President Oaks Announces 9 New General Authority Seventies; 57 Area Seventies

  • 4 April 2020

President Dallin H. Oaks, First Counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, announces new leaders called to serve as General Authority Seventies and Area Seventies during the Saturday afternoon session of the April 2020 general conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, on April 4, 2020.

President Dallin H. Oaks of the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced the calls of nine new General Authority Seventies and 57 new Area Seventies during the Saturday afternoon session of the April 2020 general conference.

General Authority Seventies serve in the Presidency of the Seventy, in area presidencies, and in other headquarters administrative functions. Under the direction of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, they travel frequently to meet with and teach Church leaders, missionaries and members of the Church in local congregations. They have authority to serve anywhere in the world, while the authority of Area Seventies is generally limited to the area where they serve.

Elder Jorge T. Becerra

Elder Jorge T. Becerra, General Authority Seventies

Jorge Eduardo Torres Becerra, 57, was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was an investment adviser for Intermountain Financial Partners at the time of this call. He and his wife, Debbie Ilene Schneberger, are the parents of five children.

Elder Matthew S. Holland

Elder Matthew S. Holland, General Authority Seventy

Matthew Scott Holland, 53, was born in Provo, Utah. Elder Holland worked as an educator, including time as a university president. He was serving as president of the North Carolina Raleigh Mission at the time of this call. He and his wife, Paige Anita Bateman, are the parents of four children.

Elder William K. Jackson

Elder William K. Jackson, General Authority Seventy

William King Jackson, 64, was born in Washington, D.C. A medical doctor by profession, he was serving most recently as medical director of Valley Family Health Care. He and his wife, Ann Kesler, are the parents of eight children.

Elder Jeremy R. Jaggi

Elder Jeremy R. Jaggi, General Authority Seventy

Jeremy Robert Jaggi, 47, was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. A business professional, he most recently headed the west sales region of Alkermes Inc. and managed commercial real estate at HCA Investments LLC. He and his wife, Amy Anne Stewart, are the parents of four children.

Elder Kelly R. Johnson

Elder Kelly R. Johnson, General Authority Seventy

Kelly Ray Johnson, 57, was born in Ogden, Utah. At the time of this call, he was a forensic accountant and partner for Norman, Townsend & Johnson, LLC. He and his wife Teressa Lynn Bartrum are the parents of five children.

Elder Thierry K. Mutombo

Elder Thierry K. Mutombo, General Authority Seventy

Thierry Kasuangi Mutombo, 44, was born in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. A business management graduate, he most recently worked as manager of the Church’s Family History Department in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He and his wife, Tshayi Nathalie Sinda, are the parents of six children.

Elder Adeyinka A. Ojediran

Elder Adeyinka A. Ojediran, General Authority Seventy

Adeyinka Ayodeji Ojediran, 52, was born in Ibadan, Nigeria. He has worked as a finance and administrative manager for the Quadrant Company, Mutual Benefits Assurance PLC and, most recently, for Shell Nigeria. He and his wife Olufunmilayo Omolola Akinbebije are the parents of one child.

Elder Ciro Schmeil

Elder Ciro Schmeil, General Authority Seventy

Ciro Schmeil, 48, was born in Ponta Grossa, Brazil. His business career has included time with Walmart’s corporate office, chief operating officer of Scopel, general manager of Cia City and, most recently, head of real estate for JBS S.A. He and his wife, Alessandra Machado Louza, are the parents of two children.

Elder Moisés Villanueva

Elder Moisés Villanueva, Area Seventy

Moisés Villanueva, 53, was born in Oaxaca, Mexico. At the time of this call, he was working as chief executive officer of SERTEXA. He and his wife, Leticia Ávalos Lozano, are the parents of three children.

57 New Area Seventies

President Oaks also announced the following new Area Seventies.

Jay D. Andersen

Faapito Auapaau

Frederick K. Balli Jr.

Kevin W. Birch

John W. Boswell III

J. Francisco Bührer

Suchat Chaichana

Matthew R. Clarke

L. Guido Cristobal

Edmarc R. Dumas

Carlos A. Gabaldón

M. Andrew Galt IV

Clark G. Gilbert

Vladislav Y. Gornostaev

D. Martin Goury

Richard I. Heaton

Broc C. Hiatt

David H. Huntsman

Norman C. Insong

Daniel Kabason

Federico M. Kähnlein

Jeffrey J. Kerr

Youngjoon Kwon

David G. LaFrance

Ricardo C. Leite

Marcelo Louza

Jose G. Manarin

Jeremiah J. Morgan

Mark A. Mortensen

Eduardo F. Ortega

Nathan D. Pace

Michael M. Packer

Omar I. Palacios

Jorge W. Pérez

Kyrylo Pokhylko

Sergio A. Poncio

Arthur Rascon

Miguel A. Reynoso

Gustavo G. Rezende

Robert G. Rivarola

Tonga J. Sai

Luciano Sankari

Rosendo Santos

Henry Savstrom

J. Matthew Scott

James E. Slaughter

Robert T. Smith

Ricardo A. Spencer

Colin C. Stauffer

David C. Stewart

Jared W. Stone

Arlen M. Tumaliuan

Martin J. Turvey

Yan C. Vega

Paul B. Whippy

Chad R. Wilkinson

Dow R. Wilson

The following Area Seventies were released:

Jorge T. Becerra

Mark S. Bryce

Jeremy R. Jaggi

Kelly R. Johnson

Adeyinka A. Ojediran

Moisés Villanueva

Leonard D. Greer

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