Elder Harold G. Hillam of the Seventy has created the Fortaleza Brazil Ceara Stake, which includes the Araturi, Conjunto Ceara 1st, Conjunto Ceara 2nd, Conjunto Novo Ceara, and Sobral wards, and the Jurema branch.
Elsewhere stakes were reorganized in Brazil, England, and Guatemala, and in Arizona, California, Florida, Idaho, and Utah.New stake
FORTALEZA BRAZIL CEARA STAKE: (May 2, 1993) President - Jose Vieira De Matos F., 30, sales agent, former stake president, high councilor, stake clerk, and bishop, married Antonia Kima Mendonca. Counselors - Antonio Nunes Rabelo, 42, sales agent, former high councilor, bishop and counselor, and ward mission leader, married Deusa Maria Garcias Lourenco; Francisco Teixeira Celestino, 50, administrative manager, former stake clerk, bishop and counselor, and Sunday School teacher, married Luzanira Carmo Do Nascimento.
Stake reorganizations
BIRMINGHAM ENGLAND STAKE: (May 9, 1993) President - Clive R. Norton, 40, personal computer services manager, succeeding Thomas William Phillips; former stake president's counselor, high councilor, bishop, elders quorum president, and branch president's counselor, married Mary Lauinia Nash. Counselors - James H. Martin, 46, Church employment services area manager, former high councilor, stake executive secretary, stake Young Men president, bishop and counselor, high priests group leader, and branch president and counselor, married Manita Anne Williams; Markus E. Merrill, 41, self-employed technical author, former high councilor, bishop, Young Men president, elders quorum president, high priests group leader, and ward mission leader, married Barbara Ann Stewart.
BOUNTIFUL UTAH MUELLER PARK STAKE: (May 23, 1993) President - Jeffrey N. Clayton, 46, lawyer, succeeding Craig L. Smith; former high councilor, stake executive secretary, bishop and counselor, ward executive secretary, elders quorum president, Young Men president, and priests quorum adviser, married Marjorie McCallum. Counselors - Lyndon C. MacKay, 48, dentist, former temple ordinance worker, high councilor, stake executive secretary, bishop and counselor, and seventies quorum president, married Toni Jane Tyson; Christopher G. Jackson, 41, physician, former stake president's counselor, high councilor, and bishop and counselor, married Rebecca Lee Horne.
DANVILLE CALIFORNIA STAKE: (May 23, 1993) President - Larry Y. Wilson, 43, executive vice president and chief operating officer for multi-hospital and health care systems, succeeding Dean Myron Davies; former stake president's counselor, high councilor, stake missionary, bishop, ward mission leader, and Primary pianist, married Lynda Lea Mackey. Counselors - Jack A. Baxter, 50, owner and consultant for computer system company, former high councilor, bishop and counselor, executive secretary, Young Men president, and Scoutmaster, married Catherine Ann Allison; Gregory A. Henderson, 37, president and owner of retail custom framing and resource publication, former high councilor, bishop's counselor, ward clerk, elders quorum president and counselor, seminary teacher, and Sunday School teacher, married Marianne Haynie.
FIRTH IDAHO STAKE: (May 30, 1993) President - Delwynn C. Hobbs, 49, regional manager of family and children services for the state of Idaho, succeeding Merlyn D. Jolley; former high councilor, bishop, Young Men president, elders quorum adviser, Sunday School teacher, and Scoutmaster, married Christine Golson. Counselors - F. Calvin Dye, 57, staff engineer, former high councilor, stake Young Men president, bishop and counselor, elders quorum president and counselor, Young Men president, and Scoutmaster, married Marilyn Peterson; Maurice A. Backlund, 50, physical education teacher and coach, former stake missionary, bishop and counselor, ward missionary, and Scoutmaster, married Carol Deon Ostergar.
GUATEMALA CITY LAS VICTORIAS STAKE: (May 9, 1993) President - Gustavo A. Schoenfeld E., 59, construction machine worker, succeeding Victor Hugo Rogue Diaz; former high councilor, bishop's counselor, and branch president and counselor, married Juana Marina Rodriguez Juarez. Counselors - Donald A. Paredes G. retained; Gustavo A. Mendez A. 29, business owner, former high councilor, and bishop's counselor, married Amanda Ruiz Velasquez.
ROY UTAH STAKE: (May 23, 1993) President - D. Gregg Buxton, 45, owner of custom home building company, succeeding Richard Vern Jensen; former bishop and counselor, Young Men president, teachers quorum adviser, and Scoutmaster, married Dana Randall. Counselors - Ernest W. Bell, 66, retired vehicle transportation chief for U.S. Air Force, former temple ordinance worker, served mission with wife in South Africa and Perth Australia, high councilor, bishop, and Young Men president, married Carol Jean Bair; Maloy H. Hales, 46, principal, former high councilor, bishop's counselor, elders quorum president, and Sunday School president, married Shana Robyn Peterson.
SALT LAKE COTTONWOOD STAKE: (May 30, 1993) President - James H. Woodward, 45, general agent for life insurance company, succeeding Harold C. Brown; former high councilor, bishop and counselor, and Young Men president, married Carolyn Jensen. Counselors - Robin W. Egan, 47, owner of wooden home decor manufacturing company, former stake president's counselor, high councilor, stake athletic director, bishop, Young Men president, and Scoutmaster, married Mary Mitchell; Lane A. Summerhays, 46, president and chief executive officer for workers compensation fund of Utah, former bishop and counselor, elders quorum president, Sunday School teacher, and Scoutmaster, married Marilyn Hazel Segerstedt.
SAO PAULO BRAZIL NORTH STAKE: (May 16, 1993) President - Francisco J. Ribeiro, 37, logistics supervisor, succeeding Valerio Kikuchi; former stake president's counselor, stake clerk, bishop and counselor, and ward clerk, married Paula Menna Barreto.
Counselors - Marcelo L. Silveira, 38, systems analyst, former high councilor, stake clerk, bishop, and family history center director, married Marisa Buono; Paulo C. C. Loureiro, 28, software users support manager, former stake mission president's counselor, stake Young Men president, bishop, and ward executive secretary, married Nadia Miranda Da Silva.
TAMPA FLORIDA STAKE: (May 30, 1993) President - Gregory L. Williams, 39, attorney, succeeding Neil L. Andersen; former stake president's counselor, stake mission president, bishop and counselor, and Scoutmaster, married Danette Leah Larson. Counselors - William W. Compton, 50, chief executive officer and president of sports wear manufacturing company, former high councilor, stake mission president's counselor, bishop's counselor, Young Men president, elders quorum president's counselor, ward mission leader, and Sunday School president, married Linda Lee Anderson; S. Dennis Kight, 50, owner of trucking company, former bishop and counselor, financial clerk, Young Men president's counselor, high priests group leader, and Primary teacher, married Linda Gail Clayton.
TUCSON ARIZONA STAKE: (May 23, 1993) President - James G. Busby, 49, attorney, succeeding Richard R. Burton; former bishop and counselor, Sunday School president, Young Men adviser, Sunday School teacher, and Primary teacher, married Marilyn Greenhalgh. Counselors - R. Richard Gomez, retained; M. Duane Bingham, retained.
