South Stake
    Twin Falls Idaho Stake
    Twin Falls Idaho West Stake
    Wendell Idaho Stake


    Illinois Chicago West Mission

    Joliet Illinois Stake
    Naperville Illinois Stake
    Peoria Illinois Stake
    Rockford Illinois Stake
    Schaumburg Illinois Stake


    Japan Tokyo South Mission

    Fujisawa Japan Stake
    Machida Japan Stake
    Musashino Japan Stake
    Tokyo Japan South Stake (English)
    Yokohama Japan Stake


    Kansas Wichita Mission

    Derby Kansas Stake
    Garden City Kansas Stake
    Salina Kansas Stake
    Topeka Kansas Stake
    Wichita Kansas Stake


    Korea Seoul South Mission
    Liberia Monrovia Mission

    Monrovia Liberia Bushrod Island District
    Monrovia Liberia District
    Harbel Branch
    Kakata Branch
    Liberia Monrovia Mission Branch


    México Cancun Mission

    Cancún México Kabáh Stake
    Cancún México Kukulcán Stake
    Cancún México Stake
    Chetumal México Stake
    Tizimín México Stake
    Carrillo Puerto Branch
    José María Morelos Branch


    México Ciudad Juarez Mission

    Ciudad Juárez México East Stake
    Ciudad Juárez México La Cuesta Stake
    Ciudad Juárez México North Stake
    Ciudad Juárez México South Stake
    Colonia Dublán México Stake
    Colonia Juárez México Stake


    México Ciudad Obregon Mission

    Ciudad Obregón México Nainari Stake
    Ciudad Obregón México Stake
    Ciudad Obregón México Yaqui Stake
    Los Mochis México El Fuerte Stake
    Los Mochis México Stake
    El Fuerte México District
    Huatabampo México District
    Angostura Branch
    Sinaloa Leyva Branch


    México México City Chalco Mission

    Amecameca México Stake
    Chalco México Solidaridad Stake
    Chalco México Stake
    México City Ixtapaluca Stake
    México City Meyehualco Stake
    Tecalco México Stake

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  14. México Pachuca Mission

    México City Tecamac Stake
    Pachuca México Centro Stake
    Pachuca México South Stake
    Pachuca México Stake
    Tezontepec México Stake
    Tulancingo México Stake
    Valle del Mezquital México Stake


    México Queretaro Mission

    Celaya México Stake
    Irapuato México Stake
    León México Stake
    Querétaro México El Sol Stake
    Querétaro México Los Arcos Stake
    Querétaro México Stake
    Guanajuato México District


    México Reynosa Mission

    Matamoros México Stake
    Nuevo Laredo México Stake
    Reynosa México East Stake
    Reynosa México Stake
    Valle Hermoso México Stake
    Tamaulipas México Río Bravo District
    México Reynosa Mission Branch


    México Saltillo Mission

    Monclova México East Stake
    Monclova México Stake
    Piedras Negras México Stake
    Saltillo México Miravalle Stake
    Saltillo México República Stake
    Saltillo México Valle de las Flores Stake
    Acuña México District
    Nueva Rosita México District
    México Saltillo Mission Branch


    New Zealand Hamilton Mission

    Auckland New Zealand Manurewa Stake
    Auckland New Zealand Papakura Stake
    Gisborne New Zealand Stake
    Hamilton New Zealand Glenview Stake
    Hamilton New Zealand Rotokauri Stake
    Hamilton New Zealand Stake
    Rotorua New Zealand Stake
    Tauranga New Zealand Stake
    Temple View New Zealand Stake
    Taranaki New Zealand District


    Nigeria Benin City Mission

    Benin City Nigeria Ihogbe Stake
    Benin City Nigeria Ikpokpan Stake
    Benin City Nigeria New Benin Stake
    Benin City Nigeria Siluko Stake
    Benin City Nigeria Ugbowo Stake
    Asaba Nigeria District
    Ekpoma Nigeria District
    Warri Nigeria District
    Akure Branch
    Nigeria Benin City Mission Branch
    Ondo Branch


    Ohio Cincinnati Mission

    Cincinnati Ohio East Stake
    Cincinnati Ohio North Stake
    Cincinnati Ohio Stake
    Dayton Ohio Stake
    Fort Wayne Indiana Stake
    Muncie Indiana Stake


    Oregon Salem Mission

    Bend Oregon Stake
    Forest Grove Oregon Stake
    Keizer Oregon Stake
    Lebanon Oregon Stake
    McMinnville Oregon Stake
    Monmouth Oregon Stake
    Redmond Oregon Stake
    Salem Oregon Stake


    Papua New Guinea Lae Mission

    Goroka Papua New Guinea District
    Madang Lae Papua New Guinea District
    Minj Papua New Guinea District
    Oro Papua New Guinea District
    Sepik River Papua New Guinea District


    Perú Huancayo Mission

    Cerro de Pasco Perú Stake
    Huancayo Perú Stake
    Huánuco Perú Amarilis Stake
    Huánuco Perú Stake
    La Merced Perú Stake
    Mantaro Perú Stake
    Tarma Perú District
    Huancavelica Branch
    Lircay Branch


    Perú Iquitos Mission

    Iquitos Perú Nueve de Octubre Stake
    Iquitos Perú Punchana Stake
    Iquitos Perú Stake
    Pucallpa Perú Stake
    Moyobamba Perú District
    Tarapoto Perú District
    Nauta Branch


    Philippines Cavite Mission

    Bacoor Philippines Stake
    Cavite Philippines Stake
    Dasmariñas Philippines Stake
    Las Piñas Philippines Stake
    Naic Philippines District
    San Gabriel Philippines District


    Philippines Cebu East Mission

    Cebu Philippines Liloan Stake
    Mandaue Philippines Stake
    Bogo Philippines District
    Calape Philippines District
    Tagbilaran Philippines District

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  15. Philippines Legazpi Mission

    Legazpi Philippines Stake
    Bulan Philippines District
    Catanduanes Philippines District
    Ligao Philippines District
    Masbate Philippines District
    Sorsogon Philippines District
    Tabaco Philippines District


    Philippines Urdaneta Mission

    Bayambang Philippines Stake
    Dagupan Philippines Stake
    Lingayen Philippines Stake
    Rosales Philippines Stake
    Urdaneta Philippines Stake
    Aguilar Philippines District
    Alaminos Philippines District
    Calasiao Philippines District
    Mangaldan Philippines District
    Mapandan Philippines District


    Ukraine L'viv Mission

    Chernihivs'ka Branch
    Ivano-Frankivs'ka Branch
    Khmel'nyts'ka Branch
    L'vivs'ka Branch
    Luts'ka Branch
    Rivnens'ka Branch


    Utah Salt Lake City East Mission

    Coalville Utah Stake
    Evanston Wyoming South Stake
    Evanston Wyoming Stake
    Green River Wyoming Stake
    Kamas Utah Stake
    Kemmerer Wyoming Stake
    Lyman Wyoming Stake
    Park City Utah Stake
    Rock Springs Wyoming Stake
    Salt Lake 1st Stake
    Salt Lake Big Cottonwood Stake
    Salt Lake Bonneville Stake
    Salt Lake Bonneville YSA Stake
    Salt Lake Brighton Stake
    Salt Lake Butler Stake
    Salt Lake Butler West Stake
    Salt Lake Canyon Rim Stake
    Salt Lake Central Stake
    Salt Lake Cottonwood Heights Stake
    Salt Lake Cottonwood Stake
    Salt Lake East Mill Creek North Stake
    Salt Lake East Mill Creek Stake
    Salt Lake Emigration Stake
    Salt Lake Ensign Stake
    Salt Lake Foothill Stake
    Salt Lake Granite Park Stake
    Salt Lake Granite Stake
    Salt Lake Grant Stake
    Salt Lake Highland Stake
    Salt Lake Hillside Stake
    Salt Lake Holladay North Stake
    Salt Lake Holladay South Stake
    Salt Lake Holladay Stake
    Salt Lake Holladay YSA Stake
    Salt Lake Little Cottonwood Stake
    Salt Lake Married Student 2nd Stake
    Salt Lake Millcreek Stake
    Salt Lake Monument Park North Stake
    Salt Lake Monument Park Stake
    Salt Lake Mount Olympus Stake
    Salt Lake Olympus Stake
    Salt Lake Parleys Stake
    Salt Lake South Cottonwood Stake
    Salt Lake Sugar House Stake
    Salt Lake Valley View Stake
    Salt Lake Wasatch Stake
    Salt Lake Wilford Stake
    Salt Lake Winder Stake
    Salt Lake Winder West Stake
    South Salt Lake Stake


    Virginia Chesapeake Mission

    Chesapeake Virginia Stake
    Goldsboro North Carolina Stake
    Kinston North Carolina Stake
    Newport News Virginia Stake
    Virginia Beach Stake


    Washington Federal Way Mission

    Auburn Washington Stake
    Federal Way Washington Stake
    Graham Washington Stake
    Kent Washington Stake
    Maple Valley Washington Stake
    Puyallup Washington South Stake
    Puyallup Washington Stake
    Renton Washington Stake


    Washington Vancouver Mission

    Longview Washington Stake
    Portland Oregon East Stake
    Portland Oregon Stake
    Rainier Oregon Stake
    The Dalles Oregon Stake
    Vancouver Washington East Stake
    Vancouver Washington North Stake
    Vancouver Washington Stake
    Vancouver Washington West Stake

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  16. Missed this mission

    Korea Seoul South Mission

    Anyang Korea Stake
    Incheon Korea Stake
    Seoul Korea Gangseo Stake
    Seoul Korea South Stake
    Seoul Korea Yeongdong Stake
    Suwon Korea Stake

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  17. The missionaries in my stake officially transfer from the Washington DC South Mission to the Virginia Richmond Mission on Thursday.

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  18. Good job, Mike Johnson! Lots of good information here.

    Some notes on current missions newly broken down:

    The Gilbert Arizona Mission will cover stakes in only three cities!? I imagine that some of those stakes may cover smaller towns outside of Gilbert, Mesa, and Queens Creek, but that is an amazingly concentrated mission. I hope that the missionaries who serve there strengthened by such strong numbers of membership. I felt that in Chile way back in the early 90s since there were so many members in comparison to my native US midwest.
    The renewed Santiago South Chile Mission will be quite concentrated. I wondder if the mission offices will be decentralized or not, away from the other Santiago mission offices. I liked how they created the Rancagua Mission from the old South mission.

    The new Rancho Cucamonga Mission will cover a lot of the high desert and only a smaller chunk of the Inland Empire.

    The restored Cinncinnati Mission will have two stakes pretty far up north in Indiana. I hope some towns in my native Hoosier state that have never had a missionary presence will get more soon.

    All these changes are pretty interesting and if the scriptures have anything to say about it, it is quite revealing.

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  19. OK Scottsdale's shape just looks crazy

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  20. a couple of things I noticed:

    Because Tri- City washington lost Vancouver it stole several stakes from the Spokane mission which was a large mission.

    Denver North and South could be now Called East and West.

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  23. Thanks Mike. You contributed a huge amount of data. My son will serve in the Brazil Natal Mission in September. Thanks to technology, I will be able to see the city in which he serves, locate the meetinghouse within that city and possibly read his blog or Facebook page. Things have change a great deal since the last century in which I served my mission!

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  25. This is how the missions in Washington state sorted out:


    Washington Everett Mission

    Arlington Washington Stake
    Bellingham Washington Stake
    Everett Washington Stake
    Lynnwood Washington Stake
    Marysville Washington Stake
    Mount Vernon Washington Stake
    Snohomish Washington Stake


    Washington Federal Way Mission

    Auburn Washington Stake
    Federal Way Washington Stake
    Graham Washington Stake
    Kent Washington Stake
    Maple Valley Washington Stake
    Puyallup Washington South Stake
    Puyallup Washington Stake
    Renton Washington Stake


    Washington Kennewick Mission

    Ephrata Washington Stake
    Hermiston Oregon Stake
    Kennewick Washington East Stake
    Kennewick Washington Stake
    Moses Lake Washington Stake
    Othello Washington Stake
    Pasco Washington North Stake
    Pasco Washington Stake
    Richland Washington Stake
    Selah Washington Stake
    Walla Walla Washington Stake
    Wenatchee Washington Stake
    West Richland Washington Stake
    Yakima Washington Stake


    Washington Seattle Mission

    Bellevue Washington South Stake
    Bellevue Washington Stake
    Bothell Washington Stake
    Kirkland Washington Stake
    Redmond Washington Stake
    Seattle Washington North Stake
    Seattle Washington Shoreline Stake
    Seattle Washington Stake


    Washington Spokane Mission

    Coeur d'Alene Idaho Stake
    Colville Washington Stake
    Hayden Lake Idaho Stake
    Lewiston Idaho Stake
    Moscow Idaho Stake
    Moscow Idaho University YSA Stake
    Sandpoint Idaho Stake
    Spokane Washington East Stake
    Spokane Washington North Stake
    Spokane Washington Stake
    Spokane Washington Valley Stake
    Spokane Washington West Stake


    Washington Tacoma Mission

    Bremerton Washington Stake
    Centralia Washington Stake
    Elma Washington Stake
    Gig Harbor Washington Stake
    Lacey Washington Stake
    Lakewood Washington Stake
    Olympia Washington Stake
    Port Angeles Washington Stake
    Silverdale Washington Stake
    Tacoma Washington Stake


    Washington Vancouver Mission

    Longview Washington Stake
    Portland Oregon East Stake
    Portland Oregon Stake
    Rainier Oregon Stake
    The Dalles Oregon Stake
    Vancouver Washington East Stake
    Vancouver Washington North Stake
    Vancouver Washington Stake
    Vancouver Washington West Stake

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  26. Arizona Scottsdale: Rough west boundary is the SR-51 freeway, although for the most part the stake runs from the Airport up to Squaw (Piestewa) Peak. Payson Arizona is 100 m iles from Flagstaff, so the other places are all east of that.

    Missionaries may have to pass through Gilbert Arizona Mission to get to areas in the White Mountains/Northeastern Arizona named. Three stakes in Mesa, all along the Red Mountain Freeway.

    Santos Brazil took a mission district from Sao Paulo East, as well as those named that are from Sao Paulo South, the Sao Sebastiao District (includes branches in Maresias, Ubatuba, and Microregion of Caraguatatuba, along with Ilhabela (an island just across from where BR-101 makes the turn north towards Sao Sebastiao).

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  27. Fond a probable missing stake from the list for Gilbert Arizona. Gilbert Williams Field Stake, I've also heard the mission home may be within the boundaries of that one.

    Williams Field was the old US Air Force Base there. It's now known as Phoenix Gateway Airport, and a new freeway that will help people access has had its first segment built recently.

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  28. The Gilbert Williams Field Stake is still listed in CDOL as covered by the Arizona Tempe Mission.

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  29. The primary route from the greater Phoenix area to Payson, Snowflake, and Eagar (the three I tried) goes through highway 87, according to Google Maps. This route is entirely inside the new Arizona Scottsdale Mission. Note, these stakes used to be in the Arizona Tempe Mission and it makes a lot more since now that there is a Scottsdale Mission.

    There is no need for missionaries traveling between Scottsdale and the stakes of northeast Arizona inside that mission to actually go into another mission.


    BTW, the Scottsdale and Gilbert missions are not adjacent to each other--they don't have a common boundary.

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  30. Given interest in the Arizona missions, I thought I would post what stakes are covered by which mission for all of the missions:

    Arizona Gilbert Mission

    Gilbert Arizona Greenfield Stake
    Gilbert Arizona Highland East Stake
    Gilbert Arizona Highland West Stake
    Gilbert Arizona Higley Stake
    Gilbert Arizona San Tan Stake
    Gilbert Arizona Stake
    Gilbert Arizona Val Vista Stake
    Gilbert Arizona YSA Stake
    Mesa Arizona Boulder Creek Stake
    Mesa Arizona Desert Ridge Stake
    Queen Creek Arizona Chandler Heights Stake
    Queen Creek Arizona East Stake
    Queen Creek Arizona North Stake
    Queen Creek Arizona South Stake
    Queen Creek Arizona Stake


    Arizona Mesa Mission

    Apache Junction Arizona Stake
    Globe Arizona Stake
    Mesa Arizona Alta Mesa Stake
    Mesa Arizona Central Stake
    Mesa Arizona Citrus Heights Stake
    Mesa Arizona East Stake
    Mesa Arizona Hermosa Vista Stake
    Mesa Arizona Kimball East Stake
    Mesa Arizona Kimball Stake
    Mesa Arizona Lehi Stake
    Mesa Arizona Mountain View Stake
    Mesa Arizona North Stake
    Mesa Arizona Salt River Stake
    Mesa Arizona Skyline Stake
    Mesa Arizona South Stake
    Mesa Arizona Stake
    Mesa Arizona YSA East Stake


    Arizona Phoenix

    Buckeye Arizona Stake
    Cottonwood Arizona Stake
    Flagstaff Arizona Stake
    Glendale Arizona North Stake
    Glendale Arizona Stake
    Goodyear Arizona Stake
    Peoria Arizona North Stake
    Peoria Arizona Stake
    Phoenix Arizona Deer Valley Stake
    Phoenix Arizona North Stake
    Phoenix Arizona West Maricopa Stake
    Phoenix Arizona YSA Stake
    Prescott Arizona Stake
    Prescott Valley Arizona Stake
    Surprise Arizona North Stake
    Surprise Arizona Stake


    Arizona Scottsdale Mission

    Eagar Arizona Stake
    Mesa Arizona Maricopa North Stake
    Mesa Arizona Maricopa Stake
    Mesa Arizona YSA West Stake
    Paradise Valley Arizona Stake
    Payson Arizona Stake
    Phoenix Arizona East Stake
    Pinetop-Lakeside Arizona Stake
    Scottsdale Arizona Camelback Stake
    Scottsdale Arizona North Stake
    Show Low Arizona Stake
    Snowflake Arizona Stake
    St Johns Arizona Stake
    Taylor Arizona Stake


    Arizona Tempe Mission

    Casa Grande Arizona Stake
    Chandler Arizona East Stake
    Chandler Arizona Stake
    Chandler Arizona West Stake
    Gilbert Arizona Stapley Stake
    Gilbert Arizona Williams Field Stake
    Maricopa Arizona Stake
    Mesa Arizona Alma Stake
    Phoenix Arizona Stake
    Tempe Arizona South Stake
    Tempe Arizona Stake
    Tempe Arizona West Stake
    Tempe Arizona YSA Stake
    Yuma Arizona Stake


    Arizona Tucson Mission

    Duncan Arizona Stake
    Pima Arizona Stake
    Safford Arizona Stake
    Sahuarita Arizona Stake
    Sierra Vista Arizona Stake
    Silver City New Mexico Stake
    St David Arizona Stake
    Thatcher Arizona Stake
    Tucson Arizona East Stake
    Tucson Arizona North Stake
    Tucson Arizona Rincon Stake
    Tucson Arizona Stake
    Tucson Arizona West Stake

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  31. The Arizona Gilbert Mission office is at 1001 N Burk St, Gilbert, AZ, which is inside the boundaries of the Lindsay Ward, Gilbert Arizona Val Verde Stake. This is about 7 and a half miles north (and a little west) of the Gilbert Arizona Temple, which should be dedicated by the end of the year.

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  32. Ohio Cincinnati Mission includes almost the entire eastern strip of Indiana (the two easternmost strips of counties—perhaps covering a 3rd county in some places), except for the very southern part of the border with Ohio, where the Kentucky Louisville Mission still covers what appears to approximate Switzerland and Jefferson counties. Note, the Cincinnati Ohio Stake includes the Batesville Ward and the Lawrenceburg Branch, both in Indiana. The Muncie Indiana Stake extends north from the Batesville Ward and the Fort Wayne Indiana Stake north from there.

    Some of the stakes previously covered by the Utah Ogden Mission (e.g., Soda Springs, Paris, Montpelier, Montpelier South in Idaho, and the Afton and Thayne stakes in Wyoming) have been transferred to the Idaho Pocatello Mission. The Franklin, Preston North, Preston South, and Malad stakes in Idaho remain in the Utah Ogden Mission.

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  33. I computed the distance using google maps from the mission office to the temple in each of the Arizona missions.

    Arizona Gilbert Mission is 7.5 mi – about 15 mins to Gilbert Arizona Temple

    Arizona Mesa Mission is 6.6 mi – about 15 mins to Mesa Arizona Temple

    Arizona Phoenix Mission is 6.6 mi – about 11 mins to Phoenix Arizona Temple

    Arizona Scottsdale Mission is 164 mi – about 2 hours 53 mins to Snowflake Arizona Temple

    Arizona Tempe Mission (no temple in mission)

    Arizona Tucson Mission is 3.3 mi – about 9 mins to Tucson Arizona Temple

    Arizona Tucson Mission is 145 mi – about 2 hours 24 mins to Gila Valley Arizona Temple

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  34. Arizona is doing very well with church growth, it seems, as evidenced by the increase of missions and new temples. When I was a student in the Provo MTC back in the winter of 1989-90, 3 of our ten Spanish speaking bound class students were from the Grand Canyon State. Two from Mesa, one from Phoenix. (His dad was a stake president, I think, but not sure if a suburb, last name Patten, or Patton).
    How many units outside of the state boundaries attend Arizona temples? I think there is at least one in western New Mexico, plus perhaps some in southern Utah. Maybe the Las Vegas and Redlands temples cover all the other wards and branches to the west of Arizona.
    Despite the new temples and missions in Idaho, perhaps Arizona will become the second biggest growth state for new church members? I think Utah still leads by sheer numbers. California has not grown as fast as I would have hoped, but as a nation the Church seems quite robust.
    Virginia has been going around the 100,000 mark, and the increase of a new mission and new missionaries will have its effects there.
    With more numbers, more accidents are bound to happen to the elders and sisters, like the Utah Elder shot in the Hampton Roads area few years ago. With more sisters serving, there will also be more of them going to more dangerous places. Trios might be more common, which could facilitate more splits and regular member activity in proselyting (proselityzing to the regular world). Having said that increased risks are expected with higher numbers, like the Utah elder recently electrocuted in Guatemala, it is statistically proven youth of the same age/cohort are safer on missions than living as a regular member or less active one. The sister who passed away this past year (I forget now where, maybe Oklahoma) left a big impression on those around here.
    Great times to be missionary. Shout out to my nephew in Africa: he is having a wild ride and I love his letters via email and blog. In the country where my parents served in the Peace Corps before being baptized by elders knocking doors in Indiana.

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  35. Just learned that on stake boundaries, Gilbert Williams Field, if in the Tempe Arizona Mission, is completely surrounded by other stakes in the Gilbert Arizona Mission.

    I think in the end it will be found to have been one someone missed when sorting out what stakes went where.

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  36. % wise Texas is one of the fastest growing states. Adds about 10,000 members a year or about 3-4% growth over the past decade.

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  37. The CDOL map for Gilbert mission doesn't have a hole in it.

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  38. Thanks. Although CDOL shows the Gilbert Arizona Williams Field Stake as in the Arizona Tempe Mission, LDS Maps does show it covered by the Arizona Gilbert Mission.

    Thanks for catching that.

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  39. How many branches do they have in the district in Angola? Is the Angola mission a normal sized mission, or does it not have a full contingent of missionaries yet?

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  40. Well, it looks like they changed the name of the Botswana Mission. Did they leave the same boundaries between the Cape Town and Johannesburg Missions?

    Looking at the new maps, it looks like some of what had been in the Salt Lake City mission was moved to the Fort Collins Mission. However it almost looks like it was just part of a stake. Am I right that is what happened?

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  41. It seems odd that the Cheyenne Wyoming East stake is not in the new Fort Collins Mission.

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  42. The Nampa Mission looks to be totally from the old Boise Mission, with no units from any other mission. I guess this is not too surprising. By area it is about half Idaho, half Oregon, but membership and population wise I am guessing more in Idaho.

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  43. The Illinois Chicago West Mission includes none of Chicago proper as I expected. This is like how the Washington DC South Mission includes none of Washington DC. It is also not just a split of the Chicago Mission, since it now takes in the Peoria Stake, which had been in the Des Moines Mission, although it was just a few years ago they disbanded the Peoria Mission.

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  44. The Wichita Mission took one stake from the Colorado Springs Mission which represents about a third of its area. There are still two Kansas stakes in the Kansas City Mission, and south-west Kansas is in the Tulsa Mission, which is one I would not be surprised if it splits next year.

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  45. It looks like the new Mexico Ciudad Juarez Mission has 2 temples in its boundaries, leaving the Chihuahua Mission with no temples. I guess actually looking at a map this should not surprise me.

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  46. I am surprised Guaymas did not end up in the Ciudad Obregon mission, having been between those two cities and finding them fairly close. I guess though it is about halfway between Ciudad Obregon and Hermosillo, and it looks like the Ciudad Obregon mission primarily faces south.

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  47. It is interesting that there is a stake in Nuevo Laredo but only a district in Laredo.

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  48. What is going on with the Ohio Cincinnati Mission only taking in one of the Dayton Stakes. I am also surprised that it takes in the Fort Wayne Indiana Stake, although considering I knew that the Indianapolis Mission had more stakes than any of the surrounding mission, I should not be surprised. It had twice as many stakes as we had here in the Detroit Mission. It makes this a very different orientation than the old Cincinnati Mission, which took in more of Kentucky. Although actually I think it was only by having the Huntington West Virginia Stake.

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  49. The boundary between the Salt Lake and Salt Lake East Missions runs right down Main Street in Salt Lake, for 3 blocks south of the Temple. Temple Square, The Conference Center and the block east of Temple Square are evidently all defined as officially within the boundaries on the Temple Square Mission. The Lucero Ward seems to run along about the same lines as Salt Lake portion of the new Salt Lake East Mission, with the exception of the area in the Granite stake.

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  50. At an even 50 stakes the Salt Lake East mission is huge. Still with over 564 stakes in Utah, and 8 missions, with 6 of the Salt Lake East Mission's stakes in Wyoming, it still has a below average number of stakes for a Utah mission. The Provo Mission has over 200 stakes before it was split. The Salt Lake East Mission is the mission that takes in where Elder Nelson's parents lived when he asked for the bishop to send people to teach the gospel to them.

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  51. It looks like all stakes with Portland in their name will now be in the Washington Vancover Mission. I am thinking some of the old Spokane Mission got moved to the Kennewick Mission. Does anyone know if I am right.

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  52. Actually, Scottsdale is a fairly normal shape. A crazy shape in Rancho Cucamunga with the finger in the area around that city, and then the almost disconnected high desert part.

    Then there is Salt Lake City, which is non-contiguous, unless you go through the Salt Lake. That was actually the case before, and the new mission no longer has another bottleneck before going to Wyoming, and with the East Mission taking Park City and Kamas from the South Mission, it does not really bottle neck at all. With Park City and the close environs of the UofU it probably ends up the mission in Utah with the most people hostile to the Church.

    The map of the Gilbert Arizona Mission shows it going way out to Florence. I almost wonder if there is another stake out in the southern end of the mission missed from the list.

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  53. Spokane Mission is probably by area more in Idaho and Montana than in Washington now. It also only touches Kennewick of the other Washington Missions, and has no shared boundaries with the 5 western Washington Missions. Kennewick will probably have a lot of Spanish speaking missionaries since it has central Washington's havily Hispanic agricultural belt.

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  54. It looks to me like the mission with the least Church organization in its boundaries is the Forteleza East Mission. While I guess Lviv lacks a district, it still looks like Forteleza is almost starting from scratch.

    I also found it interesting that the two stakes in Papua New Guines both remain in the Port Moresby Mission.

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  55. Interesting that there are more Idaho than Washington stakes in the new Spokane Mission, although the two Moscow stakes are probably only about half Idaho.

    The Kennewick Mission is by far the largest by number of stakes. I guess this should not surprise me since they have release time seminary in the Tri-cities. There are enough Mormons there that people complain that they do Mormon proms because they don't like the atmosphere at regular proms. In Michigan and California even when noticed people don't complain, because there are not enough Mormons for it to feel like an attempt to divide and exclude.

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  56. So Mesa Arizona stakes are split between 4 mission? Is it just me, or does the Phoenix Mission have a lot more people in its boundaries than the other 4 metro Phoenix missions? Although I guess with the Phoenix Stake itself in the Tempe Mission, maybe the Phoenix Mission does not go as far south or east as I am thining.

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  57. My guess is the part of Arizona assigned to the St. George Mission goes to the St. George Temple. I am not sure what Temple the Mesquite Nevada Stake (which includes Littlefield, Arizona) is assigned to, but my guess is St. George. I know Kingman and Lake Havasu City Stakes are assigned to the LAs Vegas Temple. I am not sure where Yuma is assigned.

    With a temple in Monticello, Utah, some of nother Arizona might be assigned there. Western New Mexico is mainly assigned to Arizona Temples. For a long time the Tucson Mission included El Paso, Texas, but that is now in the Albaquerque Mission.

    A big chunck of north-east Arizona is in the Farmington New Mexico Mission.

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  58. The Lima Perú Santa Patricia Stake was created on 30 June. There are 7 wards in the stake:

    Chacarilla Ward
    La Molina Vieja Ward
    Mayorazgo Ward
    Monterrico Ward
    San Borja Ward
    Santa Felicia Ward
    Santa Patricia Ward


    The Amador Ward, Henderson Nevada Anthem Stake, was created on 30 June. There are now 10 wards in the stake:

    Amador Ward
    Anthem Ward
    Arroyo Grande Ward
    Carnegie Ward
    Desert Valley Ward
    Horizon Ridge Ward
    Inspirada Ward
    Paseo Verde Ward
    Seven Hills Ward
    Summit Ward

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  59. There are 5 branches in the Luanda Angola District and 2 more in the mission. I doubt this mission will be large.

    The Nampa and Twin Falls mission are only from the old Boise Mission.
    5 branches in the Laredo District, 5 wards and a branch in the Nuevo Laredo Stake. I was going to suggest that it might be the 3000-member required for a US (or Canadian) Stake and a 1900-member requirement for the rest of the world. But ARDA states that Webb County (Laredo is the seat) had 3436 LDS members in 2010 in the then 4 congregations.

    I had wondered about this one as to whether both Dayton Stakes would go in the new mission. The Dayton East Stake does make more sense in the Columbus Mission.

    Pretty much the entire eastern strip of Indiana is in the Cincinnati Mission, including the Batesville Ward and a branch in the Cincinnati Stake.

    Yes, the Temple Square Mission covers all 35 acres of the Temple Square complex.

    Yes, a couple of stakes from Spokane was moved to the Kennewick Mission.

    Florence Arizona is the home of a ward and two branches at corrections facilities—there is a 2nd Florence ward, but it is much closer to the Queen Creek area and meets with Queen Creek wards.

    The Mesquite Nevada (and the Page Arizona) stakes are in the St. George Temple district.

    I thought the New Mexico Farmington Mission was originally the Arizona Holbrok Mission, with the headquarters moved some years ago.

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  60. Page, Tuba city, Flagstaff, and Chinle were detached from the Phoenix mission when the Farmington mission was created three yrs ago the other stakes in that mission came from Mesa and Albuquerque I imagine only like 10 years ago there was just the Tucson and Phoenix missions in Arizona

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  61. "I thought the New Mexico Farmington Mission was originally the Arizona Holbrok Mission, with the headquarters moved some years ago."

    Sometime in the 1980s, the Holbrook and Tempe mission boundaries were realigned to become the Phoenix and Tempe missions.

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  62. Pocatello Mission did lose to stakes, with a total of 4 missionaries serving in them to Twin Falls. Also, Burley Idaho had been in Pocatello Mission before they built the Twin Falls Temple, and put that whole new Temple District in the Boise Mission.

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  63. The Gateway Ward, Rock Springs Wyoming Stake, was created on 30 June. There are now 9 wards and 2 branches in the stake:

    Desert View Ward
    Foothill Ward
    Fremont Peak Ward
    Gateway Ward
    Overland Ward
    Pilot Butte Ward
    Rock Springs Ward
    Temple Peak Ward
    White Mountain Ward
    Farson Branch
    Rock Springs College Branch (Student)


    The Kuna 15th Ward, Kuna Idaho East Stake, was created on 1 July. There are now 9 wards in the stake:

    Kuna 1st Ward
    Kuna 3rd Ward
    Kuna 7th Ward
    Kuna 10th Ward
    Kuna 11th Ward
    Kuna 12th Ward
    Kuna 13th Ward
    Kuna 15th Ward
    Kuna YSA Ward

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  64. The Lagos Branch, Algarve Portugal District, Portugal Lisbon Mission, was created on 30 June. There are now 7 branches in the district:

    Beja Branch
    Faro Branch
    Lagos Branch
    Loulé Branch
    Olhão Branch
    Portimão Branch
    Tavira Branch

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  65. The Bonoua Branch, Port-Bouet Cote d'Ivoire Stake, was created on 30 June. There are now 7 wards and 3 branches in the stake:

    Adjouffou Ward
    Jean-Folly Ward
    Koumassi Ward
    Marcory Ward
    Port-Bouet Ward
    Remblais Ward
    Vridi Ward
    Bonoua Branch
    Grand-Bassam 1st Branch
    Grand-Bassam 2nd Branch


    The Formoso and Remanso Branches, Brazil Manaus Mission, were created on 30 June. There are now 8 branches in the mission:

    Boa Vista Brazil District
    Itacoatiara Brazil District
    Brazil Manaus Mission Branch
    Cruzeiro do Sul Branch
    Formoso Branch
    Ji-Paraná Branch
    Remanso Branch
    Tefé Branch
    Vilhena 1st Branch
    Vilhena 3rd Branch


    The Mankessim 2nd Branch, Ghana Cape Coast Mission, was created on 30 June. There are now 10 branches in the mission:

    Swedru Ghana District
    Abakrampa Branch
    Agona Nkwanta Branch
    Axim Branch
    Daboase Branch
    Ghana Cape Coast Mission Branch
    Kissi Branch
    Mankessim 1st Branch
    Mankessim 2nd Branch
    Nkroful Branch
    Tarkwa Branch

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  66. Is it likely they will form another district in the Manaus Mission soon, that seems to be a lot of branches to have directly under the mission.

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  67. Actually, three of those branches (Ji-Paraná, Vilhena 1st, and Vilhena 3rd) have now been transferred to the Brazil Cuiabá Mission.

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  68. CDOL still has the Ji-Paraná, Vilhena 1st, and Vilhena 3rd branches in the Manaus Mission, but LDS Maps has them in the Brazil Cuiabá Mission.

    They are long way away from any other unit in the Cuiabá Mission, but are next to a stake that is covered by the Manaus Mission. I wonder where they would get better support.

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  69. The Mesa Mission by area (although not b population), is probably at least 75% in the Globe Arizona Stake, with the San Carlos branch probably taking up 40% of the mission area alone.

    Also, looking at the map, the way the Tuba City Arizona Stake and the Page Arizona Stake snake around each other seems a bit odd, I was surprised to see any of Tuba City stake in Utah at all.

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  70. Good post. We've posted a similar Liberia Costa rica profile here: http://traveleam.ca/liberia-costa-rica

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