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Area Seventies are Church leaders called by the First Presidency to be “especial1 witnesses” and to assist the Twelve in “building up the church and regulating all the affairs” and “preaching and administering the gospel” in their assigned areas (Doctrine and Covenants 107:25, 34, 38). They act under the keys and direction of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

Area Seventies are called and set apart to serve in specific geographical areas but may also be assigned to serve in other areas as needed. They are not called to full-time service and typically serve for five years. Their duties include meeting and counseling with local Church leaders to help them fulfill their responsibilities. Each Area Seventy belongs to a Quorum of the Seventy. There are currently 12 Quorums of the Seventy. More Quorums of the Seventy may be added as the Church grows (see Doctrine and Covenants 107:93–96).

Though all Seventies have equal authority, some are designated as General Authorities and others are designated as Area Seventies.

Third Quorum of the Seventy

The Third Quorum of the Seventy includes Area Seventies in the Africa Central, Africa South, and Africa West Areas.

3rd Quorum of the Seventies Group Portrait

Front row (left to right): Laurian P. Balilemwa, Johnny O. Baddoo, Christian C. Chigbundu, Tonga J. Sai, Charles O. Oide, Justice N. Otuonye, Enefiok Ntem, D. Martin Goury, Samuel Annan-Simons, and Frederick M. Kamya. Middle Row (left to right): Kyoni Kasongo, Dwayne J. Van Heerden, Siyabonga Mkhize, Carl F. Krauss, Thabo Lebethoa, Albert Mutariswa, Kenneth Pambu, Amândio A. Feijó, Ndalamba Ilunga, Michel D. Avegnon, and Daniel A. Abeo. Back row (left to right): Chimaroke G. Udeichi, Charden Ndinga, Victor O. Bassey, Daniel Kabason, Asuquo E. Udobong, Patrick Appianti, S. Ephraim Msane, Sancho N. Chukwu, Kgomotso T. Sehloho, and Willy Binene.

Africa Central Area
Africa South Area
Africa West Area

Fourth Quorum of the Seventy

The Fourth Quorum of the Seventy includes Area Seventies in the Asia and Asia North Areas.

4th Quorum of the Seventies Group Portrait

Front row (left to right): Yuichi Imai, Min Zu Wang, Bun Huoch Eng, Suchat Chaichana, Kyung Yeol Park, Dan Kawashima, Woo Cheol Lee, and John Gutty. Back Row (left to right): Dong Hwan Jeong, Darwin W. Halvorson, Shih Ning (Steve) Yang, Ross A. Chiles, Stephen W. Dyer, Yew Mun Kwan, Henry Savstrom, Shinjiro Hara, Juswan Tandiman, and Wai Hung Mak.

Asia Area
Asia North Area

Fifth Quorum of the Seventy

The Fifth Quorum of the Seventy includes Area Seventies in the Brazil Area.

5th Quorum of the Seventies Group Portrait

Front Row (left to right): Odair Jose Castro de Lira, Eber Antônio Beck, Paulo R. Marinho, Irineu E. Prado, Marcelo Louza, Sandro Alex Silva, Elzimar Albuquerque, and Helton C. Vecchi. Middle Row (left to right): Rogério Boschi, Bruno V. Barros, Roberto Leite, Gustavo G. Rezende, Alexandre Ret, Daniel Piros, J. Francisco Bührer, and Luciano Sankari. Back Row (left to right): A. Kaulle Bezerra, Marcelo Andrezzo, Kennedy F. Canuto, João L. Oppe, Pierre Portes, Moroni Costa, and Mauricio A. Araújo.

Brazil Area

Sixth Quorum of the Seventy

The Sixth Quorum of the Seventy includes Area Seventies in the Caribbean, Central America, and Mexico Areas.

6th Quorum of the Seventies Group Portrait

Front row (left to right): Sergio A. Poncio, Paul H. Jean Baptiste, Claude R. Gamiette, Carlos J. Lantigua, Nelson Ramírez, Arturo D. Palmieri, Orlando A. Castaños, Eduardo R. Mora, Marvin I. Palomo, Favio M. Durán, and Fritzner A. Joseph. Middle Row (left to right): Félix Conde, Julio E. Lee, Miguel A. Reynoso, Eduardo F. Ortega, Alejandro H. Treviño, Héctor Méndez, Oscar A. Perez, Gregorio E. Casillas, Jose Estuardo Sazo, and Carlos Torres. Back row (left to right): Raul Tapia, Carlos A. Gabaldón, Javier F. Monestel, Russell A. Robinson, Raúl Barrón, Juan G. Cardenas, Gregorio Davalos, Tomás Familia, Ranulfo Cervantes, and Hugo O. Panameño.

Caribbean Area
Central America Area
Mexico Area

Seventh Quorum of the Seventy

The Seventh Quorum of the Seventy includes Area Seventies in the Europe Central, Eurasian, Europe North, and Middle East/Africa North Areas.

7th Quorum of the Seventies Group Portrait

Front row (left to right): Roland J. Bäck, Martin Pilka, Thomas Hengst, Erik Bernskov, Mark A. Dundon, Roseveltt Teixeira, Franck A. Poznanski, and Martin J. Turvey. Middle Row (left to right): Nikolai Ustyuzhaninov, Samuel M. T. Koivisto, Miguel Ribeiro, Yves S. Weidmann, Thomas Hänni, Mark G. Stewart, Bernhard Cziesla, Emanuel Petrignani, and Robert Schwartz. Back row (left to right): Aleksandr A. Drachyov, Kyrylo Pokhylko, Paul Picard, Alexey V. Samaykin, Konstantin Tolomeev, Niels O. Jensen, Markus Zarse, Adrian Bettridge, Joep Boom, and Ángel J. Gómez.

Eurasian Area
Europe Central Area
Europe North Area
Middle East/Africa North Area

Eighth Quorum of the Seventy

The Eighth Quorum of the Seventy includes Area Seventies in the Pacific and Philippines Areas.

8th Quorum of the Seventies Group Portrait

Front row (left to right): Martiniano S. Soquila, Benjamin Cinco, Ernesto A. Deyro, Danilo F. Costales, Jose Antonio San Gabriel, Norman Insong, Bartolome L. Madriaga, Edmarc R. Dumas, Iotua B. Tune, and Frédéric T. Riemer. Middle Row (left to right): Bryan G. Borela, G. Kenneth Lee, Arlen M. Tumaliuan, Jose G. Manarin, Wayne E. Maurer, Tomasito S. Zapanta, Eduardo M. Argana, Damon Page, Georgie E. Guidi, and John R. Higgins. Back row (left to right): Philip J. Barton, Robert H. Simpson, Paul B. Whippy, Jared V. Ormsby, Sione Tuione, Faapito Auapaau, Craig W. J. Raeside, and Denny Fa’alogo.

Pacific Area
Philippines Area

Ninth Quorum of the Seventy

The Ninth Quorum of the Seventy includes Area Seventies in the South America Northwest and South America South Areas.

9th Quorum of the Seventies Group Portrait

Front row (left to right): Daniel A. Cruzado, Yan Carlos Vega, Nefi M. Trujillo, Isaías Alcala, Sergio Villa, Juan F. Zorrilla, Roberto C. Pacheco, Z. Rudy Palhua, Fernando R. García, Oscar Bedregal, and Leandro J. Curaba. Middle Row (left to right): Henry Herrera, Jorge W. Pérez, Ricardo J. Nieves, Carlos G. Cantero, Leonardo S. Rojas, Jaime A. Bravo, Enrique M. Loo, Pedro E. Hernández, Lorenzo Norambuena, Hernán D. Lucero, Oswaldo J. Soto, and Harold Truque. Back row (left to right): Victor H. Suazo, Carlos E. Velasco, Robert G. Rivarola, Ricardo A. Spencer, Julio N. Del Sero, Ricardo J. Battista, Juan P. Casco, Luis A. Ferrizo, Leopoldo Zuñiga, Juan L. Orquera, Enrique R. Mayorga, and Marco A. Quezada.

South America Northwest Area
South America South Area

Tenth Quorum of the Seventy

The Tenth Quorum of the Seventy includes Area Seventies in the North America Central, North America Northeast, and North America Southeast Areas.

10th Quorum of the Seventies Group Portrait

Front row (left to right): James N. Robinson, Corbin E. Coombs, Scott N. Taylor, C. Alan Gauldin, Eric D. Bednar, David C. Stewart, Dominic R. Sénéchal, Quinn S. Millington, John D. Amos, David R. Marriott, David L. Buckner, Frederick K. Balli, and Michael P. Brady. Middle Row (left to right): Daniel P. Amato, Stephen J. Larson, Nathan A. Craig, Kirt L. Hodges, Brent B. Ward, Jeffrey J. Kerr, J. Matthew Scott, Rodney A. Ames, Christopher R. Price, Robert W. Mendenhall, Kevin W. Birch, J. Joseph Kiehl, and David J. Pickett. Back row (left to right): David G. LaFrance, M. Andrew Galt IV, T. Michael Price, Richard G. Youngblood, Gregory A. Scott, Bradley S. Bateman, Nathan D. Pace, Eric S. Baxter, Jeremiah J. Morgan, David S. Kinard, Michael M. Packer, and Fernando R. Castro.

North America Central Area
North America Northeast Area
North America Southeast Area

Eleventh Quorum of the Seventy

The Eleventh Quorum of the Seventy includes Area Seventies in the North America Southwest and North America West Areas.

11th Quorum of the Seventies Group Portrait

Front row (left to right): John W. Lewis, Kyle A. Vest, Ryan E. Dobbs, Jorge A. Contreras, Mark J Cluff, Guillermo Rojas, Steven C. Merrell, Randall A. Brown, Gordon L. Treadway, and Israel Marin. Middle Row (left to right): Brian J. Holmes, Broc C. Hiatt, Thomas A. Thomas, Douglas P. Maxfield, B. Corey Cuvelier, M. Travis Wolsey, Siegfried A. Naumann, Dow R. Wilson, Daniel L. Harris, Art Rascon, Jay D. Andersen, and Todd D. Haynie. Back row (left to right): Jonathan G. Cannon, Lee M. Shumway, Tommy D. Haws, Steven D. Shumway, Hal C Hunsake, Douglas A. Rozsa, James E. Slaughter, Kevin J. Parks, David C. Clark, Mark A. Mortensen, and John S.K. Kauwe III.

North America West Area
North America Southwest Area

Twelfth Quorum of the Seventy

The Twelfth Quorum of the Seventy includes Area Seventies in the Utah Area.

12th Quorum of the Seventies Group Portrait

Front row (left to right): Aaron T. Hall, Richard I. Heaton, Jed J Hancock, Hutch U. Fale, Timothy L. Farnes, Steven C. Barlow, Colin C. Stauffer, Stephen K. Christensen, Scott L. Hymas, K. Bruce Boucher, and Ulysse G. McCann. Middle Row (left to right): Michael B. Strong, Thomas B. Morgan, Derek B. Miller, Martín P. Fernández, Emerson B. Carnavale, Jason C. Jensen, Vance K. Smith, Edward B. Rowe, Robert T. Smith, Mark E. Bonham, Gayle L. Pollock, and Matthew R. Clarke. Back row (left to right): Kevin G. Brown, Chad R. Wilkinson, Blaine R. Maxfield, John W. Boswell, Federico M. Kähnlein, R. Pepper Murray, Stephen T. Rockwood, David H. Huntsman, Brik V. Eyre, Randy T. Austin, Thomas K. Checketts, and Jared Black.

Utah Area