Missionary choir at the Provo Missionary Training Center performs during a Jan. 15 devotional meeting, held as part of the 2013 Seminar for New MTC Presidents and Visitors' Center Directors.
R. Scott Lloyd, LDS Church News
This week's issue of the LDS Church News features a list of the 2013 mission president assignments. The list includes 58 new missions, raising the number of missions from 347 to 405.
Following President Thomas S. Monson's announcement during the opening session of the October 2012 general conference that the age for missionary service eligibility would be lowered to 18 for young men and 19 for young women, the church saw an immediate increase in missionary applications, bringing the total number of missionaries to more than 60,000 for the first time in years, according to the Church News.
A list of new missions and newly called mission presidents is available on the LDS Church News website.
New missions
Africa Southeast Area
Angola Luanda
Botswana Gaborone
Africa West Area
Ghana Accra West
Liberia Monrovia
Nigeria Benin City
Asia North Area
Japan Tokyo South
Korea Seoul South
Brazil
Brazil Curitiba South
Brazil Fortaleza East
Brazil Juiz de Fora
Brazil Natal
Brazil Piracicaba
Brazil Santos
Brazil Sao Paulo West
Central America Area
El Salvador San Salvador East
Guatemala Coban
Honduras San Pedro Sula West
Europe East Area
Ukraine L'viv
Idaho
Idaho Nampa
Idaho Twin Falls
Mexico Area
Mexico Cancun
Mexico Ciudad Juarez
Mexico Ciudad Obregon
Mexico Mexico City Chalco
Mexico Pachuca
Mexico Queretaro
Mexico Reynosa
Mexico Saltillo
North America Central Area
Colorado Fort Collins
Illinois Chicago West
Kansas Wichita
North America Northeast Area
Ohio Cincinnati
Virginia Chesapeake
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