South African

Alternate Names

Cape of Good Hope

Founded

1853 April 19

Organized 19 April 1853. Closed 12 April 1865. Reorganized 25 July 1903.

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All Missions

Jesse Haven Called as President

1852 September 15 – 1855 December 15 See Missionaries

Date Details

On 1852 September 15

Departed from Home

On 1855 December 15

Departed from Field

Mission Founded

1853 April 19

Ebenezer Clawson Richardson Called as President

1857 April 22 – 1858 April 27 See Missionaries

Date Details

On 1857 April 22

Set Apart

On 1858 April 27

Departed from Field

William Fotheringham Called as President

1861 April 21 – 1864 March 20 See Missionaries

Date Details

On 1861 April 21

Set Apart

On 1864 March 20

Released

Miner Grant Atwood Called as President

1864 March 20 – 1865 November 8 See Missionaries

Date Details

On 1864 March 20

Called

On 1865 November 8

Arrived at Home

Warren Harvey Lyon Called as President

1903 June 2 – 1906 February 27 See Missionaries

Date Details

On 1903 June 2

Set Apart

On 1906 February 27

Released

Henry Lee Steed Called as President

1908 January 30 – 1909 October See Missionaries

Date Details

On 1908 January 30

Set Apart

On 1909 October

Released

Brigham Andrus Hendricks Called as President

1909 September 23 – 1911 See Missionaries

Date Details

On 1909 September 23

Set Apart

On 1911

Released

Franklin Joseph West Hewlett Called as President

1911 July 26 – 1913 November 1 See Missionaries

Date Details

On 1911 July 26

Set Apart

On 1913 November 1

Departed from Field

Nicholas Groesbeck Smith Called as President

1913 September 9 – 1921 March 11 See Missionaries

Date Details

On 1913 September 9

Set Apart

On 1921 March 11

Departed from Field

Headquarters move

1918

The mission home moved from 7 Bridge Street, Woodstock, Cape Colony to Cumorah, Main Road, Mowbray, Cape Colony in 1918.

James Wyley Sessions Called as President

1921 January 31 – 1926 May 30 See Missionaries

Date Details

On 1921 January 31

Arrived in Field

On 1926 May 30

Departed from Field

Samuel Martin Called as President

1926 April – 1929 February 4 See Missionaries

Date Details

On 1926 April

Set Apart

On 1929 February 4

Departed from Field

Don McCarroll Dalton Called as President

1929 January 2 – 1935 July 14 See Missionaries

Date Details

On 1929 January 2

Set Apart

On 1935 July 14

Arrived at Home

LeGrand Pollard Backman Called as President

1935 January 15 – 1938 September 8 See Missionaries

Date Details

On 1935 January 15

Set Apart

On 1938 September 8

Arrived at Home

Richard Earl Folland Called as President

1938 March 26 – 1944 August See Missionaries

Date Details

On 1938 March 26

Set Apart

On 1944 August

Departed from Field

June Bennion Sharp Called as President

1944 April 13 – 1948 October 8 See Missionaries

Date Details

On 1944 April 13

Set Apart

On 1948 October 8

Released

Evan Pettit Wright Called as President

1948 October 8 – 1952 November 7 See Missionaries

Date Details

On 1948 October 8

Set Apart

On 1952 November 7

Released

Media

South African (1853 - ?) Profile

Mission Conference, June 1911

Mission Conference, June 1912

Mission Conference, February 1913

South African Missionaries Collage

Mission Conference, Dec 1922 - Jan 1923

Mission Conference, February 1914

Cumorah Baseball Team

Mission Conference, Dec 1923 - Jan 1924

Letters from Across the Sea

Mission Conference, January 1909

Mission Conference, December 1914

Mission Conference, August 1913

Mission Conference, January 1917

Christmas Eve 1912

Gathered for a Meal

Missionaries and Locals at King Williamstown

Cumorah Quintette - Tour of South African Theatres

Sources

Mission

Brigham Young office files, 1832-1878 (bulk 1844-1877)

"Jesse Haven letter", Brigham Young office files, 1832-1878 (bulk 1844-1877), (January).

Cumorah's Southern Messenger

Cumorah's Southern Messenger.

Encyclopedic History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Salt Lake City: Deseret News Publishing Co., 1941)

"South African Mission", Encyclopedic History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Salt Lake City: Deseret News Publishing Co., 1941), Page 808-810. Transcript for Andrew Jenson, "South African Mission," Encyclopedic History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Salt Lake City: Deseret News Publishing Co., 1941), 808-10

Evan P. Wright, A History of the South African Mission, period I, 1852-1903 (N.p.: Evan P. Wright, 1977

Evan P. Wright, A History of the South African Mission, period I, 1852-1903 (N.p.: Evan P. Wright, 1977.

Evan P. Wright, A History of the South African Mission, period II, 1903-1944 (N.p.: Evan P. Wright, 1985

Evan P. Wright, A History of the South African Mission, period II, 1903-1944 (N.p.: Evan P. Wright, 1985.

Evan P. Wright, A History of the South African Mission, period III, 1944-1970 (N.p.: Evan P. Wright, 1987

Evan P. Wright, A History of the South African Mission, period III, 1944-1970 (N.p.: Evan P. Wright, 1987.

Farrell Ray Monson, "History of the South African Mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1853-1970," Master's thesis, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1971

Farrell Ray Monson, "History of the South African Mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1853-1970," Master's thesis, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1971.

Global Histories

"A Brief History of the Church in South Africa", Global Histories.

Jay H. Buckley, "'Good News' at the Cape of Good Hope: Early LDS Missionary Activities in South Africa," in Go Ye into All the World: The Growth & Development of Mormon Missionary Work, ed. Reid L. Nielson and Fred E. Woods (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, 2012), 471-502

Jay H. Buckley, "'Good News' at the Cape of Good Hope: Early LDS Missionary Activities in South Africa," in Go Ye into All the World: The Growth & Development of Mormon Missionary Work, ed. Reid L. Nielson and Fred E. Woods (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, 2012), 471-502.

South Africa Mission history, 1853-1977, Church History Library

South Africa Mission history, 1853-1977, Church History Library.