Church Announces 2017 Area Leadership Assignments
The First Presidency has announced changes in area leadership assignments, which will become effective on August 1, 2017.
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The First Presidency has announced changes in the Church's area leadership assignments, which will become effective on August 1, 2017.
All members of Area Presidencies are General Authority Seventies or Area Seventies. Members of the Presidency of the Seventy have responsibilities for the areas in North America.
The Church has 15 areas outside North America and 10 areas inside North America for a total of 25. Click on the name of the area to see an enlarged map of the area.
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| L. Whitney Clayton President |
| Utah North Utah Salt Lake City Utah South |
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| Craig C. Christensen President |
| Idaho North America Central |
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| Ulisses Soares President |
| North America Southwest |
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| Juan A. Uceda President |
| North America Northeast |
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| Gerrit W. Gong President |
| North America Southeast |
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| Lynn G. Robbins President |
| North America Northwest North America West |
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| Patrick Kearon President |
| AFRICA SOUTHEAST | ||
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| S. Mark Palmer First Counselor | Kevin S. Hamilton President | Joni L. Koch Second Counselor |
| Africa West | ||
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| Marcus B. Nash First Counselor | Terence M. Vinson President | Larry S. Kacher Second Counselor |
| Asia | ||
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| David F. Evans First Counselor | Randy D. Funk President | Peter F. Meurs Second Counselor |
| Asia North Area | ||
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| Kazuhiko Yamashita First Counselor | Robert C. Gay President | Yoon Hwan Choi Second Counselor |
| Brazil | ||
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| W. Mark Bassett First Counselor | Marcos A. Aidukaitis President | Joaquin E. Costa Second Counselor |
| Caribbean | ||
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| Claudio D. Zivic First Counselor | Walter F. Gonzalez President | José L. Alonso Second Counselor |
| Central America | ||
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| Jorge F. Zeballos First Counselor | Adrián Ochoa President | Valeri V. Cordón Second Counselor |
| Europe | ||
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| Gary B. Sabin First Counselor | Paul V. Johnson President | Massimo De Feo Second Counselor |
| Europe East | ||
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| Christoffel Golden First Counselor | James B. Martino President | Alexy Samaykin Second Counselor |
| Mexico | ||
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| Arnulfo Valenzuela First Counselor | Paul B. Pieper President | Rafael E. Pino Second Counselor |
| Middle East/Africa North | |
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| Anthony D. Perkins First Counselor Administered from Church Headquarters | Wilford W. Andersen President Administered from Church Headquarters |
| Pacific | ||
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| Craig A. Cardon First Counselor | O. Vincent Haleck President | Ian S. Ardern Second Counselor |
| Philippines | ||
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| Allen D. Haynie First Counselor | Shayne M. Bowen President | Evan A. Schmutz Second Counselor |
| South America Northwest | ||
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| Enrique R. Falabella First Counselor | Carlos A. Godoy President | Hugo Montoya Second Counselor |
| South America South | ||
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| Allan F. Packer First Counselor | José A. Teixeira President | Mark A. Bragg Second Counselor |
The Church has 15 areas outside North America and 10 areas inside North America for a total of 25.
