Adilson de Paula Parrella

Elder Adilson de Paula Parrella was sustained as a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 1, 2017. He previously served in the Brazil Area presidency and is currently serving at Church headquarters in Salt Lake City.

Since joining the Church in 1971, Elder Parrella has served in numerous Church callings, including full-time missionary in the Brazil Porto Alegre Mission, branch president, bishop, high councilor, counselor in a stake presidency, Area Seventy, and president of the Brazil Belo Horizonte Mission.

Elder Parrella received a bachelor’s degree in communications in 1989 and a master’s degree in business administration in 1991, both from Brigham Young University. He worked as managing director of multinational companies until 2005 and after that was a partner with executive search firms, including Korn Ferry International.

Adilson de Paula Parrella was born in Guarujá, São Paulo, Brazil, on November 2, 1962. He married Elaine Finholdt in 1988. They are the parents of five children.