The California Ventura Mission was formed on July 1, 1978. The mission was formed from the Los Angeles California Mission and consisted originally of 12 stakes. Around 1984, the Bakersfield region was transferred from the California Fresno Mission and added to the California Ventura Mission. As a result of the dividing of stakes and the earlier addition of the Bakersfield region, the California Ventura Mission reached its high point of 18 stakes in 1992. On January 1, 1993, all units of the San Fernando Valley were transferred from the California Ventura Mission to the California Arcadia Mission. This brought the number of stakes down to a level of fourteen. On July 1, 1994, the Valencia Stake and the Santa Clarita Stakes were divided off from the mission creating the California San Fernando Mission with stakes from the Arcadia and San Bernardino Missions. On July 1, 2013, the California Bakersfield Mission was created with the transfer of all three Bakersfield stakes from the California Ventura Mission and four additional stakes from the San Fernando Mission.
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| Mission Boundaries as of July 1, 2013 |
In the California Ventura Mission, the gospel is presented in English and Spanish. All stakes have English speaking units, and nearly all the stakes have Spanish speaking units. There are other cultural pockets within the mission, but no other language units are organized at the present time. A Samoan Ward in the Camarillo Stake has been discontinued. There were previously a deaf ward and a Korean Ward, but both units were transferred to the California Arcadia Mission on January 1, 1993. The mission office was located at a commercial building in Ventura from its beginning until December 2011 when it relocated to 3301 West Gonzales Road, Oxnard, California. The current mission home, at 466 Crestwood Avenue in Ventura, was acquired sometime during 1979 and was extensively renovated in 1992.
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| Mission Office |
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| Mission Office |
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| Mission Home |
The following men have served as presidents of the California Ventura Mission. Their hometown at the time of their calling is also shown.
1978-1981 Hyrum Smith Portland, Oregon
1981-1984 Kyle Cooper Salt Lake City, Utah
1984-1987 Newell Barney Mesa, Arizona
1987-1990 McKinley Oswald Salt Lake City, Utah
1990-1993 Jack Nielsen Orem, Utah
1993-1996 Roger C. Butterfield South Jordan, Utah
1996-1999 Michael D. Murdock Bountiful, Utah
1999-2002 Val L. Clarke Pocatello, Idaho
2002-2005 David J. Henderson Edmonton, Alberta
2005-2008 Richard M. Ellsworth Lehi, Utah
2008-2011 Wayne D. Murri Logan, Utah
2011-2014 Fernando R. Castro Rexburg, Idaho
The following brethren have served as counselors in the presidency of the California Ventura Mission: James Barlow (Simi Valley Stake), Lynn Richins (Ventura Stake), Ray Linford (Camarillo Stake), David Payne (Santa Barbara Stake), Ken Peterson (Bakersfield Stake), Paul Christiansen (Camarillo Stake), Gary Condie (Valencia Stake), William Vincent (Canoga Park Stake), Robert McIntosh (Santa Barbara Stake), Lawrence Bloomquist (Newbury Park Stake), Jim McBride (Ventura Stake), Francis Winkle (Santa Maria Stake), George Elledge (Bakersfield South Stake), Stephen Record (Santa Barbara Stake), John Moffat (Newbury Park Stake).
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| Mission Presidency (July 2011 - June 2013) President Record (1st Counselor), President Castro, President Elledge (2nd Counselor) |
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| Mission Presidency (July 2013 - June 2014) President Record (1st Counselor), President Castro, President Moffat (2nd Counselor) |
