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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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Ended On 1880 February 4
Formed in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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Occurred On 1879 November 16
James Zebulon Stewart Set Apart as Mission President
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Ended On 1880 December 5
Moses Thatcher Arrived in the Field as Mission President
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Ended On 1881 August 6
August Heinrich Friedrich Wilcken Set Apart as Mission President
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Ended On 1883 April 22
Anthony W. Ivins Set Apart as Mission President
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Ended On 1884 April 4
Helaman Pratt Called as Mission President
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Ended On 1885
Heinrich Carlos Ferdinand Eyring Called as Mission President
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Ended On 1888 December 21
Ammon Meshach Tenney Departed from Home as Mission President
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Ended On 1888 December 1
David John Rogers Called as Mission President
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Ended On 1889 June 6
Ammon Meshach Tenney Set Apart as Mission President
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Ended On 1903 March 2
Hyrum Smith Harris Called as Mission President
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Ended On 1904 May 15
Talma Emerson Pomeroy Set Apart as Mission President
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Ended On 1905 August 25
Hyrum Smith Harris Set Apart as Mission President
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Ended On 1907 October 1
Rey Lucero Pratt Set Apart as Mission President
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Ended On 1925 October 13
Kenneth Haymore Called as Mission President
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Ended On 1926 September 14
Rey Lucero Pratt Arrived in the Field as Mission President
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Ended On 1931 April 14
Antoine R. Ivins Set Apart as Mission President
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Ended On 1934 February 28
Harold Wilcken Pratt Set Apart as Mission President
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Ended On 1938 October 24
Ami Lorenzo Anderson Set Apart as Mission President
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Ended On 1942 August 13
Arwell Lee Pierce Departed from Home as Mission President
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Ended On 1950 October 12
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