Elder Jay E. Jensen of the Seventy has created the Santa Cruz Bolivia Piray Stake, which includes the Alto San Pedro, Camporosa, El Bajio, El Palmar, and Pirai wards, and the Abundancia, Antofagasta, Carmen, La Guardia, and Magisterio branches.
Elsewhere, stakes were reorganized in Bolivia, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico and Venezuela.
New stake
SANTA CRUZ BOLIVIA PIRAY STAKE: (June 19, 1994) Created from the Santa Cruz Bolivia Equipetrol, Santa Cruz Bolivia Canoto, and Santa Cruz Bolivia Paraiso stakes. President - Rolando Antonio Oyola Suarez, 37, business owner, former stake president and counselor, and bishop, married Sonia Jimenez Pimentel. Counselors - Ramiro Antelo Saenz, 35, physician, former stake president and counselor, and bishop, married Elvira Avalos Sumoya; Luis Felipe Cardenas Montenegro, 30, engineer, former bishop's counselor, branch president, and Sunday School president, married Laura Rojas Valverde.
Stake reorganizations
BOGOTA COLOMBIA CIUDAD JARDIN STAKE: (June 26, 1994) President - Douglas Fabian Saavedra Lesmes, 34, jeweler; succeeding Jose Leopoldo Ramos Ospino; former mission president's counselor, stake president and counselor, and bishop, married Rosa Nova Rodriquez. Counselors - Jorge E. Trujillo Hernandez, 35, area office Church records supervisor, former stake president's counselor, high councilor, stake clerk, and ward executive secretary, married Jeannette Patricia Modina Serrato; Carlos A. Ospina Moron, 31, Church distribution agent, former bishop, elders quorum president, and stake young single adults chairman, married Aixa Zoraida Canas Gomez.
CUAUTLA MEXICO STAKE: (June 19, 1994) President - Hugo Sanchez Morales, 34, Church services representative; succeeding Rosendo Tiempos Leyte; former high councilor, bishop and counselor, high priests group leader, and Young Men president, married Eva Mejia Vazquez. Counselors - Ariel Vasquez Vega, 27, merchant, former high councilor, stake mission president, and bishop's counselor, married Zosana Genis Cruz; Pablo Jimenez Berdejo, 32, architect, former high councilor, bishop, high priests group leader, and Young Men president, married Veronica Patricia Olvera Silva.
HUEHUETENANGO GUATEMALA ZACULEU STAKE: (June 19, 1994) President - Mario Rafael Garcia Gonzales, 32, owner of small business; succeeding Victor Manuel Rodas Gerado; former high councilor, stake clerk, and bishop's counselor, married Dora Maria del Carmen Martinez. Counselors - Carlos Vicente Lopez Gomez, 43, radio technician, former high councilor, bishop, and ward mission leader, married Elsa Rubidia Rivas Carrillo; Hector Rene Garcia Figueroa, 39, elementary school teacher, former high councilor, bishop, branch president, and ward mission leader, married Lilian Ester Lopez Gutierrez.
MARACAIBO VENEZUELA STAKE: (July 3, 1994) President - Eduardo Raul Gonzalez Colina, 26, accountant; succeeding Oswaldo Alfonso Rodriguez; former high councilor, stake Young Men president, bishop and counselor, and ward clerk, married Alixs Adriana Ortiz Perozo. Counselors - Humberto Sanjuan Arango, 52, construction company vice president, former stake president's counselor, high councilor, stake mission president, and bishop, married Carmen Joaquina Moreno Rodriquez; Luis Fernando Cano Cano, 44, production manager, former high councilor, stake executive secretary, and bishop, married Minerva Rivas.
MEXICO CITY MEXICO ARAGON STAKE: (May 15, 1994) President - Jorge Cureno Rivadeneira, retained. Counselors - Alfredo Gomez Baltazar, retained; Armando Martinez Guerrero, 39, physician, former high councilor, stake Young Men president, and bishop, married Beatriz Becemil Molina.
SALTILLO MEXICO REPUBLICA STAKE: (July 3, 1994) President - David Cabrera Garcia, 31, quality control manager; succeeding Carlos Fuentes De Hoyos; former stake president's counselor, high councilor, Stake Young Men president, bishop, and branch president, married Laura Chavez Iturbe. Counselors - Jorge Ernesto Blanco Suarez, 29, production supervisor, former stake president's counselor, high councilor, stake Young Men president, and ward mission leader, married Aracel Avalos Lozano; Antonio Montejo Rueda, 44, business owner, married Maria Eleva Cornona Ortiz.
SANTA CRUZ BOLIVIA CANOTO STAKE: (June 19, 1994) President - Jose Cossio Catoira, 45, independent construction contractor; succeeding Ramiro Antelo Saenz; former mission president's counselor, high councilor, stake Young Men president, and bishop, married Blanca Gema Lan divar Polo. Counselors - Gerardo Gutierrez Espinoza, 33, sales agent, former stake president's counselor, married Ernestina Torrigo Rojas; Luis Bernardo Gonzalez Ramos, 27, software salesman, former stake finance clerk, and bishop, married Marlene Alba Rodriguez.
SANTA CRUZ BOLIVIA EQUIPETROL STAKE: (June 19, 1994) President - Rene Quespia Chalar, 43, hairdresser and business owner; succeeding Antonio Rolando Oyola Suarez; former stake president's counselor, married Genny Renata Sandy Ramirez. Counselors - Vladimiro Campero Negrete, 48, business manager, former high councilor, stake executive secretary, bishop and counselor, married Elsa Cardozo Montero; Rune Valdemar Back, 40, farmer, former branch president's counselor, ward executive secretary, elders quorum president, and Young Men president's counselor, married Satu Sinikka Poyhonen.