The French Mission was organized 18 June 1850. Soon after French publications of Church works began. The publication of Étoile du Déséret began in May 1851 and ran until April 1852. The French translation of the Book of Mormon, overseen and completed by officers of the French Mission, came off the press in January 1852. The mission closed in 1864, though missionary work did continue under the direction of the other missions in Europe.
On 15 October 1912 the mission was reorganized. It was decided that the French Mission would encompass not only France but also French-speaking areas of the Swiss-German and Netherlands missions. The outbreak of World War I forced the mission close two years later, on 18 September 1914.
The French Mission was reorganized on 1 December 1923 with France, Belgium, and the French-speaking parts of Switzerland. The headquarters was in Geneva, Switzerland. The outbreak of World War II would give way to another closure on 14 December 1939.
John Taylor Set Apart as Mission President
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Ended On 1851 December 21
Formed in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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Occurred On 1850 June 18
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Curtis Edwin Bolton Called as Mission President
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Ended On 1853 October 17
Andrew Losee Lamoreaux Called as Mission President
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Ended On 1854
William Cameron Dunbar Called as Mission President
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Ended On 1856 July 26
George Dennis Keaton, Jr. Called as Mission President
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Ended On 1858
Mark Barnes Departed from Home as Mission President
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Ended On 1859
Louis Auguste Bertrand Called as Mission President
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Ended On 1864 June 3
Edgar Bernard Brossard Set Apart as Mission President
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Ended On 1914 May 10
Benjamin Francis Howells Called as Mission President
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Ended On 1914 September 18
Russell Henry Blood Called as Mission President
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Ended On 1925 August 30
Ernest Crabtree Rossiter Set Apart as Mission President
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Ended On 1928 September 20
Golden LeGrand Woolf Set Apart as Mission President
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Ended On 1933 June 30
Daniel Joseph Lang Called as Mission President
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Ended On 1936 January 31
Octave Frederick Ursenbach Set Apart as Mission President
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Ended On 1938 July 9
Joseph Ephraim Evans Set Apart as Mission President
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Ended On 1939 October 26
Gaston Chappuis Set Apart as Mission President
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Ended On 1940 September 6
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Occurred On 1939 December 14
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