Swiss Mission

Date Formed
1850 January 1
Location Formed
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Organization Type
Ecclesiastical
Organization Area
Europe
Organization Participants in Database
170

On 24 November 1850 the Swiss Mission was organized. The Swiss and Italian Mission was created when the Italian Mission was closed and absorbed into the Swiss Mission in 1854. In 1861 the German Mission closed and was joined with the Swiss and Italian Mission becoming the Swiss, Italian, and German Mission. The country of the Netherlands was separated to become a new mission in 1864. A few years later, the Swiss, Italian, and German Mission became the Swiss and German Mission. In 1898, the mission split once more into the Swiss Mission and the German Mission. However, a few years later they recombined into the Swiss-German Mission, which was renamed the Swiss Austrian Mission in early 1938 before being renamed in November of that year to the Swiss Mission.

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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

1850 January 1

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Predecessor

Thomas Brown Holmes Stenhouse Set Apart as Mission President

1850 November 24 – 1854

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Daniel Tyler Arrived in the Field as Mission President

1854 August 20 – 1855 November 27

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John Lyman Smith Departed from Home as Mission President

1855 May 7 – 1858 June 21

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Jabez Woodard Departed from Home as Mission President

1857 April 23 – 1861 May 16

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John Lyman Smith Set Apart as Mission President

1860 September 22 – 1863 December 21

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William Wollerton Riter Called as Mission President

1864 March 3 – October 11

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William Perry Nebeker Called as Mission President

1865 January 15 – 1867 April 22

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Joseph Smith Horne Arrived in the Field as Mission President

1865 August 21 – 1867 April 21

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Joseph Smith Horne Called as Mission President

1867 April 21 – December 31

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Henry Eyring Bowman Called as Mission President

1898 January 1 – 1900 February 10

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Louis Samuel Cardon Called as Mission President

1900 January 1 – 1901 February 18

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David Lorenzo McDonald Called as Mission President

1901 January 30 – 1902 September 18

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Levi E. Young Arrived in the Field as Mission President

1902 June 15 – 1904 May 22

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Thomas E. McKay Set Apart as Mission President

1937 July 19 – 1940 February 26

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Media
Swiss Mission Map 1850
Swiss Mission Map 1850