Sustaining of General Authorities, Area Seventies, and General Officers

1Brothers and sisters, it will now be 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. 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 Jeffrey R. Holland 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: 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, Ulisses Soares, and Patrick Kearon.

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 Authorities will be released from their assignments and given emeritus status, effective on August 1, 2024: Elders Ian S. Ardern, Shayne M. Bowen, Paul V. Johnson, S. Gifford Nielsen, Brent H. Nielson, Adrián Ochoa, Gary B. Sabin, and Evan A. Schmutz.

16Those who wish to express gratitude to these brethren and their wives for their years of dedicated service throughout the Church may do so by the uplifted hand.

17We also release Elder Carlos A. Godoy from serving as a member of the Presidency of the Seventy, effective on August 1, 2024.

18Those who wish to express appreciation to Elder Godoy for his service in this capacity may do so.

19We note with gratitude the Area Seventies who will complete their service and whose names can be found on the Church’s website.

20Those who wish to join in expressing appreciation to these brethren and to their families for their years of selfless service may manifest it.

21We extend releases to the Sunday School General Presidency, effective on August 1, 2024, as follows: Mark L. Pace as President, Milton Camargo as First Counselor, and Jan E. Newman as Second Counselor.

22All who wish to join in expressing appreciation to these brothers for their devoted service may manifest it.

23It is proposed that we sustain the following as members of the Presidency of the Seventy: Elder Marcus B. Nash, who began his service in January 2024, and Elders Michael T. Ringwood, Arnulfo Valenzuela, and Edward Dube, who will begin their service on August 1, 2024.

24Those in favor may manifest it.

25Any opposed may manifest it.

26It is proposed that we sustain the following as General Authority Seventies: David L. Buckner, Gregorio E. Casillas, Aroldo B. Cavalcante, I. Raymond Egbo, D. Martin Goury, Karl D. Hirst, Christopher H. Kim, Sandino Roman, Steven D. Shumway, Michael B. Strong, and Sergio R. Vargas.

27All in favor, please manifest it.

28Those opposed, by the same sign.

29We note that 64 new Area Seventies were sustained during the general conference leadership meetings on Thursday, April 4, and then announced on the Church’s website. We 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 Sunday School General Presidency, to be effective on August 1, 2024: Paul V. Johnson as President, Chad H Webb as First Counselor, and Gabriel W. Reid as Second Counselor.

33Those in favor may manifest it.

34Any opposed may so signify.

35We note that Brother Reid is currently serving as president of the Australia Sydney Mission and is therefore not in Salt Lake City for the conference.

36It is proposed that we sustain the other General Authorities, Area Seventies, and General Officers as presently constituted.

37All in favor may do so by the uplifted hand.

38Those opposed, if any.

39Thank you, brothers and sisters, for your continued faith and prayers on behalf of the leadership of the Church.

40The following Area Seventies were sustained during a leadership session held as part of general conference:

41Daniel A. Abeo, Mauricio A. Araújo, Randy T. Austin, Michel D. Avegnon, Philip J. Barton, Bradley S. Bateman, Eber Antônio Beck, Eric D. Bednar, Jared Black, Bryan G. Borela, Jaime A. Bravo, Juan G. Cardenas, Sancho N. Chukwu, Mark J Cluff, Danilo F. Costales, Daniel A. Cruzado, Gregorio Davalos, Julio N. Del Sero, Ryan E. Dobbs, Stephen W. Dyer, Brik V. Eyre, Denny Fa‘alogo, Timothy L. Farnes, Martín P. Fernández, Luis A. Ferrizo, Ángel J. Gómez, Georgie E. Guidi, Shinjiro Hara, Daniel L. Harris, Todd D. Haynie, Thomas Hengst, John R. Higgins, Niels O. Jensen, Fritzner A. Joseph, Kyoni Kasongo, John S. K. Kauwe III, Dan Kawashima, J. Joseph Kiehl, Carl F. Krauss, Yew Mun Kwan, Woo Cheol Lee, Wai Hung Mak, David R. Marriott, Ignatius Maziofa, Derek B. Miller, Albert Mutariswa, Marvin I. Palomo, Kyung Yeol Park, Domingo J. Perez, Oscar A. Perez, Raul Perez, Gayle L. Pollock, Pierre Portes, Marco A. Quezada, Stephen T. Rockwood, Guillermo Rojas, Kgomotso T. Sehloho, Sandro Alex Silva, Juswan Tandiman, Asuquo E. Udobong, Dwayne J. Van Heerden, Shih Ning (Steve) Yang, Juan F. Zorrilla, Leopoldo Zuñiga.

42The following Area Seventies will be released on or before August 1, 2024:

43Solomon I. Aliche, Guillermo A. Alvarez, Daren R. Barney, Julius F. Barrientos, James H. Bekker, David L. Buckner, Glenn Burgess, Marcos Cabral, Gregorio E. Casillas, Dunstan G. B. T. Chadambuka, Alan C. K. Cheung, Paul N. Clayton, Michael Cziesla, Hiroyuki Domon, Mernard P. Donato, I. Raymond Egbo, Zachary F. Evans, Sapele Fa‘alogo Jr., Saulo G. Franco, David Frischknecht, John J. Gallego, Efraín R. García, Robert Gordon, Mark A. Gottfredson, D. Martin Goury, Michael J. Hess, Bhanu K. Hiranandani, Richard S. Hutchins, Tito Ibañez, Eustache Ilunga, Akinori Ito, Anthony M. Kaku, Christopher H. Kim, H. Moroni Klein, Stephen Chee Kong Lai, V. Daniel Lattaro, Thabo Lebethoa, Tarmo Lepp, Itzcoatl Lozano, Kevin Lythgoe, Clement M. Matswagothata, Edgar P. Montes, Luiz C. D. Queiroz, Ifano Rasolondraibe, Eduardo D. Resek, Tomás G. Román, Ramon E. Sarmiento, Steven D. Shumway, Luis Spina, Jared W. Stone, Michael B. Strong, Djarot Subiantoro, Carlos G. Süffert, Voi R. Taeoalii, Karim Del Valle, Sergio R. Vargas, Helmut Wondra.