President Henry B. Eyring of the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced the following changes to Church leadership at the Saturday afternoon session of the 189th Semiannual General Conference.

The following General Authority Seventies were released and given emeritus status:

The following Area Seventies were released:

Julio C. Acosta

Blake R. Alder

Alain L. Allard

Omar A. Alvarez

Taiichi Aoba

Carlos F. Arredondo

Aley K. Auna Jr.

Grant C. Bennett

Michael H. Bourne

Rómulo V. Cabrera

Wilson B. Calderón

Hernando Camargo

José C. F. Campos

Nicolás Castañeda

Walter Chatora

Zeno Chow

Robert J. Dudfield

J. Kevin Ence

Meliula M. Fata

K. Mark Frost

Claude R. Gamiette

Maurício G. Gonzaga

Leonard D. Greer

Jose L. Isaguirre

Tae Gul Jung

Sergio L. Krasnoselsky

Milan F. Kunz

Bryan R. Larsen

G. Kenneth Lee

Geraldo Lima

W. Jean-Pierre Lono

Khumbulani Mdletshe

Dale H. Munk

Norman R. Nemrow

Yutaka Onda

Wolfgang Pilz

Raimundo Pacheco De Pinho

Gennady N. Podvodov

Abraham E. Quero

Marco A. Rais

Steven K. Randall

Francisco J. Ruiz de Mendoza

Edwin A. Sexton

Raúl H. Spitale

C. Walter Treviño

'Aisake K. Tukuafu

Juan A. Urra

Raul S. Villanueva

Leonard Woo

And the following men were called as Area Seventies:

Michel J. Carter, 65, Lac-Brome, Canada; retired; Montreal Quebec Temple president; former bishop, counselor in a bishopric, branch president, high councilor, counselor in a mission presidency, mission president and stake president. Wife, Danielle D.; five children.

Alfred Kyungu, 52, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo; Church Family History Manager; recently released as president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Mbuji-Mayi Mission; former counselor in a bishopric, high councilor and counselor in a stake presidency. Wife, Lucie; three children.

R. Pepper Murray, 60, Bountiful, Utah; Orthopedic Surgeon, self-employed; Salt Lake Married Student 2nd Stake president; former bishop, high councilor and counselor in a stake presidency. Wife, Rachelle; three children.

Ryan K. Olsen , 44, Salt Lake City, Utah; Senior Vice President/Chief Operating Officer, Moreton & Company; recently released as president of the Uruguay Montevideo West Mission; former bishop, counselor in a bishopric, high councilor, stake mission president and stake president. Wife, Julie; four children.

Iotua Tune, 60, Taborio, Kiribati; MLS Coordinator, Presiding Bishopric Office, Temporal Affairs; first counselor of the Marshall Islands/Kiribati Mission presidency; former bishop, branch president, district president and stake president. Wife, Maii Toanimatang; seven children.