Mexican Mission

Date Formed
1879 November 16
Location Formed
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Organization Type
Ecclesiastical
Organization Area
North-america
Organization Participants in Database
716

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.

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Moses Thatcher Set Apart as Mission President

1879 October 10 – 1880 February 4

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Set Apart
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Ended On 1880 February 4
Departed from the Field

Formed in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

1879 November 16

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Occurred On 1879 November 16
Formed

James Zebulon Stewart Set Apart as Mission President

1880 February 4 – December 5

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Ended On 1880 December 5
Released

Moses Thatcher Arrived in the Field as Mission President

1880 December 5 – 1881 August 6

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Arrived in the Field
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Ended On 1881 August 6
Released

Ammon Meshach Tenney Departed from Home as Mission President

1887 November 30 – 1888 December 1

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Ended On 1888 December 1
Released

Ammon Meshach Tenney Set Apart as Mission President

1901 June 8 – 1903 March 2

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Ended On 1903 March 2
Departed from the Field

Kenneth Haymore Called as Mission President

1925 October 13 – 1926 September 14

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Called
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Ended On 1926 September 14
Released

Rey Lucero Pratt Arrived in the Field as Mission President

1926 September 6 – 1931 April 14

Antoine R. Ivins Set Apart as Mission President

1931 August 5 – 1934 February 28

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Ended On 1934 February 28
Released

Harold Wilcken Pratt Set Apart as Mission President

1934 January 13 – 1938 October 24

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Ended On 1938 October 24
Arrived at Home

Ami Lorenzo Anderson Set Apart as Mission President

1938 August 8 – 1942 August 13

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Set Apart
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Ended On 1942 August 13
Arrived at Home

Arwell Lee Pierce Departed from Home as Mission President

1942 August 13 – 1950 October 12

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Departed from Home

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Ended On 1950 October 12
Released

Media
Mexican Mission Map (updated)
Mexican Mission Map (updated)
Members and Missionaries in Mexico
Members and Missionaries in Mexico
Mexican (1879 - ?)
Mexican (1879 - ?)
The First Expedition into Mexico
The First Expedition into Mexico
Missionaries at Conference in Arizona
Missionaries at Conference in Arizona
Mexican (1879 - ?)
Mexican (1879 - ?)
Mexican Missionaries - Elders Prows and Thayne, Circa 1907
Mexican Missionaries - Elders Prows and Thayne, Circa 1907