Elder Lowell D. Wood of the Seventy has created the Auckland New Zealand Panmure Stake, which includes the Glen Innes, Howick, Panmure, Saineha 1st, and Vaea 1st wards.
Elder John B. Dickson of the Seventy has created the Comodoro Rivadavia Argentina Stake, which includes the Caleta Olivia, Comodoro Rivadavia Centro, Comodoro Rivadavia Oeste, Constituyentes, and San Martin wards, and the Las Heras, Los Kilometros, Pico Truncado, Prospero Palazo, and Sarmiento branches.Elder Lynn A. Mickelsen of the Seventy has created the Ovalle Chile Stake, which includes the Canihuante, Ovalle Norte, and Limari wards, and the Colonia Limari, La Chimba, and Monte Patria branches.
Elders Lowell D. Wood and V. Dallas Merrell of the Seventy have created the Pago Pago Samoa Central Stake, which includes the Makeke 1st and 2nd, Malaeimi, Mesepa, Nuuuli 1st and 2nd, and Tafuna wards, and the Manua branch.
Elsewhere, stakes were reorganized in the Dominican Republic, and Mexico, and in California, Massachusetts, Texas, Utah, and Virginia.
New stakes
AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND PANMURE: (Feb. 13, 1994) Created from the Auckland New Zealand Mt. Roskill and Auckland New Zealand Tamaki stakes. President - Stephen Aubrey Keung, 37, director of business development, former high councilor, stake mission president and counselor, bishop's counselor, ward mission leader, ward activities chairman, and nursery leader, married Cindy Patricia Ann Dennis. Counselors - Heemi Te Ariki Witehira, 45, funeral director, former high councilor, stake president's counselor, bishop and counselor, high priests group leader, ward mission leader, elders quorum president, and Young Men president, married Priscilla Dawn Rury; Tavakesina F. Paea, 43, storeman, former high councilor, bishop and counselor, and ward mission leader, married Elisapeti Pamela Sapoi.
COMODORO RIVADAVIA ARGENTINA: (Feb. 20, 1994) Created from the Comodoro Rivadavia Argentina District. President - Jorge Esteban Detlefsen, 36, Church Educational System regional coordinator, former stake president's counselor, district president and counselor, and elders quorum president, married Adriana Mabel Salomon. Counselors - Camilo Manuel Merino, 37, Division of Revision and Resources chief (accountant), former district president's counselor, and branch president's counselor, married Olga Noemi Valle; Ricardo Ernesto Maimo, 27, distributor, former district president and counselor, and branch president's counselor, married Sandra Elizabeth Sanchez.
OVALLE CHILE: (Feb. 20, 1994) Created from the Ovalle Chile District. President - Wilson Benedicto Nunez Castillo, 33, bricklayer, former district president and counselor, and branch president and counselor, married Maria Carmona Arredondo. Counselors - Manuel Enrique Valle Perez, 41, construction worker, district president's counselor, and branch president and counselor, married Iris Castillo Berrios; Pedro Claudio Castillo Zavala, 30, taxi driver, former branch president's counselor, and district genealogy director, married Maria Alfaro Gazzo.
PAGO PAGO SAMOA CENTRAL: (Feb. 4, 1994) Created from the Pago Pago Samoa and Pago Pago Samoa West Stakes. President - Beaver T. Ho Ching, 48, vice president of company, former high councilor, stake president's counselor, bishop and elders quorum president, married Judy Ann Miller. Counselors - Poini O. Iongi, 49, farmer, former high councilor, stake president's counselor, bishop's counselor, and stake Young Men president, married Fotuika Tupon; Denny O. Afualo, 37, general manager, former bishop and Young Men president, married Mary Anne Lily Crichton.
Stake reorganizations
CIUDAD OBREGON MEXICO NAINARI: (March 6, 1994) President - J. M. Gustavo Rodriquez Arriola, 36, college professor, succeeding Jesus Angulo Montoya; former high councilor, stake president's counselor, stake Sunday School president, branch president's counselor, and Young Men president, married Rut Graciela Garcia Zamudio. Counselors - Pedro Norberto Moreno Quiroz, 28, systems analyst, former high councilor, stake president's counselor, bishop, and stake clerk, married Miriah Gabrizla Cardenas Lopez; Genaro Garduza Zuniga, 40, pediatrician, former bishop and counselor, and elders quorum president, married Maria Angela Beltran Alvarez.
HINGHAM MASSACHUSETTS: (Feb. 27, 1994) President - LaVaun Clarke Cox, 46, chief of audiology at Boston University Medical Center, succeeding Robert Stephen Wood; former stake mission president, high councilor, stake president's counselor, bishop, stake executive secretary, branch president and counselor, and Young Men president, married Michelle Stewart. Counselors - Robert Eugene Chatfield, 55, vice president of insurance agency, former high councilor, stake president's counselor, bishop's counselor, and Young Men president, married JoAn Evelyn Cassell; Robert Elzo Athay, 68, economic consultant, former high councilor, bishop, Sunday School president, high priests group leader, and financial clerk, married Helen Welch.
PALM SPRINGS CALIFORNIA: (Jan. 9, 1994) President - Craig Eberhart Zundel, retained. Counselors - Brent James Hall, 41, owner and manager of florist shop, former high councilor, bishop and counselor, Young Men president, and Sunday School president, married Dru Anne Russo; Craig Duane Lake, 37, dentist, former stake mission president and counselor, bishop's counselor, elders quorum president, Young Men president, and ward executive secretary, married Ruth RaNae Purnell.
PLANO TEXAS: (Feb. 20, 1994) President - Robert Carter Packard, 57, orthodontist, succeeding L. Hilton Kennedy; former high councilor, stake president's counselor, bishop and counselor, stake seventies quorum president, and stake Young Men president's counselor, married Talmadge Reyburn Meredith. Counselors - Kenneth Evan Hudson, 48, external trainer and consultant at Texas Instruments, former high councilor, stake president's counselor, bishop, regional welfare agent, and seminary teacher, married Barbara Faye Williams; Gordon Kurt Wright, 35, attorney, former high councilor, bishop's counselor, ward elders quorum president's counselor, ward Young Men president, stake missionary preparation teacher, branch elders quorum president, Primary teacher, and seminary teacher, married Lynette Allred.
ROANOKE VIRGINIA: (Feb. 27, 1994) President - Dane Carlos McBride, 47, physician, succeeding Albert F. Turner; former high councilor, bishop and counselor, stake seventies quorum president, and seminary teacher, married Karma Lynn Sohm. Counselors - Roger Lee Bohon, 47, assistant vice president of company, former high councilor, bishop, stake executive secretary, assistant stake clerk, ward executive secretary, and ward clerk, married Donna Marie Hadley; Michael Scott Blais, 44, general manager of company, former stake mission president, high councilor, bishop's counselor, Young Men president, ward mission leader, and Scoutmaster, married Karen Dangerfield.
SALT LAKE WINDER WEST: (March 6, 1994) President - Craig Porter Winn, 53, business manager, succeeding Rex Clifford Stallings; former high councilor, and bishop and counselor, married Grace Lee Guymon. Counselors - Charles Arthur Evans, 53, director of Research Park at University of Utah, former stake mission president, high councilor, bishop and counselor, stake seventies quorum president, and ward elders quorum president, married Connie LeRae Howell; Robert John Woodford, 57, University LDS Institute administrative assistant; former high councilor, bishop and counselor, gospel doctrine teacher, and writer on Church curriculum committee, married Narda Karen Ehlers.
VERACRUZ MEXICO REFORMA: (Feb. 20, 1994) President - Rafael Rosales Monter, 37, owner of shoe distributing company, succeeding Pablo Fernandez Valenzuela; former high councilor, bishop and counselor, and ward mission leader, married Elia Jaime Toscano. Counselors - Andres Martinez Escamilla, 34, Church Educational System regional coordinator, former high councilor, branch president's counselor, Sunday School president, and high priests group leader, married Lorena Sanchez Escobedo; Margarito Sanchez Gonzaga, 47, Church finance representative, former stake mission president's counselor, high councilor, bishop and counselor, and elders quorum president, married Eneida Albert Cabanas.
