Ciro Schmeil

Elder Ciro Schmeil was sustained as a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 4, 2020, at age 48. At the time of his call, he had been serving as a branch president. He served as an Area Seventy and a member of the Seventh Quorum of the Seventy in Brazil from 2013 to 2016 and a member of the Sixth Quorum of the Seventy in the North America Central Area from 2016 to 2017. After his call as a General Authority, he served in the Africa South Area Presidency and as president of the Florida Orlando Mission (2022 to 2024). He is currently serving in the Brazil Area Presidency.

Elder Schmeil has served in a number of Church callings, including full-time missionary in the Utah Ogden Mission, elders quorum president, bishop, counselor in a stake presidency, stake president, and branch president.

Elder Schmeil received a bachelor of arts degree in architectural studies from the University of Utah in 1995. In 2010 he received a master of business administration degree from Ohio University. He has led the real estate teams for different global companies in both Brazil and the United States in several positions, including director of real estate and senior vice president of development. At the time of his call as a General Authority, he was living and working in South Florida.

Ciro Schmeil was born in Ponta Grossa, Brazil, on April 16, 1971. He married Alessandra Machado Louza in 1994. They are the parents of two children.