Wednesday, October 15, 2014

The Other Foreign-Born LDS General Authorities

The German Dieter F. Uchtdorf is in the First Presidency, but what about the other foreign-born General Authorities?

Presidency of the Seventy
Ulisses Soares
ULISSES SOARES - 10/2/1958 - Brazil

1st Quorum of the Seventy
MARCOS A. AIDUKAITIS - 8/30/1959 - Brazil
JOSE L. ALONSO - 11/17/1958 - Mexico
IAN S. ARDERN - 2/28/1954 - New Zealand
DAVID S. BAXTER - 1/1/1955 - United Kingdom
YOON HWAN CHOI - 5/18/1957 - South Korea
CLAUDIO R.M. COSTA - 3/25/1949 - Brazil
BENJAMIN DE HOYOS - 2/20/1953 - Mexico
EDWARD DUBE - 5/12/1962 - Zimbabwe
ENRIQUE R. FALABELLA - 5/1/1950 - Guatemala
EDUARDO GAVARRET - 5/11/1956 - Uruguay
CARLOS A. GODOY - 2/4/1961 - Brazil
CHRISTOFFEL GOLDEN - 6/1/1952 - South Africa
WALTER F. GONZALEZ - 11/18/1952 - Uruguay
DANIEL L. JOHNSON - 12/15/1946 - Mexico
PATRICK KEARON - 7/18/1961 - United Kingdom
JORG KLEBINGAT - 12/19/1967 - Germany
ERICH W. KOPISCHKE - 10/20/1956 - Germany
RAFAEL E. PINO - 10/27/1955 - Venezuela
JOSEPH W. SITATI - 5/1/1952 - Kenya
MICHAEL JOHN U. TEH - 6/1/1965 - Philippines
JOSE A. TEIXEIRA - 2/24/1961 - Portugal
JUAN A. UCEDA - 7/10/1953 - Peru
ARNULFO VALENZUELA - 5/1/1959 - Mexico
FRANCISCO J. VINAS - 12/28/1946 - Spain
CHI HONG (SAM) WONG - 5/25/1962 - Hong Kong
KAZUHIKO YAMASHITA - 9/1/1953 - Japan
JORGE F. ZEBALLOS - 7/19/1955 - Chile
CLAUDIO D. ZIVIC - 12/1/1948 - Argentina

2nd Quorum of the Seventy
KOICHI AOYAGI - 3/24/1945 - Japan
RANDALL K. BENNETT - 6/1/1955 - Canada
O. VINCENT HALECK - 1/1/1949 - Samoa
PER G. MALM - 9/12/1948 - Sweden
HUGO E. MARTINEZ - 1/10/1957 - Puerto Rico
JAIRO MAZZAGARDI - 4/10/1947 - Brazil
TERENCE M. VINSON - 5/1/1951 - Australia

Presiding Bishopric
GERALD CAUSSE - 5/20/1963 - France

I could be wrong on this, but I think once a General Authority hits age 70, he's given Emeritus status. If Koichi Aoyagi is granted Emeritus status at the next General Conference, that may confirm it.

1 comment:

  1. That's how I understand Emeritus status. I remember it as "When you turn 70, you get kicked out of the 70s".

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