Orson Pratt Brown - Life, Times, Family

Presidents

Early Mexico Mission:

Moses Thatcher 1879-1881

August Heinrich Friedrich Wilcken 1881-1883

Anthony Woodward Ivins 1883-1884

Helaman Pratt 1884-1887

Horace Hall C. Cummings 1887-1887

Henry Eyring 1887-1888

Mission opened November 5, 1879 included all of Mexico and parts of Arizona, New Mexico, and southern California.

Mission closed for 13 years beginning on June 3, 1889.

Mexican Mission 1901-1913:

Ammon Meshach Tenney 1901-1903

H. Stuart. Harris 1903-1904

Talma Emerson Pomeroy 1904-1905

H. Stuart Harris 1905-1907

Rey Lucero Pratt 1907-1913

1889-1895- Mormon Colonies were known as the Mexican Mission.
1895- Juarez Stake organized in the Colonies.
1901- Mexico Mission re-established in and around Mexico City until Feb 1913
1910-1917- Mexican Revolution 1914- Mormon Exodus from colonies. Also Mexican President Carranza had expelled all churches and clergy from the country - lasted 8-13 years..

Mexican Mission 1917-1936

Rey Lucero Pratt 1917-1926

Isaias Juarez 1926-1931 (Central Mex. District)

Antoine Ridgeway Ivins 1931-1934

1921-1926- Twelve elders return to Mexico City.
1926- Cristero Rebellion ousted all non-native clergy out of Mexico.

1940- missionaries re-enter Mexico.

Mexican Mission:

Harold Wilcken Pratt 1934-1938

Ami Lorenzo Anderson 1938-1942

Arwell Lee Pierce 1942-1950

Lucien Mormon Mecham, Jr. 1950-1953

Claudious C. Bowman 1953-1958

Harvey Hyrum Taylor 1958-1962

Ernest L. Hatch 1962-1965

Jasper R. McClellan 1965-1968

Gordon M. Romney 1968-1970

Joe J. Christensen, Jr. 1970-1970

1936 Mission divided along the Rio Grande into Southwest U.S. Mission and Mexico Mission.

Period of the Third Convention 1936-1946.

1961 First Mexican Stake organized with Harold Brown as president, Julio Garcia and Gonzalo Zaragoza as counselors, Luis Rubalcava as clerk.

Mexico Mission 1970 - 1974

Eran A. Call 1970 - 1973

Lester Benjamin Whetten 1973-1976

Mexico-Mexico City Mission 1974-1978

Lester B. Whetten 1973-1976

Blauer L. Bangerter 1976-1979

Mexico-Mexico City South Mission:

Blauer L. Bangerter 1976-1979

Harold H. Jarvis 1979-1982

Lino Alvares 1982-1985

Lothaire Bluth 1985-1988

Dennis Peters 1988-1991

E. Mark Zobrist 1991-1994

William R. Moss 1994-1997

Mario L. Carlos M. 1997-2000

Reynaldo M. Mortensen 2000-2003

MEXICAN MISSION

Presidents

Early Mexico Mission:

Mexican Mission 1901-1913:

Mexican Mission 1917-1936

Mexican Mission:

Mexico Mission 1970 - 1974

Mexico-Mexico City Mission 1974-1978

Mexico-Mexico City South Mission:

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INDEX OF MORMON COLONIES IN MEXICO

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MEXICAN MISSION

Presidents

Early Mexico Mission:

Mexican Mission 1901-1913:

Mexican Mission 1917-1936

Mexican Mission:

Mexico Mission 1970 - 1974

Mexico-Mexico City Mission 1974-1978

Mexico-Mexico City South Mission:

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ORSON'S GRANDPARENTS

ORSON PRATT BROWN'S 35 CHILDREN

ORSON'S 17 SIBLINGS from STEPFATHER FIFE

ORSON PRATT BROWN'S IN-LAWS

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