Elder Gene R. Cook of the Seventy created the Duran Ecuador North Stake, which includes the Eloy Alfaro, Los Cerezos, Penon del Rio, Ponton, Rio Amazonas, and Unidad Nacional wards, and the Primavera and Rio Babahoyo branches.
Elder Cook also created the Duran Ecuador South Stake, which includes the Duran, El Recreo, Ferroviaria, La Ribera, Rio Guayas, and Santay wards, and the Panorama Branch.Elder Julio E. Davila of the Seventy created the Iquitos Peru Punchana Stake, which includes the Clavero, Ganzo Azul, Mi Peru, Moronillo, and Punchana wards, and the Bellavista Branch.
Elder Davila also created the Lima Peru Villa Salvador Stake, which includes the Jose Galvez, Laderas De Villa, Tablada de Lurin, Villa El Salvador 1st, and Villa El Salvador 2nd wards.
The Puno Peru Stake was also created by Elder Davila. It includes the Huascar, Huayna Capac, Inca Pachacutec, Manco Capac, and Wiracocha wards, and the Amantani, Rinconada, Sinchi Roca, Tupac Amaru, and Tupac Yupanqui branches.
Elsewhere, stakes were reorganized in California, Idaho, and Utah, and in Ecuador, and Peru.
New
stakes
DURAN ECUADOR NORTH STAKE: (May 31, 1992) Created from the Guayaquil Ecuador East Stake. President - Mark R. Kent, 31, merchant, former mission executive secretary, high councilor, branch president's counselor, and elders quorum president, married Vilma Francis Valis. Counselors - Eddie F. Pincay Carpio, 29, computer technician, former stake clerk, bishop, ward clerk, elders quorum president and teacher, married Alexia Veronica Aristega; Lautaro Bernardino Vera, 33, sales agent, former high councilor, bishop and counselor, and Young Men president, married Regina Aleivar Alvarez.
DURAN ECUADOR SOUTH STAKE: (May 31, 1992) Created from the Guayaquil Ecuador East Stake. President - Jimmy Winston Olvera Cabrera, 40,, former mission president's counselor, stake president and counselor, and bishop, married Leticia Chuchuca. Counselors - Carlos Enrique Clavijo Hidalgo, 44, manager of mill farms, former stake president's counselor, high councilor, bishop, and elders quorum instructor, married Gladys Hipatya Nivelo Clavijo; Pablo L. Loaiza Rapel, 35, odontologist, former high councilor, bishop, and Sunday School teacher, married Jacqueline Coello.
IQUITOS PERU PUNCHANA STAKE: (May 23, 1992) Created from the Iquitos Peru and Iquitos Peru Sachachorro stakes. President - Alfonso Federico Rojas Rocca, 34, taxi owner and driver, former high councilor, bishop's counselor, and ward clerk, married Aurora Trujillo Simon. Counselors - Erwin Valderrama Panduro, 31, hospital technician, former stake president's counselor, bishop, ward mission leader, and elders quorum president, married Maria Trinidad Lemos Rios; Ramon Pena Encinas, 40, director of regional government statistics, former high councilor, bishop, elders quorum president, and institute instructor, married Hidelsa Grandez Paredes.
LIMA PERU VILLA SALVADOR STAKE: (May 31, 1992) Created from the Lima Peru Villa Maria and Lima Peru San Juan stakes. President - Victor N. Tello Anicama, 42, personnel manager, former high councilor, married Maria Isabel Lopez Cueto. Counselors
Raul Felipe Guzman Egusquiza, 46, hospital nutritionist, former stake president's counselor, high councilor, branch president's counselor, ward mission leader, elders quorum president, and seminary teacher, married Elisa Teodora Mejia Chuca; Juan Edwing Figueroa Velasco, 46, chauffeur, former high councilor, elders quorum president, and Sunday School president's counselor, married Aurelia Jane Delgado Gonzales.
PUNO PERU STAKE: (May 27, 1992) Created from the Alti plano Peru District. President - Adan Guillermo Bravo Matheus, 34, bank administrator, former stake president's counselor and district president's counselor, married Ruth Gladys Soana Jove. Counselors - Pedro Tito Huanca, 32, dental surgeon, former branch president, branch executive secretary, and elders quorum president, married Mary Luz Guerra Bueno; Jose Javier Salas Avila, 32, university music professor, former high councilor, bishop's counselor, and district president's counselor, married Glenys Jacqueline Riquelme Menendez.
Stake
reorganizations
AREQUIPA PERU CENTRAL STAKE: (May 29, 1992) President - Alberto Enrique Mansilla Luque, 31, Church Educational System regional coordinator, succeeding Cesar L. Gamarra Gutierrez; former mission president's counselor, stake president's counselor, bishop, and branch president, married Ana Maria Vera Mogrovejo. Counselors - Luigui Mauro Morales Velasquez, 36, sales agent, former high councilor, bishop and counselor, and seminary teacher, married Ana Maria Gutierrez Valdivia; E. Raul Jauregui Mercado, 36, university teacher, former stake executive secretary, high councilor, and bishop's counselor, married Sorelinda Vera Mogrovejo.
GLENDALE CALIFORNIA STAKE: (May 31, 1992) President - Don M. Pearson, 51, attorney, succeeding Tad Richards Callister; former stake president's counselor, stake Young Men president, bishop and counselor, seminary teacher, gospel doctrine teacher, Primary teacher, and Scoutmaster, married Ann Welch. Counselors - John R. Reese, 45, chief executive officer and owner of management company, former stake president's counselor, stake mission president, bishop and counselor, and seminary teacher, married Gayle Louise Gardiner; Roy R. Valantine, 62, dentist, former high councilor, bishop, branch president, gospel doctrine teacher, and assistant coordinator for Family Records Extraction Program, married Jane Dibble.
GUAYAQUIL ECUADOR EAST STAKE: (May 31, 1992) President - Arnaldo Pluas, 39, public official, succeeding Jimmy Olvera Cabrera; former stake president's counselor, stake mission president, bishop, and elders quorum president, married Ileana Taire Morbioni. Counselors - Jacinto Humberto Mancero, 33, general business manager, former bishop, elders quorum president, and Sunday School secretary and teacher, married Marlena Francisca Rivera Escalante; Jairo Hernan Diaz, 34, sales manager, former high councilor, bishop, branch president, and elders quorum president, married Yanina Carmen Pazmino Rodreguez.
IQUITOS PERU STAKE: (May 23, 1992) President - Pablo Tulumba Torres, 35, farmer, succeeding Daniel Arturo Calderon Negreiros; former stake president and counselor, and bishop, married Mireylle Nacianseua Alves Milho Mazanet. Counselors - C. Daniel Lozano Escudero, 28, hospital technician, former stake president's counselor, stake executive secretary, high councilor, bishop's counselor, and elders quorum president, married Gabriela Hurtado Hidalgo; Walter Luis Chucos Calixto, 40, flight electronics technician, former high councilor, ward mission leader, and Young Men president, married Alicia Manzanares Manguinuri.
IQUITOS PERU SACHACHORRO STAKE: (May 23, 1992) President - Jhonny Padilla Bustos, 28, Church Educational System coordinator, succeeding Pablo Tulumba Torres; former stake president's counselor, high councilor, and stake Young Men president, married Narita Leila Amasifuen. Counselors - Alfredo Silva Flores, 33, business administrator, former high councilor and elders quorum president, married Rosario Melendez Fonseca; Alejandro Garcia Paredes, 50, military officer, former stake Sunday School president, bishop, and ward Sunday School president's counselor, married Luz Angelica Saldana Vargas.
LIMA PERU CENTRAL STAKE: (May 24, 1992) President - Bernardo Palacios Ayauja, 50, textile factory technician, succeeding Carlos Alfredo Cuba Quintana; former stake president, bishop, and ward mission leader, married Ricardina Baca Aguilar. Counselors - Jorge Morales Nieto, 25, systems manager, former high councilor, bishop's counselor, and ward clerk, married Susana Gutierrez Delgado; Antonio Manuel Chaico Zapata, 35, chief of finance administration for corporation, former high councilor, bishop's counselor, and elders quorum president's counselor, married Rosa Elvira Torres Espino.
MALAD IDAHO STAKE: (June 14, 1992) President - R. Brent Evanson, 42, seminary principal, succeeding Foster Hughes Ipsen; former high councilor, bishop and counselor, elders quorum president, and Sunday School teacher, married Dorothy Ann Thorpe. Counselors - David M. Kimberling, 41, supervisor of manufacturing and engineering at Thiokol Corporation, former stake president's counselor, high councilor, stake Sunday School president's counselor, seventies presidency, and Sunday School teacher, married Hanna Gae Atkinson; David R. Mills, 45, farmer/rancher, former bishop and counselor, high priests group leader, and elders quorum president's counselor, married Elaine Sheffield.
TAYLORSVILLE UTAH STAKE: (May 31, 1992) President - Larry Dahl Brown, 56, physical therapist, succeeding Albertus Van Dyk; former bishop and counselor, high priests group leader, elders quorum president, Young Men president, and Sunday School president, married Mildred Dillon. Counselors - Kenneth Donald Smartt, 58, loan officer, former high councilor, bishop, and Sunday School teacher, married Earllyn Gail Webb; Preston Wakefield, 42, medical dosimetrist, former stake president's counselor, high councilor, stake executive secretary, stake Sunday School president, bishop, and gospel doctrine teacher, married Becky Snow.
