Elder Boyd K. Packer of the Council of the Twelve created the Accra Ghana Stake, which includes the Koforidua, Lartebiokorshie, New Town, Tema, Tesano, and Teshie wards, and the Christiansborg, Dansoman, Kpong, Madina, and Nsawam branches.
Elder James E. Faust of the Council of the Twelve created the Cape Coast Ghana Stake, which includes the Ashanti Road, Assin-Foso, Moree, Mpintsin, Ola University, Sekondi, and Takoradi wards, and the Chapel Hill, Mankessim, Nuamakrom, and Sofokrom branches.Elder Alexander B. Morrison of the Seventy created the Sugar Hill Georgia Stake, which includes the Athens 1st, Athens 2nd, Gainsville, Lawrenceville 1st, and Lawrenceville 2nd wards, and the Commerce, Dahlonega, Elberton, Sugarhill, and Toccoa branches.
Elsewhere, stakes were reorganized in Belgium, Germany, Peru, Philippines, and in California and Utah.
New stakes
ACCRA GHANA STAKE: (April 21, 1991) Created from the Accra Ghana District. President - Emmanuel Ohene Opare, 40, assistant commissioner, former district president and counselor, district executive secretary, and branch president, married Monica Mettele Nunoo. Counselors - Emmanuel Franklyn Sackey, 42, deputy commissioner of Customs, Excise and Preventive Service, former district president's counselor, branch president, and activities chairman, married Alice Myrna Tenkorang; Bossman Dowuona Hammond, 43, executive/chairman of community services company, former district Sunday School president and counselor, and activities chairman, married Jayne Adjoa Hagan.
CAPE COAST GHANA STAKE: (April 21, 1991) Created from the Cape Coast Ghana District. President - Kweku Prah Ghartey, 49, consultant in wood-based industry, former district president and elders quorum president, married Elizabeth Yawoenawo Ackuaku. Counselors - Kenneth Kobena Andam, 45, production manager, former district president's counselor and branch president, married Janet Ofori-Tawiah; William Emmanuel Daniel Acquah, 40, science teacher, former district president's counselor, branch president and counselor, branch mission leader, elders quorum president and counselor, married Charlotte Andoh-Kesson.
SUGAR HILL GEORGIA STAKE: (May 26, 1991) Created from the Tucker Georgia and the Roswell Georgia stakes. President - Donald Arthur Cazier, 50, Church Educational System coordinator, former high councilor, bishop and counselor, and Scoutmaster, married Virginia Mae Wilcox. Counselors - Walter Alexander Mockett, 51, director of finance at Stone Mountain Park, former high councilor, stake physical activities coordinator, bishop and counselor, Young Men president, marriage relations teacher, and teachers quorum adviser, married Maxine Claire Smith; George Wangemann, 39, sales representative, former bishop and counselor, assistant high priest group leader, assistant ward mission leader, and Scoutmaster, married Judith Ellen Richards.
Stake reorganizations
BRUSSELS BELGIUM STAKE: (May 5, 1991) President - Michel Sautier, 44, bank employee, succeeding Willy Dupuis; former stake president's counselor, high councilor, stake Young Men president, branch president, elders quorum president, and Sunday School president, married Franca Giuseppina Zinato. Counselors - Marcel Hernan Kahne, 55, professor of Germanic languages, former stake president's counselor, district president and councilor, and branch president, married Paulette Gilles; Michael Ned Briner, 47, vice president of corporation, former high councilor, bishop's counselor, branch president and counselor, married Isabelle T. McMillan.
KAISERSLAUTERN GERMANY SERVICEMEN STAKE: (May 26, 1991) President - Lawrence Wright, 37, logistics plans staff officer, succeeding Thomas Lee Weir; former stake mission president, bishop, Sunday School president's counselor, and deacons quorum adviser, married Frances Elisabeth Cherry. Counselors - Ronald Glenn Driggs, 40, U.S. Air Force officer, former regional representative's executive secretary, stake president's counselor, stake mission president, bishop and counselor, and priest quorum adviser, married Alison Joy Tippetts; Ronald Craig Decker, 41, chief of supply for U.S. Air Force, former high councilor, stake Young Men president, and elders quorum president, married Sandra Lee Peper.
LANCASTER CALIFORNIA STAKE: (May 19, 1991) President - Kenneth Henry Bird, retained. Counselors - Douglas Wayne Pulsipher, 42, dentist, former stake president's counselor, high councilor, stake executive secretary, bishop's counselor, branch president, elders quorum president, Young Men president, and Scoutmaster, married Sally Nadine Haycock; Byon Lee Tolman, 43, controller accountant, former stake executive secretary, bishop and counselor, ward clerk, and high priest group leader, married Karen Bird.
LIMA PERU VITARTE STAKE: (May 5, 1991) President - Abel Telesforo Gonzales Rebaza, 51, Church Educational System regional coordinator, succeeding Pedro Morote Rojas; former mission president's counselor, high councilor, and branch president, married Elsa Bibiana Pazsoldan Estrada. Counselors - Agustin Rondon Fernandez, 37, assistant to temple engineer, former stake president's counselor, high councilor, and stake executive secretary, married Lidia Enith Pereira Acuy; Nestor Raul Cordova Ccollana, 51, laboratory technician, former high councilor, seminary teacher, branch president and counselor, married Enerita Salas Arevalo.
MAKATI PHILIPPINES STAKE: (May 19, 1991) President - Julio Gacha Gaviola, 35, operations manager, succeeding Ambrosio C. Collado; former stake president's counselor, high councilor, bishop and counselor, and ward Young Men president, married Teresita Fangalin Peracta. Counselors - Raul Edgardo Adriano Vicencio, 33, self employed, former bishop and counselor, and elders quorum president, married Teodoms Collado; John Vioente Mandiadi, 44, self employed, former high councilor, bishop and counselor, elders quorum president, ward Young Men president, and Sunday School teacher, married Erunda Manuel Francisco.
NEUMUENSTER GERMANY STAKE: (May 5, 1991) President - Joern Otzmann, 38, assistant sales manager, succeeding Karl-Heinz Danklefsen; former high councilor, stake mission president, and stake executive secretary, married Melitta Kopples. Counselors - Gerd Olaf Werner Krug, 49, police officer, former stake president's counselor, high councilor, stake Sunday School president, and bishop, married Barbel Christel Gotze; Axel Martin Wilhelm Lutter, 40, foreign goods wholesaler, former high councilor, bishop and counselor, married Ilse Wiborny.
NUREMBERG GERMANY SERVICEMEN STAKE: (May 19, 1991) President - Larry Brian Fisher, 38, dentist, succeeding Jon Paul Baker; former high councilor, stake mission president, bishop, ward mission leader, and ward Young Men president, married Paula Jean Mattson. Counselors - David Alan Smart, 41, U.S. Army Medical Service Corps officer, former high councilor, stake Young Men president, bishop's counselor, ward mission leader, Sunday School president, activities committee chairman, and Scoutmaster, married Rosemary Aliberti; Joseph Gale Richardson, 35, high school teacher, former high councilor, branch president and counselor, branch mission leader, and elders quorum president, married Stella Skousen.
PAYSON UTAH SOUTH STAKE: (May 26, 1991) President - John Milo Peterson, 52, mathematics professor, succeeding Joe Lynn Spencer; former high councilor, bishop and counselor, ward clerk, elders quorum president, and Scoutmaster, married Lena Corinne Charlesworth. Counselors - Logan Neal Nilsson, 41, quality control specialist, former family records extraction program stake coordinator, high councilor, assistant stake clerk, bishop, ward clerk and assistant, married Janine Noon; David Calvin Dahlquist, 34, classroom educator, former high councilor, stake Sunday School president and counselor, elders quorum president's counselor, and gospel doctrine teacher, married Maria Elena McCurdy.
PLEASANT GROVE UTAH EAST STAKE: (June 9, 1991) President - Douglas Laney Weight, 46, partner in electronic business system company, succeeding Clyde Hill; former high councilor, stake Young Men president, bishop and counselor, and ward Young Men president's counselor, married Roylene Dearing. Counselors - Gary Royce Ridge, 44, podiatrist, former high councilor, stake Young Men president's counselor, bishop, ward Young Men president's counselor, elders quorum president, and gospel doctrine teacher, married Judy Ann Brimley; Brad Clifford Barker, 42, director of patient care, former high councilor, stake mission president, bishop and counselor, ward clerk, ward Young Men president's counselor, and assistant high priests group leader, married Ann Chambers.
