The first Latter-Day Saints to Mexico, led by Daniel W. Jones, were sent in 1875 with the newly translated Trozos Selectos del Libro de Mormon. Jones was accompanied by Helaman Pratt, Wiley C. Jones, Anthony W. Ivins, and James Z. Stewart.
The mission was officially organized on 16 November 1879. While also teaching in Mexico, missionaries were also sent to Mexican populations living in Arizona, California and New Mexico.
The mission closed on 1 June 1889 due to troubles with polygamy. The Mormon Colonies in Northern Mexico (founded in 1885) remained. On 8 June 1901 the Mexican Mission was reorganized. As a result of the Mexican Revolution (1910-1917) missionary work was hampered and Latter-Day Saints, both missionaries and colonists, were evacuated in 1912. Local Mexican members remained. At the end of the war (1917) both missionaries and colonists returned.
Moses Thatcher Set Apart as Mission President
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James Zebulon Stewart Set Apart as Mission President
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Moses Thatcher Arrived in the Field as Mission President
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August Heinrich Friedrich Wilcken Set Apart as Mission President
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Anthony W. Ivins Set Apart as Mission President
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Helaman Pratt Called as Mission President
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Heinrich Carlos Ferdinand Eyring Called as Mission President
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Ammon Meshach Tenney Departed from Home as Mission President
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David John Rogers Called as Mission President
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Ammon Meshach Tenney Set Apart as Mission President
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Hyrum Smith Harris Called as Mission President
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Talma Emerson Pomeroy Set Apart as Mission President
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Hyrum Smith Harris Set Apart as Mission President
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Rey Lucero Pratt Set Apart as Mission President
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Kenneth Haymore Called as Mission President
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Rey Lucero Pratt Arrived in the Field as Mission President
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Antoine R. Ivins Set Apart as Mission President
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Harold Wilcken Pratt Set Apart as Mission President
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Ami Lorenzo Anderson Set Apart as Mission President
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Arwell Lee Pierce Departed from Home as Mission President
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