President Henry B. Eyring of the First Presidency announced the following changes to Church leadership at the Saturday afternoon session of the 187th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Presidency of the Seventy
The First Presidency announced May 1, 2017, that Elder Juan A. Uceda and Elder Patrick Kearon would serve in the Church’s Presidency of the Seventy, effective August 1, 2017. The leaders succeeded Elder Donald L. Hallstrom and Elder Richard J. Maynes, who began new assignments in August.
President Eyring presented these changes Saturday afternoon for a formal sustaining vote.
General Authority Seventies
The following General Authority Seventies were released and given emeritus status:
Area Seventies
The following Area Seventies were released:
Pedro U. Adduru
Detlef H. Adler
Angel H. Alarcon
Winsor Balderrama
Robert M. Call
Christopher Charles
Gene R. Chidester
Ralph L. Dewsnup
Ángel A. Duarte
Peter F. Evans
Francisco D. N. Granja
Yuriy A. Gushchin
Clifford T. Herbertson
Aniefiok Udo Inyon
Luiz M. Leal
Alejandro Lopez
L. Jean Claude Mabaya
Declan O. Madu
Alexander T. Mestre
Jared R. Ocampo
Andrew M. O'Riordan
Jesús A. Ortiz
Abenir V. Pajaro
Siu Hong Pon
Robert C. Rhien
Jorge Luis Romeu
Jorge L. Saldívar
Ciro Schmeil
Alin Spannaus
Moroni B. Torgan
Steven L. Toronto
Ricardo Valladares
And the following individual was called as an Area Seventy:
Torben Engbjerg
Related resource: Coverage and News Media Resources from the 187th Semiannual General Conference