The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced the release of 31 Area Seventies. The names are listed below by quorum.
In addition to these releases, Elder ‘Inoke F. Kupu, an Area Seventy from Tonga, died from cancer on Saturday, August 13, 2022, in Auckland, New Zealand. He was 63. Elder Kupu began his service in April 2019 in the Pacific Area in the Eighth Quorum of the Seventy.
Third Quorum of the Seventy
Africa Central, Africa South and Africa West Areas
Artur J. Miranda
Elie K. Monga
Anthony Quaisie
Fourth Quorum of the Seventy
Asia and Asia North Areas
Ting Tsung Chang
Yutaka Nagatomo
Fifth Quorum of the Seventy
Brazil Area
Luciano Cascardi
José L. Del Guerso
Carlos R. Fusco Jr.
Sixth Quorum of the Seventy
Caribbean, Central America and Mexico Areas
Luis R. Arbizú
Pablo H. Chavez
Jorge A. García
Sandino Roman
Johnny F. Ruiz
Seventh Quorum of the Seventy
Europe Central, Europe East, Europe North and Middle East/Africa North Areas
Alessandro Dini Ciacci
Karl D. Hirst
K. Roy Tunnicliffe
Eighth Quorum of the Seventy
Pacific and Philippines Areas
Paul N. Lekias
Ninth Quorum of the Seventy
South America Northwest and South America South Areas
David A. Benalcázar
Ariel E. Chaparro (effective October 1, 2022)
A. Fabio Moscoso
Juan C. Pozo
Martin C. Rios
Rosendo Santos
Tenth Quorum of the Seventy
North America Central, North America Northeast and North America Southeast Areas
Michael V. Beheshti
Kevin E. Calderwood
Gordon H. Smith
Eleventh Quorum of the Seventy
North America Southwest and North America West Areas
Gary F. Gessel
Ren S. Johnson
Jay B. Jones
Twelfth Quorum of the Seventy
Utah Area
Berne S. Broadbent
Raymond A. Cutler