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First Presidency Creates 4 New Stakes, Calls 15 New Stake Presidents in May

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From Alaska to the Phillippines and England to Peru, learn more about the new stake presidents called by the First Presidency to serve around the world.

Four new stakes have been created.

A new stake has been created from the Kananga Democratic Republic of the Congo Stake. The Katoka Democratic Republic of the Congo Stake, which consists of the Ndesha 3rd Branch and the Katoka 1st, Katoka 2nd, Katoka 3rd, Malandji, Ndesha 1st, Ndesha 2nd and Tsisuabantu wards, was created by Elder Kevin S. Hamilton, General Authority Seventy, and Elder L. Jean Claude Mabaya, an Area Seventy.

A new stake has been created from the La Ceiba Honduras Stake. The La Ceiba Honduras Miramar Stake, which consists of the La Másica Branch and the Buenos Aires, El Confite, Las Colinas, Miramar and Montecristo wards, was created by Elder José L. Alonso, General Authority Seventy, and Elder A. Moroni Pérez, an Area Seventy.

A new stake has been created from the Las Vegas Nevada South Stake. The Las Vegas Nevada Blue Diamond Stake, which consists of the Charleston Park, Coronado, Desert Hill, Homestead, Manse Springs, Painted Mountain, Sierra Vista and Southern Hills wards, was created by Elder Kevin W. Pearson, General Authority Seventy, and Elder Todd S. Larkin, an Area Seventy.

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