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New area presidencies

Published: Saturday, June 17, 2000

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The First Presidency has annnounced the assignments of the new area presidencies worldwide, effective Aug. 15, 2000.

Most of the members of the First and Second Quorums of the Seventy serve in area presidencies. Additional positions in the area presidencies are filled by Area Authority Seventies of the Third, Fourth and Fifth Quorums of the Seventy.

Members of the Seventy who are not in area presidencies serve in the Presidency of the Seventy, and as executive directors or assistant executive directors of various departments at Church headquarters. Members of the Seventy also serve as the Young Men and Sunday School general presidencies and on committees and special assignments.

Numbers correspond to the areas on the above map.

  1. Utah North

    • President: Cecil O. Samuelson

    • First Counselor: Gene R. Cook

    • Second Counselor: Vaughn J. Featherstone

  2. Utah South

    • President: John H. Groberg

    • First Counselor: Charles Didier

    • Second Counselor: Dennis E. Simmons

  3. North America Northwest

    • President: F. Melvin Hammond

    • First Counselor: John M. Madsen

    • Second Counselor: Robert K. Dellenbach

  4. North America West

    • President: John B. Dickson

    • First Counselor: William R. Bradford

    • Second Counselor: Dieter F. Uchtdorf

  5. North America Central

    • President: Donald L. Staheli

    • First Counselor: Monte J. Brough

    • Second Counselor: F. Burton Howard

  6. North America Northeast

    • President: W. Craig Zwick

    • First Counselor: Neil L. Andersen

    • Second Counselor: Spencer J. Condie

  7. North America East

    • President: Sheldon F. Child

    • First Counselor: Yoshihiko Kikuchi

    • Second Counselor: L. Lionel Kendrick

  8. North America Southeast

    • President: Richard D. Allred

    • First Counselor: Gordon T. Watts

    • Second Counselor: *J. Devn Cornish

  9. North America Southwest

    • President: Rex D. Pinegar

    • First Counselor: Richard J. Maynes

    • Second Counselor: Hugh W. Pinnock

  10. Mexico North

    • President: Lynn A. Mickelsen

    • First Counselor: Gary J. Coleman

    • Second Counselor: *Adrián Ochoa

  11. Mexico South

    • President: Carl B. Pratt

    • First Counselor: Richard H. Winkel

    • Second Counselor: *Armando Gaona

  12. Central America

    • President: Lynn G. Robbins

    • First Counselor: Jerald L. Taylor

    • Second Counselor: *Julio E. Alvarado

  13. South America North

    • President: Robert J. Whetten

    • First Counselor: H. Aldridge Gillespie

    • Second Counselor: *Walter F. González

  14. Brazil North

    • President: Claudio R.M. Costa

    • First Counselor: Robert S. Wood

    • Second Counselor: Darwin B. Christenson

  15. Brazil South

    • President: J. Kent Jolley

    • First Counselor: Athos M. Amorím

    • Second Counselor: Adhemar Damiani

  16. South America West

    • President: Ned B. Roueché

    • First Counselor: David R. Stone

    • Second Counselor: *Juan Uceda

  17. South America South

    • President: Jay E. Jensen

    • First Counselor: Keith Crockett

    • Second Counselor: *Claudio D. Zivic

  18. Chile

    • President: Dale E. Miller

    • First Counselor: Stephen B. Oveson

    • Second Counselor: *John A. Harris

  19. Europe North

    • President: W. Rolfe Kerr

    • First Counselor: Ronald A. Rasband

    • Second Counselor: *John Maxwell

  20. Europe West

    • President: John K. Carmack

    • First Counselor: D. Lee Tobler

    • Second Counselor: Harold G. Hillam

  21. Europe East

    • President: Wayne M. Hancock

    • First Counselor: Douglas L. Callister

    • Second Counselor: *Wolfgang H. Paul

  22. Africa West

    • President: Glenn L. Pace

    • First Counselor: H. Bruce Stucki

    • Second Counselor: *Emmanuel O. Opare Sr.

  23. Africa Southeast

    • President: Ray H. Wood

    • First Counselor: Robert C. Oaks

    • Second Counselor: *Christoffel Golden Jr.

  24. Asia North

    • President: L. Edward Brown

    • First Counselor: E. Ray Bateman

    • Second Counselor: Donald L. Hallstrom

  25. Asia

    • President: Cree-L Kofford

    • First Counselor: Richard E. Cook

    • Second Counselor: H. Bryan Richards

  26. Philippines

    • President: Duane B. Gerrard

    • First Counselor: Merrill C. Oaks

    • Second Counselor: Angel Abrea

  27. Pacific Islands

    • President: Quentin L. Cook

    • First Counselor: Ronald T. Halverson

    • Second Counselor: Earl M. Monson

  28. Australia/New Zealand

    • President: Kenneth Johnson

    • First Counselor: Val R. Christensen

    • Second Counselor: *Victor D. Cave

* Area Authority Seventies