List of area seventies of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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At the April 1995 general conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, church president Gordon B. Hinckley
announced the creation of a new leadership position known as the area authority. In 1997, area authorities were renamed area authority seventies and ordained to the office of seventy. The church announced that these new seventies would become members of a Quorum of the Seventy based upon the geographic region to which they were assigned. Later, the title "area authority seventy" was shortened to area seventy, which is the title currently in use.
The area seventies serve in the various geographic regions of the world called areas
and are assigned to quorums based up on the area in which they serve. Currently the following quorums are composed of Area Seventy in the listed areas.
Gordon B. Hinckley
Gordon Bitner Hinckley was an American religious leader and author who served as the 15th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from March 12, 1995 until his death...
announced the creation of a new leadership position known as the area authority. In 1997, area authorities were renamed area authority seventies and ordained to the office of seventy. The church announced that these new seventies would become members of a Quorum of the Seventy based upon the geographic region to which they were assigned. Later, the title "area authority seventy" was shortened to area seventy, which is the title currently in use.
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The area seventies serve in the various geographic regions of the world called areas
Area (LDS Church)
An area is an administrative unit of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which typically is composed of multiple stakes and missions...
and are assigned to quorums based up on the area in which they serve. Currently the following quorums are composed of Area Seventy in the listed areas.
- Third Quorum: Africa Southeast, Africa West, Europe, and Europe East Areas.
- Fourth Quorum: Central America, Mexico, South America North, South America West, and Caribbean Areas.
- Fifth Quorum: Idaho, North America Northwest, North America West, Utah North, Utah Salt Lake City, and Utah South Areas.
- Sixth Quorum: North America Central, North America East, North America Northeast, North America Southeast, North America Southwest Areas.
- Seventh Quorum: Brazil, Chile, and South America South Areas.
- Eighth Quorum: Asia, Asia North, Pacific, and Philippines Areas.