Dallin H. Oaks · First Counselor in the First Presidency
1Brothers and sisters, it is my privilege to present the General Authorities, Area Seventies, and General Officers of the Church for your sustaining vote.
2Please express your support in the usual way wherever you may be. If there are those who oppose any of the proposals, we ask that you contact your stake president.
3It is proposed that we sustain Russell Marion Nelson as prophet, seer, and revelator and President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Dallin Harris Oaks as First Counselor in the First Presidency; and Henry Bennion Eyring as Second Counselor in the First Presidency.
4Those in favor may manifest it.
5Those opposed, if any, may manifest it.
6It is proposed that we sustain Dallin H. Oaks as President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and M. Russell Ballard as Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
7Those in favor, please signify.
8Any opposed may manifest it.
9It is proposed that we sustain the following as members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles: M. Russell Ballard, Jeffrey R. Holland, Dieter F. Uchtdorf, David A. Bednar, Quentin L. Cook, D. Todd Christofferson, Neil L. Andersen, Ronald A. Rasband, Gary E. Stevenson, Dale G. Renlund, Gerrit W. Gong, and Ulisses Soares.
10Those in favor, please manifest it.
11Any opposed may so indicate.
12It is proposed that we sustain the counselors in the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles as prophets, seers, and revelators.
13All in favor, please manifest it.
14Contrary, if there be any, by the same sign.
15The following General Authority Seventies will be released from their assignments and given emeritus status, effective on August 1, 2023: Elders Benjamín De Hoyos, Juan A. Uceda, and Kazuhiko Yamashita.
16Those who wish to express gratitude to these brethren and to their wives and families for their years of dedicated service throughout the world may do so by the uplifted hand.
17The following Area Seventies have been released from their assignments, effective immediately: J. Kimo Esplin and Alan T. Phillips.
18Those who wish to join us in expressing appreciation for their excellent service, please manifest it.
19We note with appreciation the other Area Seventies who will complete their service this year and whose names can be found on the Church’s website.
20Those who wish to join in expressing gratitude to these brethren for their selfless service may manifest it.
21Effective immediately, we hereby release Brothers Ahmad S. Corbitt and Bradley Ray Wilcox from serving as First and Second Counselors in the Young Men General Presidency.
22Those who wish to show appreciation to these brethren for their service may so manifest.
23We extend releases to the Young Women General Presidency, effective on August 1, 2023, as follows: Bonnie H. Cordon as President, Michelle D. Craig as First Counselor, and Rebecca L. Craven as Second Counselor.
24All who wish to join us in expressing appreciation to these sisters for their devoted service, please manifest it.
25It is proposed that we sustain the following as General Authority Seventies: Ahmad S. Corbitt, Robert M. Daines, J. Kimo Esplin, Christophe G. Giraud-Carrier, and Alan T. Phillips.
26All in favor, please manifest it.
27Those opposed, by the same sign.
28We note that 61 new Area Seventies were sustained during the general conference leadership meetings on Thursday, March 30, and then announced on the Church’s website.
29We invite you to sustain these brethren in their new assignments.
30Those in favor, please manifest it.
31Any opposed, by the same sign.
32It is proposed that we sustain the following as the new Young Women General Presidency, to be effective on August 1, 2023: Emily Belle Freeman as President, Tamara Wood Runia as First Counselor, and Andrea Muñoz Spannaus as Second Counselor.
33Those in favor may manifest it.
34Any opposed may so signify.
35It is proposed that we sustain the following as counselors in the Young Men General Presidency, effective immediately: Bradley Ray Wilcox as First Counselor and Michael T. Nelson as Second Counselor.
36All in favor may manifest it.
37Any opposed may so manifest.
38It is proposed that we sustain the other General Authorities, Area Seventies, and General Officers as presently constituted.
39All in favor may do so by the uplifted hand.
40Those opposed, if any.
41Thank you, brothers and sisters, for your continued faith and prayers on behalf of the leadership of the Church.
42Changes to Area Seventies
43The following Area Seventies were sustained during a leadership session held as part of general conference:
44Isaías Alcala, John D. Amos, Johnny O. Baddoo, Victor O. Bassey, Adrian Bettridge, A. Kaulle Bezerra, Carlos G. Cantero, Emerson B. Carnavale, Orlando A. Castaños, Bun Huoch Eng, Hutch U. Fale, Fernando R. García, Tomás García, C. Alan Gauldin, Aaron T. Hall, Darwin W. Halvorson, Jed J Hancock, Henry Herrera, Ndalamba Ilunga, Samuel M. T. Koivisto, Carlos J. Lantigua, Esau Lara, Stephen J. Larson, Thabo Lebethoa, G. Kenneth Lee, Israel Marin, Wayne E. Maurer, Lee G. McCann II, Robert Mendenhall, Adrian Mendez, Siyabonga Mkhize, Javier F. Monestel, Thomas B. Morgan, Jared V. Ormsby, Z. Rudy Palhua, Arturo D. Palmieri, Kenneth Pambu, Hugo O. Panameño, Kevin J. Parks, Paul Picard, David J. Pickett, Martin Pilka, Irineu E. Prado, Christopher R. Price, Miguel Ribeiro, James N. Robinson, Edward B. Rowe, Robert Schwartz, Gregory A. Scott, Dominic R. Sénéchal, Kofi G. Sosu, Michael B. Strong, Nithya Kumar Sunderraj, Thomas A. Thomas, Alejandro H. Treviño, Nefi M. Trujillo, Chimaroke G. Udeichi, Fernando Valdes, Helton C. Vecchi, Brent B. Ward, and Tomasito S. Zapanta.
45The following Area Seventies will be released on or before August 1, 2023:
46Richard K. Ahadjie, Duane D. Bell, Hubermann Bien Aimé, Víctor R. Calderón, Michel J. Carter, Daniel Córdova, John N. Craig, William H. K. Davis, Fernando P. Del Carpio, Richard J. DeVries, Kylar G. Dominguez, Torben Engbjerg, Kenneth J. Firmage, Edgar Flores, Silvio Flores, Carlos A. Genaro, Mark A. Gilmour, Sergio A. Gómez, Roberto Gonzalez, Virgilio Gonzalez, Spencer R. Griffin, Marcel Guei, Oleksiy H. Hakalenko, Matthew S. Harding, David J. Harris, Kevin J. Hathaway, José Hernández, Glenn M. Holmes, Richard Neitzel Holzapfel, Okechukwu I. Imo, Michael D. Jones, Pungwe S. Kongolo, Ricardo C. Leite, Aretemio C. Maligon, Edgar A. Mantilla, Lincoln P. Martins, Carl R. Maurer, Daniel S. Mehr II, Glen D. Mella, Tomas S. Merdegia Jr., Allistair B. Odgers, R. Jeffrey Parker, Victor P. Patrick, Denis E. Pineda, Henrique S. Simplicio, Jeffrey H. Singer, Michael L. Staheli, Jeffrey K. Wetzel, Michael S. Wilstead, and David L. Wright.