Elder Harold G. Hillam of the Seventy has created the Ribeirao Preto Brazil Ipiranga Stake, which includes the Alvorada, Ipiranga, Jardim Procopio, Planalto Verde, Sertaozinho, Sumarezinho, and Vila Pompeia wards.
Elder Hillam also created the Ribeirao Preto Brazil Oqintino Stake, which includes the Avelino Palma, Quintino, Quintino Facci, Simioni 1st, and Simioni 2nd wards, and the Batatais and Jardim Jandaia branches.Elder Carlos H. Amado of the Seventy has created the San Felipe Guatemala Stake, which includes the Central, Los Brillantes, San Filipe, San Luis, and San Martin wards, and the Calahuache and Nuevo Palmar branches.
Elsewhere, stakes were reorganized in Brazil, Chile, England and Taiwan, and in California and Florida.
New stakes
RIBEIRAO PRETO BRAZIL IPIRANGA STAKE: (Sept. 5, 1993) Created from the Ribeirao Preto Brazil and Ribeirao Preto Brazil Centro stakes. President - Jose Alberto Borges da Silva, 32, accountant, former high councilor and stake Young Men president, married Sonia Aparecida Donate Nascimbem. Counselors - Edilvio de Almeida Junior, 26, bank worker, former bishop and counselor and ward mission leader; Vitor de Morais, 36, inspector, former bishop and counselor, high priests group leader, and elders quorum president, married Rosaura Fernandes.
RIBEIRAO PRETO BRAZIL QUINTINO: (Sept. 5, 1993) Created from the Ribeirao Preto Brazil and Ribeirao Preto Brazil Centro stakes. President - Euclides Jose Maggio, 39, sales representative, former stake executive secretary, bishop, and branch president, married Helena Bueno da Silva. Counselors - Odair Marcellino, 35, business owner, former stake mission president, high councilor, bishop's counselor, ward mission leader, and branch president, married Ana Maria Moretti; Flavio Barbosa da Cunha, 35, mechanic, former high councilor, bishop, and elders quorum president, married Maria Neide Rosa.
SAN FELIPE GUATEMALA STAKE: (Sept. 19, 1993) Created from the Retalhuleu Guatemala Stake and the San Filipe Guatemala District. President - Mario Augusto Monterroso Gonzales, 46, clerk, former high councilor, district president, and branch president, married Aurora Escobar Monzon. Counselors - Eduado Arturo Visoni Batres, 45, business owner, former high councilor, bishop, district president, branch president, and elders quorum president, married Liliande Visoni; Hedwin Golther Escobar Flores, 32, government quality control inspector, former branch president and elders quorum president's counselor, married Lucrecia Pelico Vasquez.
Stake reorganizations
NAPA CALIFORNIA STAKE: (Sept. 26, 1993) President - John Frederick Olson, 43, private investigator, succeeding Kent Byron Killian; former stake president's counselor, bishop, ward mission leader, and seminary teacher, married Jeneal Maughan. Counselors - E Leonard Swensen, 55, insurance underwriter, former stake executive secretary, high councilor, bishop, ward clerk, and Young Men president, married Ruby Richards; Stewart R. Walkenhorst, 39, owner and manager of retail business store, former stake Young Men president and counselor, high councilor, bishop's counselor, seminary teacher, and Scoutmaster, married Shannon Murphy.
PLYMOUTH ENGLAND STAKE: (Sept. 19, 1993) President - David R. Irwin, 46, deputy headmaster at the Royal West of England School for the Deaf, succeeding Peter Sheehan; former stake president's counselor, high councilor, stake Young Men president, bishop and counselor, married Eirene Lynette Protheroe. Counselors - Derrick Jones, 52, partner of bakeries company, former stake president's counselor, high councilor, bishop, branch president, and elders quorum president, married Vera Lillian Adams; Roy Gosling, 39, housemaster and teacher at Plymouth College, former stake Young Men president, high councilor, bishop and counselor, and ward Young Men president, married Margaret Julie Woodall.
RIBEIRAO PRETO BRAZIL STAKE: (Sept. 5, 1993) President - Nefi Barreiro Damasceno, retained. Counselors - Jorge Alberto Marques Pombeiro, retained; Suamit Barreiro Damaceno, 48, industrial director, former stake Young Men president, bishop and counselor, and elders quorum president, married Daniela Rita Correia.
RIBEIRAO PRETO BRAZIL CENTRO STAKE: (Sept. 5, 1993) President - Augusto Martinez Perez, retained. Counselors - J. Levis Barreiro Damaceno, 44, businessman, former stake president's counselor, bishop, elders quorum president, and Young Men president, married Marisa Braga; Hugo C. Silva, 37, merchant, former bishop and elders quorum president, married Lia Marlene Felicia Pinto.
SANTIAGO CHILE ZAPADORES STAKE: (Sept. 19, 1993) President - Carlos A. Troll Crisostomo, 28, Church Educational System regional secretary, succeeding Sebastopol Bisama Mendoza; former stake president's counselor, bishop, and elders quroum president, married Olga de las M. Espinoza Gonzalez. Counselors - Alfonso O. Salinas Farias, retained; Claudio Pordo Ponce, 31, industrial technician, former stake president's counselor, stake mission president's counselor, bishop and counselor, married Myriam Contreros Meza.
TAIPEI TAIWAN EAST STAKE: (Sept. 12, 1993) President - Guo-Chiang Jung, 39, recorder at Taipei Taiwan Temple, succeeding Yu Chen Ho; former stake president's counselor, stake executive secretary, and bishop, married Dai-Chu Hsiao. Counselors - Ling-Hsin Wang, 37, school teacher, former high councilor, stake Sunday School president, branch president's counselor, and Sunday School teacher, married Rwei-Chen Lyu; Hong-Sing Sun, 41, creative designer, former bishop's counselor, ward executive secretary, and elders quorum president, married Ka-Lai Ho.
TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA STAKE: (Sept. 19, 1993) President - Randy J. Harris, 46, chief financial officer at Florida State University, succeeding William Paul Nicholson; former stake president's counselor, high councilor, stake Young Men president's counselor, stake Sunday School president and counselor, bishop, elders quorum president's counselor, priests quorum adviser, and teachers quorum adviser, married Donna Clara Dodge. Counselors - Jack H. Hall, 58, owner and president of insurance and investment company, former stake president's counselor, high councilor, bishop, and branch president, married Linda Shirley Parker; Donald Maurice Whitley II, 45, licensed psychologist, former stake mission president and counselor, bishop, ward mission leader, branch president and counselor, married Marion Louise Newham.
