Elder Joe J. Christensen of the Seventy created the Jundiai Brazil Stake, which includes the Jundiai, Jundiai Mirim, Parque Colegio, and Ponte wards, and the Atibaia, Braganca Paulista, Itupeva, and Vinhedo branches.
Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the Council of the Twelve created the Ricks College 5th stake, which includes the College 2nd, College 4th, College 25th, College 27th, College 37th, College 40th, College 41st, and College 42nd wards.Elder John H. Groberg of the Seventy created the Santa Ana California South (Spanish-speaking) Stake, which includes the Anaheim 11th, Fullerton 6th, Garden Grove 10th, Laguna Niguel 3rd, Santa Ana 5th, Santa Ana 10th, Santa Ana 11th, and Santa Ana 12th wards.
Elsewhere, stakes were reorganized in Mexico, Arizona, Idaho and Utah.
New
stakes
JUNDIAI BRAZIL STAKE: (Dec. 1, 1991) Created from the Campinas Brazil Castelo and Campinas Brazil stakes. President - Domingos Fatobene, 52, physics and chemistry professor, former stake president and counselor, high councilor, bishop, and district president's counselor, married Zuleica Zago. Counselors - Clodoardo Antonio Nogueira, 53, merchant, former high councilor, bishop, elders quorum president and counselor, married Teresa Pereira de Jesus; Floriano Vieira Franco, 50, bank superintendent, former bishop and counselor, and branch president, married Walkyria Franco Guimaraes.
RICKS COLLEGE 5TH STAKE: (Dec. 8, 1991) Created from the Ricks College 1st, Ricks College 2nd, Ricks College 3rd, and Ricks College 4th stakes. President - Ronald Brent Kinghorn, 50, community service vice president at Ricks College, former stake president's counselor, high councilor, bishop and counselor, branch president, elders quorum president, and Young Men president, married Donna Jean Luke. Counselors - B. John Galbraith, 50, head of division of humanities at Ricks College, former high councilor, bishop and counselor, elders quorum president, gospel doctrine teacher, and Primary teacher, married Carol Bingham; Ellis Wilson Miller, 52, physics and astronomy teacher, former high councilor, bishop, high priests group leader, and Scoutmaster, married Karren Lea Malstrom.
SANTA ANA CALIFORNIA SOUTH STAKE: (Jan. 5, 1992) Created from the Anaheim California, Anaheim California East, Fullerton California, Garden Grove California, Irvine California, Laguna Niguel California, Orange California, Placentia California, and Santa Ana California stakes. President - Renan Ramos Disner, 32, life insurance agent, former high councilor, bishop and counselor, and ward Young Men president, married Evy Irene Thorkelson. Counselors - Abel Salgado, Jr., 47, financial consultant, former high councilor, bishop and counselor, branch president, and Young Adult leader, married Celia Notario; Salvador Cifuentes, 53, drill operator at machine shop, former bishop's counselor, married Olga Guillen Cifuentes.
Stake
reorganizations
AMERICAN FORK UTAH STAKE: (Dec. 8, 1991) President - Anthony Wayne Schofield, 42, attorney, succeeding Roger Lynn Farley; former stake president's counselor, high councilor, bishop and counselor, and elders quorum president's counselor, married Rebecca Ann Rosecrans. Counselors - Kenneth Shelton Beck, 47, data processing director, former stake clerk, bishop and counselor, elders quorum president, teachers quorum adviser, and Scoutmaster, married Kathy Lynn Adamson; Richard Edgar Merkley, 45, pilot, former mission president, high councilor, bishop and counselor, married Betty Lu Boren.
BUCKEYE ARIZONA STAKE: (Dec. 8, 1991) President - Gary Peterson Gable, 45, pilot, succeeding Charles Roy Rucker; former bishop and counselor, and Sunday School teacher, married Carolyn Ann Rogers. Counselors - Norman Jay Davis, 42, attorney, former high councilor, bishop's counselor, ward financial clerk, Young Men president, priests quorum adviser, teachers quorum adviser, gospel doctrine teacher, and seminary teacher, married Sherry Wright; Malin Walter Lewis, 36, president and manager of wholesale food distribution company, former stake mission president, bishop and counselor, ward mission leader, and ward Young Men president, married Sally Nelson.
CHALCO MEXICO STAKE: (Dec. 8, 1991) President - Josue Palma Romero, 44, school teacher and administrator, succeeding Filemon Flores Velasco; former stake president's counselor, bishop, and branch president, married Flora Rugerio Ledezma. Counselors - Efrain Aparicio Rincon, retained; Eduardo Garcia Soriano, 37, operations and maintenance manager, former bishop, high priest group leader, and choir director, married Maria Macias de Jesus.
ORIZABA MEXICO STAKE: (Nov. 24, 1991) President - Antonio Noriega Patino, 51, products distributor, succeeding Sergio Cancino Martinez; former mission president's counselor, high councilor, bishop,
and Young Men president, married Marcela Susana Dosal Cervantes. Counselors - Francisco Javier Rosales Marquez, 33, teacher, former bishop, married Elvia Rosas Perez; Mario Alberto Guevara Gutierrez, 38, personnel director, former ward clerk, branch president and clerk, and elders quorum president, married Martha Trujillo Alvarado.
RICKS COLLEGE 1ST STAKE: (Dec. 8, 1991) President - Clair Ogden Thueson, retained. Counselors - Breck H. Barton, retained; Douglas Steven Ladle, 44, religion instructor, former Church Youth Curriculum Committee member, bishop and counselor, and Young Men president, married Carol Ann Davis.
RIRIE IDAHO STAKE: (Dec. 8, 1991) President - Blair John Grover, 51, attorney, succeeding Bradley Duane Foster; former high councilor, bishop, elders quorum president, and Sunday School teacher, married JoAnn Williams. Counselors - Delbert Gail Larsen, 55, senior project engineer, former high councilor, stake mission president, stake Young Men president and counselor, bishop, priests quorum adviser, gospel doctrine teacher, and Scoutmaster, married Jo Ann Bowles; Robert Aegerter Hunter, 45, dentist, former high councilor, stake clerk, bishop's counselor, ward clerk, and high priest group leader, married Roberta Lee Bosley.
SALT LAKE OLYMPUS STAKE: (Nov. 3, 1991) President - Blaine Jackson Wixom, Jr., 47, vice president of marketing for O.C. Tanner Co., succeeding Ned Bryan Combs; former Melchizedek Priesthood general committee member, stake president's counselor, high councilor, bishop, branch president, and Scoutmaster, married Rosemary Mix. Counselors - John Knapp Baird, 42, attorney, former high councilor, bishop and counselor, elders quorum president, and Sunday School teacher, married Nancy Marie Hanks; Monte E. Peterson, 50, sales manager for home furnishings company, former high councilor, stake executive secretary, stake Young Men secretary, bishop and counselor, ward executive secretary, and elders quorum president's counselor, married Ruth Frodsham.
