Elder Jay E. Jensen of the Seventy has created the Pereira Colombia Stake, which includes the Cartago, Cuba, Dos Quebradas, Lago 1st, and Los Alpes wards, and the Lago 2nd, Los Naranjo, and Santander branches.
Elsewhere, stakes were reorganized in Chile, Guatemala, and in Arizona and Utah.New stake
PEREIRA COLOMBIA: (Dec. 19, 1993) Created from the Pereira Colombia District. President - Jose Luis Gonzalez, 41, technician supervisor, former district president and counselor, branch president, district finance clerk, and district Church Educational System coordinator, married Monica del Carmen Buitrago. Counselors - Jorge Julio Escobar Vidal, 51, Church Educational System coordinator, former district president and counselor, and branch president, married Carlota Castro; Jose Hernando Largo Zapata, 41, store security officer, district president counselor, high councilor, branch president counselor, elders quorum counselor, and Young Men counselor, married Giraldo Luz Mary Angel.
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GUATEMALA CITY GUATEMALA CENTRAL: (Dec. 12, 1993) President - Carlos Francisco Arredondo Castro, 36, merchant, succeeding Andres Rolando Ramos Giron; former stake president counselor, bishop, branch president, married Ruth Lorena Laparra Veliz. Counselors - Juan Antonio Gonzalez Salguero, 39, merchant, former stake president's counselor, stake mission president, and temple sealer, married Nancy Edith Gomez; Eduardo Salvador Cabrera, 42, Church area office maintenance manager of operations, former high councilor and bishop, married Silvia Cristina Cordon Loyo.
MESA ARIZONA WEST: (Dec. 19, 1993) President - Kenneth Duane Klinger, 39, consulting actuary, succeeding Ronald M. Patterson; former stake executive secretary, bishop and counselor, ward clerk, ward executive secretary, seventies group assistant, and elders quorum president, married Janis Christensen. Counselors - Dan W. Morris, 42, bank vice president, former bishop and counselor, married DeLayne Littlefair; Delbert Dennis Schaub, 42, design manager, former high councilor, stake executive secretary, bishop's counselor, high priests group leader, elders quorum president, Scoutmaster, and Webelos den leader, married Debra Elaine Johnson.
SALT LAKE WILFORD STAKE: (Dec. 12, 1993) President - David Merkley Mayfield, 51, director in Family History Department, succeeding Robert Lee Harris; former high councilor, bishop, seventies quorum president, elders quorum president, and Sunday School teacher, married Judy Rae White. Counselors - Winston M. Egan, 43, associate professor at BYU, former high councilor, stake Young Men president, bishop, and ward Young Men president, married Linda Lee Mangum; Robert Riggs McKay, 73, self-employed jeweler, former Temple Square mission president's counselor, stake president's counselor, and bishop's counselor, married Frances Ellen Anderson.
SANTIAGO CHILE CONCHALI: (Dec. 19, 1993) President - Oscar Octavio Nunez Cataldo, 30, finance manager, succeeding Leonardo Esteban Lufi Mazuela; former stake president counselor, bishop, and elders quorum president, married Ana Maria Donoso Brito. Counselors - Humberto Diaz Fernandez, 28, accountant, former high councilor, stake clerk, and bishop's counselor, married Juana Cecilia Glinez Zurita; Osvaldo del Carmen Ortega, 53, construction contractor, former high councilor and bishop, married Mirtha Elena Valdez Bagttic.
