Guide for families · checked October 9, 2026
New Mission Leaders for 2026
In January 2026 the Church Newsroom announced new mission leaders for 188 missions worldwide, including 55 newly created missions. Most couples began their three-year service on or about July 1, 2026.
185 missions with new leaders in 2026
Matched from the Newsroom tables to the missions on Got My Call. The Newsroom noted that five couples would be announced later, and a few missions may appear under new names.
Albania
- Albania Tirana MissionMatthew and Mary Wirthlin
Angola
- Angola Luanda North MissionOdair and Edileude Lira
Argentina
- Argentina Buenos Aires West MissionJosh and Katie Garner
- Argentina Mendoza MissionAndres L. and Martha Dorado
- Argentina Resistencia MissionRanulfo and Irais Cervantes
- Argentina Rosario MissionLee D. and Jennifer Mackay
- Argentina Salta MissionJuan Pablo and Florencia Sajtroch
Australia
- Australia Brisbane South MissionGreg and Kristyn Trimble
Benin
- Benin Cotonou MissionMatt and Kim Osborne
Brazil
- Brazil Brasília MissionTeciomar and Karen Abila
- Brazil Campinas MissionThomas L. and Kimberly C. Stone
- Brazil Florianópolis MissionJames and Traci Welburn
- Brazil Fortaleza MissionCarlos A. and Rozinete Santos
- Brazil Guarulhos MissionJoel and Claudia Fernandes
- Brazil Maceió MissionDavid and Cheryl Knighton
- Brazil Recife South MissionLance R. and Robbi O. Bradford
- Brazil Rio de Janeiro North MissionNeverson and Deborah Paes
- Brazil Sorocaba MissionAdriano B. and Pamela P. Nogueira
- Brazil São Bernardo MissionDiego A. and Clézia S. Oliveira
- Brazil São Paulo Interlagos MissionLarry and Rachel Cox
- Brazil São Paulo North MissionMatt and Marianne Ingersoll
- Brazil Vitória MissionDavid R. and Joanna C. Layton
Bulgaria
- Bulgaria Sofia MissionDavid J. and Kara I. Ludlow
Cameroon
- Cameroon Yaounde MissionKelly L. and Maria Stotts
Canada
- Canada Halifax MissionSteve and Deborah Montgomery
- Canada Toronto East MissionE. Boyd and Michelle D. Craig
Cape Verde
- Cape Verde Mindelo MissionChris and Tally Wright
- Cape Verde Praia MissionMichael K. and Lori Coons Wood
Chile
- Chile Santiago North MissionBrian W. and Kristi Baker
Colombia
- Colombia Cali MissionJorge and Maria Teresa Portal
Croatia
- Adriatic North MissionJeff and Debbie Moore
Côte d'Ivoire
- Côte d'Ivoire Abidjan East MissionBrandon L. and Jennifer M. Taylor
- Côte d'Ivoire Abidjan North MissionPaul and Alison Brown
- Côte d'Ivoire Abidjan South MissionMichael A. and Corrie Call
- Côte d'Ivoire Daloa MissionBenjamin W. and Emily LeSueur
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- DRC Kananga MissionPierrot and Frida Kabunda
- DRC Kinshasa East MissionTonga J. and Dorothee G. Sai
- DRC Kinshasa North MissionJunior and Annie Banza
- DRC Mwene-Ditu MissionVally and Christine Tshimanga
Dominican Republic
- Dominican Republic Santo Domingo East MissionEnrique and María Angélica Mayorga
- Dominican Republic Santo Domingo West MissionRobert D. and Beverly J. Dow
Ecuador
- Ecuador Guayaquil East MissionJim and Allyson E. Larkins
- Ecuador Guayaquil North MissionJ. Brian and Katie Abrams
El Salvador
- El Salvador San Salvador East MissionChristian D. and Ella Walker
- El Salvador Santa Ana MissionTodd and Tami Mickelsen
Ethiopia
- Ethiopia Addis Ababa MissionAlexander and Phyllis Tandoh
Fiji
- Fiji Suva MissionLote Kama and Venina Ucunibaravi Qoroya
Finland
- Finland Helsinki MissionBert T. and Gigi Dover
France
- France Paris North MissionLouis-Marie and Cybèle Liebard
- France Paris South MissionMatthew R. and Rebecca S. Henriksen
French Polynesia
- Tahiti Papeete MissionJay and Katauna Lucas
Germany
- Alpine German-Speaking MissionBrett A. and Janice Greenhalgh
- Germany Frankfurt MissionJared and Heather Theurer
Ghana
- Ghana Accra South MissionNathan A. and Amy K. Craig
- Ghana Sunyani MissionJames T. and Gina K. Anderson
Greece
- Greece Athens MissionHoward D. and Heather G. McKeon
Guatemala
- Guatemala Guatemala City Central MissionNathan D. and Margaret W. Pace
- Guatemala Guatemala City East MissionEduardo J. and Solange Rex
- Guatemala Quetzaltenango MissionJosé A. and Sonia Fernández
Honduras
- Honduras Tegucigalpa MissionMcKay M. and Jodi K. Pearson
Hungary
- Hungary Budapest MissionCase M. and Kerri L. Lawrence
Japan
- Japan Kobe MissionJason and Kristen Sybrowsky Kerr
- Japan Sapporo MissionJeffrey G. and April K. Bickel
- Japan Tokyo North MissionBrett and Marcie Keller
Kenya
- Kenya Kisumu MissionHans and Annie Peterson
Latvia
- Baltic MissionDouglas C. and Carrie Derrick
Liberia
- Liberia Monrovia West MissionMarc and Cammy Fuller
Malawi
- Malawi Lilongwe MissionNathan N. and Shannon W. Savage
Mexico
- Mexico Guadalajara East MissionJ. Alejandro and Guadalupe De la Fuente
- Mexico Mexico City Southeast MissionSal and Araceli Zavala
- Mexico Oaxaca MissionJorge W. and Graciela Agustina Pérez
- Mexico Puebla South MissionScott E. and Robin Sears
- Mexico Tijuana MissionRandy and Jenny Richardson
- Mexico Torreón MissionManuel and Genny Zapata
- Mexico Tula MissionDee W. and Kim Morse
- Mexico Tuxtla Gutiérrez MissionManuel and Eva Gutiérrez
- Mexico Veracruz MissionAllen P. and Julie J. Hilton
- Mexico Xalapa MissionCarlos Gabriel and Dayalsi Prieto
Mongolia
- Mongolia Ulaanbaatar West MissionTamir and Sarah M. Ganbat
Mozambique
- Mozambique Maputo MissionTyler C. and Karen E. Sorenson
- Mozambique Nampula MissionSolomon and Amalia Dickie Malidadi
New Zealand
- New Zealand Auckland MissionJames S. and Kylie A. Mackie
- New Zealand Wellington MissionPaul W. and Haidee Roberts
Nicaragua
- Nicaragua Managua South MissionLuis Fernando and Leticia Torres
Nigeria
- Nigeria Aba MissionIkechukwu J. and Freda O. Ibe
- Nigeria Abuja MissionAyodele Orimisan and Olubukola Ojulari
- Nigeria Enugu MissionMichael O. and Margaret Oboh
- Nigeria Port Harcourt South MissionGordon and Rose Ondiek
Papua New Guinea
- Papua New Guinea Daru MissionSione and Mele Lavaka
- Papua New Guinea Madang MissionM. Dean and Christine A. Westerlund
Paraguay
- Paraguay Asunción East MissionR. Scott and Heidi Rushing
Peru
- Peru Chiclayo MissionYan Carlos and Inocencia Vega
- Peru Lima East MissionDavid and Juanita Bybee
- Peru Lima Northwest MissionJohn T. and Sharon G. Hutchinson
- Peru Tacna MissionChristopher H. and Kristine D. Clason
Philippines
- Philippines Angeles MissionThomas D. and Patricia C. Burton
- Philippines Davao MissionGerry C. and Charmaine Gaw Guerra
- Philippines Lingayen MissionErwin and Reggie Brillantes
- Philippines Lipa MissionFederico and Sonia Francia
- Philippines Manila MissionDavid and Jenna Roy
- Philippines Olongapo MissionM. Todd and P. Michelle Jones
- Philippines Ormoc MissionMartiniano S. and Lourdes Beata C. Soquila
- Philippines Ozamiz MissionBon C. and Imelda F. Escobar
- Philippines Puerto Princesa MissionRomeo A. and Olivia Salamanca Campos
- Philippines Quezon City North MissionJeffrey H. and Paige A. Winter
- Philippines San Pablo MissionEden R. and Tonya May Engen
- Philippines Tacloban MissionScott and Heidi McElhaney
Poland
- Poland Warsaw MissionJeffrey A. and Jennifer Barnes
Puerto Rico
- Puerto Rico San Juan MissionPaul D. and Janelle F. Hernandez
Republic of the Congo
- Republic of the Congo Brazzaville MissionVictor and Edvige Mbengue
Romania
- Romania Bucharest MissionMatthew O. and Louise M. Leavitt
Samoa
- Samoa Apia West MissionGilbert and Ginger Tavita
Senegal
- Senegal Dakar MissionDavid James and Staccie Williams
Solomon Islands
- Solomon Islands Honiara MissionMatthew G. and Kimberli Court
South Africa
- South Africa Cape Town MissionReginald and Vuyo Moyo
- South Africa East London MissionGlenn and Kathy Seninger
- South Africa Johannesburg MissionShawn K. and Beth M. Jones
- South Africa Pretoria MissionKuviwe and Thobeka Mahlangabeza
Spain
- Spain Barcelona MissionJayson and Allison Newitt
- Spain Madrid East MissionJason M. and Karen B. Mattingley
Sweden
- Sweden Stockholm MissionRobert and Karin Mayo
Tanzania
- Tanzania Dar es Salaam MissionPhilip R. and Alice O. Huber
Togo
- Togo Lomé MissionKristopher A. and Amy Bailey
Uganda
- Uganda Kampala East MissionLauriano P. Balilemwa and Happiness Kagemulo
United Kingdom
- England London MissionLewis L. and Linda P. Bird
United States
- Arizona Flagstaff MissionCarl C. and Candace D. Cottrell
- Arizona Phoenix East MissionMarty R. and Michelle Page
- Arizona Phoenix West MissionBruce W. and Carolyn S. Ebmeyer
- Arizona Tucson MissionEnrique M. and Yesenia Loo
- Arkansas Bentonville MissionClement M. and Busi Matswagothata
- Arkansas Little Rock MissionStan and Heidi Hanks
- California Anaheim MissionCurtis R. and Mollie Whetten
- California Arcadia MissionDavid R. and Suzi Williams
- California Carlsbad MissionR. Tyler and Elizabeth Wallis
- California Fresno MissionWill and Katie Fritcher
- California Oakland/San Francisco MissionTom and Lori Holmoe
- California Ontario MissionKelly R. and Joan N. Norman
- California Riverside MissionM. Sean and Diana Esplin
- California Roseville MissionScott A. and Amy B. Jensen
- California Sacramento MissionGregory and Hollie Peterson
- California San Jose MissionAdam and Natalie Kessler
- California Santa Rosa MissionBen and Natalie Peterson
- California Ventura MissionRaymond and Lucinda León Contreras
- California Victorville MissionGreg and Kaele Porter
- Colorado Colorado Springs MissionJames N. and Kimberly Wadsworth
- Colorado Denver East MissionMichael and Nichol Gallup
- Florida Fort Lauderdale MissionKevin E. and Brynda Lynn Dickson
- Georgia Atlanta North MissionJ. Andrew and Shannon Dent
- Idaho Coeur d’Alene MissionScott H. and Laura Welch
- Indiana Fort Wayne MissionJ. Kelly and Linda M. Flanagan
- Kentucky Louisville MissionTodd G. and Melanie Keeney
- Louisiana Baton Rouge MissionDaniel and Allyson Chard
- Maryland Baltimore MissionDouglas W. and Tiffany L. Hedger
- Michigan Lansing MissionLarry R. and Dawn E. Larson
- Mississippi Jackson MissionGraden P. and Sommer Jackson
- Missouri Independence MissionBlaine H. and Debbie Hill
- Missouri Kansas City MissionMarkham D. and Melissa C. Tuttle
- Nevada Henderson MissionDavid A. and Sherice Lemperle
- Nevada Reno MissionKirk and April Feller
- New Jersey Morristown MissionChad R. and Sheree H. Argyle
- North Carolina Raleigh MissionTod M. and Lindie Turley
- Ohio Columbus MissionRobbie and Karen Bosco
- Oklahoma Tulsa MissionScott W. and Karla R. Wallentine
- Oregon Eugene MissionDave and Shannon Morley
- Oregon Portland MissionStephen and Kim Daley
- Pennsylvania Pittsburgh MissionDaniel and Rebecca Greer
- South Carolina Columbia MissionDerek M. and Stephanie Miner
- Tennessee Knoxville MissionAndrew and Vanessa Croshaw
- Texas Austin MissionEd and Kari Jorden
- Texas Dallas East MissionTravis J. and RaLynne Parry
- Texas Dallas North MissionBrian and Diane Fitzpatrick
- Texas Fort Worth MissionCasey and Elizabeth Allman
- Texas Houston East MissionLehi and Melissa Rodriguez
- Texas Houston North MissionDale A. and Kristen E. Curriden
- Texas Houston West MissionMorgan and Jennie Fife
- Texas Lubbock MissionStuart R. and M. Lisa Schofield
- Texas San Antonio South MissionMartin C. and Veronica Pitarch Rios
- Utah Orem MissionCarl E. and Tammy Harris
- Utah Salt Lake City Headquarters MissionScott M. and Marcia A. Stanford
- Virginia Norfolk MissionSteven C. and Jeanne Merrell
- Wyoming Cheyenne MissionBrett D. and Susan Christiansen
Uruguay
- Uruguay Salto MissionWilliam A. and Alyson Freedman
Venezuela
- Venezuela Caracas MissionRoger E. and Rocio Parra
- Venezuela Maracaibo MissionRamón J. and Carmen Maria Martínez
Zimbabwe
- Zimbabwe Harare West MissionBen and Deb Hobby
Sources
Checked October 9, 2026. Rules change, so the official pages, your call packet and the Missionary Portal are always the final word. Got My Call is unofficial and not affiliated with or endorsed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.