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Mission president facts

Among the 129 newly called mission presidents and their wives are many interesting facts, including the following:

The oldest president is 68, while the youngest is 38, and their average age is 55.3 years. From the United States, 104 were called to serve, while 25 were called from 12 other countries, including: eight from Brazil, four from Mexico, three from Argentina, two from Canada and Australia, and one each from Colombia, Italy, South Korea, Philippines, Russia, South Africa and Switzerland.

Of the 129 mission presidents, 108 and their wives are native English speakers, while 10 are native Spanish speakers, eight are native Portuguese speakers, one is native Italian, one Tagalog, and one Korean.

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