The First Presidency announced this week area presidency assignments for members of the First Quorum of the Seventy in 17 areas throughout the world. Theassignments are effective Aug. 15.
Area presidencies are as follows: (Asterisks indicate General Authorities with new assignments.)
INTERNATIONAL AREAS
EUROPE:
President - Carlos E. Asay.
Counselors - Hans B. Ringger and John R. Lasater
UNITED KINGDOM/IRELAND/AFRICA:
President - Jack H. Goaslind.
Counselors - Spencer H. Osborn and Alexander B. Morrison.
PACIFIC:
President - F. Arthur Kay*.
Counselors - Glen L. Rudd* and Douglas J. Martin*.
ASIA
President - Douglas H. Smith*.
Counselors - Andey Y. Komatsu and Royden G. Derrick*.
PHILIPPINES/MICRONESIA:
President - George I. Cannon.
Counselors - George R. Hill and Philip T. Sonntag*.
MEXICO/CENTRAL AMERICA:
President - Robert E. Wells.
Counselors - H. Verlan Andersen and Gardner H. Russell.
BRAZIL:
President - Francis M. Gibbons.
Counselors - Helio R. Camargo and Lynn A. Sorensen.
SOUTH AMERICA NORTH:
President - Charles Didier.
Counselors - Angel Abrea and Hartman Rector Jr.*
SOUTH AMERICA SOUTH:
President - Waldo P. Call.
Counselors - John H. Groberg and L. Aldin Porter.
DOMESTIC AREAS:
UTAH NORTH:
President - J. Thomas Fyans.
Counselors - William R. Bradford and Victor L. Brown.
UTAH SOUTH:
President - Vaughn J. Featherstone.
Counselors - Paul H. Dunn and Russell C. Taylor.
NORTH AMERICA WEST:
President - Gene R. Cook.
Counselors - Ted E. Brewerton and Derek A. Cuthbert*.
NORTH AMERICA CENTRAL:
President - Loren C. Dunn.
Counselors - Jacob de Jager* and John Sonnenberg*.
NORTH AMERICA NORTHWEST:
President - Rex C. Reeve.
Counselors - Robert B. Harbertson and L. Lionel Kendrick*.
NORTH AMERICA NORTHEAST:
President - John K. Carmack.
Counselors - Keith W. Wilcox and F. Burton Howard*.
NORTH AMERICA SOUTHWEST:
President - H. Burke Peterson.
Counselors - Ronald E. Poelman and Devere Harris.
NORTH AMERICA SOUTHEAST:
President - Rex D. Pinegar.
Counselors - J. Richard Clarke* and Robert E. Sackley*.