José A. Teixeira

Elder José A. Teixeira was sustained as a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 5, 2008. He is currently serving as the Area President of the United States Central Area. Prior to this assignment, he served in the Presidency of the Seventy. Elder Teixeira has also served as the President of the Europe Area and the South America South Area.

Elder Teixeira has served in a number of Church callings, including full-time missionary in the Portugal Lisbon Mission, elders quorum president, district president, counselor in a bishopric, national public affairs director, stake president, Area Seventy, and mission president in the Brazil São Paulo South Mission.

Elder Teixeira’s education is in finance, accounting, auditing, and business management. He was an international controller for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with responsibility for Europe and Africa. In this capacity, he managed the Europe/Africa processing center in Solihull, England, and supervised the controllers in the Europe East, Europe Central, Europe West, Africa Southeast, and Africa West Areas.

He also served in the Portuguese Air Force and was assigned to CINCIBERLANT, NATO; he was awarded for his services to that international military unit.

José Augusto Teixeira da Silva was born in Vila Real, Portugal, on February 24, 1961. He married Filomena Teles Grilo in June 1984. They are the parents of three children.