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Name

Presided Over

Sources

Title

Swiss and German Mission

Adam, Gustav

1906 August 1 – 1983 December 30

Adams, Ray Hardison

1902 October 17 – 1969 March 28

Adamson, Lynden Stanford

1907 June 28 – 1996 August 1

Aebischer, Henry Keller

1901 June 8 – 1969 July 5

Aird, John Harold

1908 January 24 – 1966 September 12

Alder, George Benson

1906 May 1 – 1974 November 11

Alexander, Guy B

1918 May 31 – 2003 August 29

Allen, Nephi Simeon Hardy

1918 August 25 – 2015 March 12

Allen, Robert Knight

1908 August 4 – 1976 April 22

Alley, John Symonds, Jr.

1915 December 7 – 1944 September 16

Anderegg, Henry Edward

1916 November 18 – 2007 July 4

Anderson, Gerald J

1909 July 8 – 1992 August 20

Anderson, James Bertram

1911 July 15 – 1979 June 25

Anderson, James G

1909 July 8 – 1992 November 5

Anderson, LeRoy Gustave

1907 November 17 – 1991 July 22

Anderson, Merrill Budge

1909 September 26 – 1998 November 22

Anderson, Milton J

1911 January 21 – 1981 March 29

Anderson, Wayne Jeremy

1908 August 30 – 1993 December 16

Ashton, Reed Earl

1912 October 16 – 1999 May 25

Ashton, Richard Edward

1912 January 1 – 1996 August 26

Aylett, Orgill Edgar

1914 July 11 – 2000 April 7

Baer, LeGrand Joseph

1914 September 8 – 2002 April 18

Bagley, Ames Kemmie

1904 September 19 – 1992 January 14

Bagley, Louis Neff

1910 April 30 – 1963 March 27

Bain, Louis Roland

1909 February 13 – 2003 November 27