Five new missions of the Church are being created in Zambia, Benin, Peru, the Philippines and Mexico, while five missions in Portugal, Switzerland, Canada and the United States are being combined with neighboring missions.
Following is an area-by-area rundown of the changes, which will be effective with changes in mission leadership in July. Please refer to the accompanying maps for new mission boundaries.
Africa Southeast Area
The Zambia Lusaka Mission will be created by a division of the Zimbabwe Harare Mission. The new mission will also include the country of Malawi.
Africa West Area
The Benin Cotonou Mission, comprising the countries of Benin and Togo, will be created by a division of the Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Abidjan Mission.
Mexico Area
The Mexico Mexico City Southeast Mission is being created by realigning three neighboring missions: Mexico Mexico City East, Mexico Mexico City Northwest and Mexico Mexico City South. The new mission is the sixth in the Mexico City area, which has a population of more than 19 million.
Philippines Area
The Philippines Quezon City North Mission is being created by dividing the Philippines Manila and Philippines Quezon City missions.
South America Northwest Area
The Peru Chiclayo Mission is being created by dividing the Peru Piura and Peru Trujillo missions on the Pacific coast of that nation, making a total of 10 missions in Peru.
North America Northeast Area
The Canada Toronto East and West missions will be combined. The name of the resulting mission will be the Canada Toronto Mission.
The Connecticut Hartford Mission will become part of the Massachusetts Boston Mission.
Europe Area
The Portugal Porto Mission will become part of the neighboring Portugal Lisbon Mission.
The Switzerland Geneva Mission will become part of a realignment of the France Paris and France Toulouse missions. The headquarters of the current France Toulouse Mission will be moved to Lyon, and the mission will be renamed the France Lyon Mission.
North America Southeast Area
The Georgia Macon Mission will become part of a realignment of four neighboring missions. They are Florida Jacksonville, Florida Tallahassee, Georgia Atlanta and South Carolina Columbia.
