The callings of 53 new Area Seventies were announced during the Saturday afternoon session of the 185th Annual General Conference. Area Seventies give part-time voluntary Church service within their assigned geographic areas and support area presidencies in international areas.
Sustained as Area Seventies: Nelson Ardila, 48, Santander, Colombia; Jose M. Batalla, 54, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Lawrence P. Blunck, 58, Canby, Oregon; Bradford C. Bowen, 63, Idaho Falls, Idaho; Mark A. Bragg, 52, Los Angeles, California; Sergio Luis Carboni, 55, João Pessoa, Brazil; Armando Carreon, 46, San Luis Potosi, Mexico; S. Marc Clay Jr., 61, Syracuse, New York; Z. Dominique Dekaye, 58, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire; Osvaldo R. Dias, 41, Belo Horizonte, Brazil; Michael M. Dudley, 63, Chesapeake, Virginia; Mark P. Durham, 63, Salt Lake City, Utah; James E. Evanson, 46, Lethbridge, Canada; Paschoal F. Fortunato, 48, Belo Horizonte, Brazil; Patricio M. Giuffra, 52, Santiago, Chile; Daniel P. Hall, 45, Johannesburg, South Africa; Toru Hayashi, 63, Hiroshima, Japan; Paul F. Hintze, 65, St. Louis, Missouri; J.K. Chukwuemeka Igwe, 47, Port Harcourt, Nigeria; Seung Hoon Koo, 52, Yongin-si, South Korea; Ming-Shun Kuan, 44, Taichung City, Taiwan; Johnny L. Leota, 48, Sydney, Australia; Carlo M. Lezano, 42, Santa Anita, Peru; Joel Martinez, 47, Guadalupe, Mexico; J. Vaun McArthur, 62, Aiken, South Carolina; Kyle S. McKay, 55, Kaysville, Utah; Helamán Montejo, 38, Saltillo, Mexico; A. Fabio Moscoso, 45, Lima, Peru; Michael R. Murray, 59, Redmond, Washington; Norman R. Nemrow, 60, Provo, Utah; S. Mark Palmer, 59, Austin, Texas; Ferdinand P. Pangan, 47, Davao City, Philippines; Jairus C. Perez, 47, Cebu, Philippines; Steven M. Petersen, 58, Farr West, Utah; Wolfgang Pilz, 61, Darmstadt, Germany; Jay D. Pimentel, 61, Oakland, California; John C. Pingree Jr., 48, Salt Lake City, Utah; Edvaldo B. Pinto Jr., 47, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Evan A. Schmutz, 60, Orem, Utah; K. David Scott, 52, Chicago, Illinois; Paul H. Sinclair, 49, Indianapolis, Indiana; Benjamin T. Sinjoux, 62, Papeete, French Polynesia; Rulon F. Stacey, 54, Minneapolis, Minnesota; David L. Stapleton, 56, Kennewick, Washington; Karl M. Tilleman, 54, Phoenix, Arizona; William R. Titera, 60, Cleveland, Ohio; Seiji Tokuzawa, 50, Tokyo, Japan; Carlos R. Toledo, 51, Vinhedo, Brazil; Cesar E. Villar, 50, Lima, Peru; Juan Pablo Villar, 45, Santiago, Chile; David T. Warner, 51, Provo, Utah; Gary K. Wilde, 59, Ventura, California; Robert K. William, 43, Bangalore, India.
Releases to be effective on May 1 were announced for the following 53 Area Seventies:
Juan C. Avila, Philip K. Bussey, René J. Cabrera, Renato Capelletti, Paul D. M. Christensen, Samuel W. Clark, Rogério G. R. Cruz, George R. Donaldson, Ini B. Ekong, Christian H. Fingerle, Craig G. Fisher, Jerryl L. Garns, M. Keith Giddens, Allen D. Haynie, Jui Chang Juan, George M. Keele, Von G. Keetch, Katsumi Kusume, German Laboriel, J. Christopher Lansing, Gustavo Lopez, Dmitry V. Marchenko, Peter F. Meurs, T. Jackson Mkhabela, Hugo Montoya, Valentín F. Nuñez, Hee Keun Oh, Jeffery E. Olson, R. Ingvar Olsson, Norbert K. Ounleu, Robert N. Packer, Nathaniel R. Payne, Cesar A. Perez Jr., Michael J. Reall, Edson D. G. Ribeiro, Brad K. Risenmay, Walter C. Selden, Mozart B. Soares, Carlos Solis, Norland Souza, Vern P. Stanfill, T. Marama Tarati, Kouzou Tashiro, Ruben D. Torres, Omar Villalobos, Jack D. Ward, Alan J. Webb, Gerardo J. Wilhelm, Jim L. Wright
