Elder Lynn A. Mickelsen of the Seventy has created the Coquimbo Chile Stake, which includes the Alto Penuelas, Coquimbo 1st, Coquimbo 2nd, Coquimbo 3rd, and Parte Alta wards, and the Andacollo and Sindempart branches.
Elder Jay E. Jensen of the Seventy has created the Pucallpa Peru Stake, which includes the Centenario, Pucallpa, Saenz Pena, Ucayali, and Yarinacocha wards.Elsewhere, stakes were reorganized in Bolivia, Chile, and Uruguay, and in Utah.
New stakes
COQUIMBO CHILE STAKE: (Dec. 5, 1993) Created from the La Serena Chile Stake. President - Marco Antonio Oyarzun Vera, 36, military officer, former high councilor, bishop's counselor, ward clerk, and branch president, married Alicia del Carmen Gaete Pastudillo. Counselors - Miguel Antonio Gomez Jopia, 32, electrician, former stake president's counselor, high councilor, bishop, and elders quorum president, married Cecilia Ester Fernandez Dimene; Danilo Alfonso Peralta Ledezma, 49, laboratory technician, former high councilor, bishop and counselor, and branch president, married Irene del C. Olivares Rubio.
PUCALLPA PERU STAKE: (Dec. 5, 1993) Created from the Pucallpa Peru District. President - Fernando Vela Lopez, 41, planning and finance assistant, former branch president, ward mission leader, and elders quorum president, married Maria Elena Vasquez Cardenas. Counselors - Humberto Quirez Chavarry, 31, transportation company employee, former district president's counselor, branch president and counselor, married Celinda Vasquez Burga; Segundo Dario Celi Balcazar, 48, transportation company owner, former branch president and counselor, and ward mission leader, married Mery Tananta Benbino.
Stake
reorganizations
AMERICAN FORK UTAH STAKE: (Dec. 12, 1993) President - Richard Edgar Merkley, 47, pilot, succeeding Anthony Wayne Schofield; former stake president's counselor, high councilor, stake mission president, bishop and counselor, married Betty Lu Boren. Counselors - Michael S. Loveridge, 37, salesman, former bishop's counselor and elders quorum president, married Linda Evans; Dave Mac McKell, 46, superintendent at construction company, former stake clerk, stake Young Men president, bishop, and Scoutmaster, married Michelle Williams.
LA PAZ BOLIVIA CONSTITUCION STAKE: (Nov. 25, 1993) President - Juan Carlos Quiroz Sanchez, 44, business owner, succeeding Alfonso Alcazar Alarcon; former elders quorum president, married Miriam Rodriguez Coronel.
Counselors - Luis Octavio Molina Medrano, 64, accountant, former stake mission president, high councilor, bishop and counselor, and branch president, married Carmen Valdez Barron; Victor Manuel Alarcon Laime, 33, area office finance officer, former branch president and elders quorum president, married Mercedes Hurtado Altamirano.
LA SERENA CHILE STAKE: (Dec. 5, 1993) President - Gaston Omar Armijo Ramirez, 33, administrator's assistant, succeeding Ricardo Alfredo Thomas Rubina; former high councilor, stake Young Men president, bishop and counselor, and Sunday School president, married Clara Maritza Guierrez Vivanco. Counselors - Guillermo Aliro Araya Diaz, 35, mechanic, former bishop and counselor, and elders quorum president, married Niza del Carmen Perez; Gabriel Jorge Mauricio Molina Munoz, 34, administrator of pre-mix company, former stake executive secretary, Young Men president, and elders quorum president, married Maria Angelica del Carmen Villanueva Constantino.
MELO URUGUAY STAKE: (Nov. 21, 1993) President - Emir Jose Amaral, 37, public employee, succeeding Carlos Anselmo Gorospe; former stake president's counselor, high councilor, and bishop, married Margot Bentancour. Counselors - Jorge Luis Gonzalez Morales, 40, merchant, former high councilor and bishop, married Gladys Donora Moreira; Luis Walter Neira, 46, custodian, former stake clerk, bishop's counselor, and elders quorum president, married Elena Larregui.