Missionaries from the Samoan Mission first arrived on Tonga on 15 July 1891. However, they met with little success and left after six years. In 1909 and 1911 missionaries were sent once more from the Samoan Mission. In 1916 the Tongan Mission was officially organized.
First Missionaries Arrive
1891 July 15
Elders Brigham R. Smoot and Alva J. Butler arrive in Tonga to open it as an area of the Samoan Mission.
Area Closed
1897
All missionaries were recalled due to a lack of success in the islands.
Willard Lisbon Smith Called as President
1916 April–1920 April See Missionaries
Mission Founded
1916 April 3
Mission Officially Organized
1916 July
The Tongan Mission was officially organized from a division of the Samoan Mission.
Mark Vernon Coombs Called as President
1920 July–1926 June See Missionaries
Jay A Cahoon Called as President
1925 January–1928 October See Missionaries
Newel James Cutler Called as President
1928 August–1932 October See Missionaries
Verl Loveless Stubbs Called as President
1930–1934 See Missionaries
Reuben Magnus Wiberg Called as President
1933 November–1936 April See Missionaries
Emile Craner Dunn Called as President
1936 January–1946 June See Missionaries
Evon Wesley Huntsman Called as President
1946 April–1948 July See Missionaries
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Tongan (1916 - ?) Profile