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 Called as President
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Started On 1849 October 7
Ended On 1851 December 21
Mission Founded
Curtis Edwin Bolton Called as President
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Started On 1851 December 20
Ended On 1853 October 17
Andrew Losee Lamoreaux Called as President
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Started On 1852 August 28
Ended On 1854
William Cameron Dunbar Called as President
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Started On 1854 December 2
Ended On 1856 July 26
George Dennis Keaton, Jr. Called as President
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Started On 1855 December 8
Ended On 1858
Mark Barnes Called as President
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Started On 1858 May 18
Ended On 1859
Louis Auguste Bertrand Called as President
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Started On 1859 September 17
Ended On 1864 June 3
Edgar Bernard Brossard Called as President
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Started On 1912 October 15
Ended On 1914 May 10
Benjamin Francis Howells Called as President
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Started On 1914 May 10
Ended On 1914 September 18
Russell Henry Blood Called as President
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Started On 1923 December 26
Ended On 1925 August 30
Ernest Crabtree Rossiter Called as President
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Started On 1925 July 28
Ended On 1928 September 20
Golden LeGrand Woolf Called as President
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Started On 1929 December 4
Ended On 1933 June 30
Daniel Joseph Lang Called as President
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Started On 1933 May 20
Ended On 1936 January 31
Octave Frederick Ursenbach Called as President
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Started On 1936 January 31
Ended On 1938 July 9
Joseph Ephraim Evans Called as President
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Started On 1938 June 10
Ended On 1939 October 26
Gaston Chappuis Called as President
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Started On 1939 August 30
Ended On 1940 September 6
Mission Closed
