Meet the New Leaders Sustained at the April 2025 General Conference

A new member of the Presidency of the Seventy, 16 new General Authority Seventies and a new Young Men General Presidency

At the opening session of the April 2025 general conference, President Dallin H. Oaks of the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced 16 new General Authority Seventies and a new Young Men General Presidency.

President Oaks also announced that Elder http://Kevin R. Duncan has been called to serve in the Presidency of the Seventy, effective August 1, 2025. He will replace Elder José A. Teixeira, who has served in the presidency since 2018.

In addition, President Oaks said that five General Authority Seventies (Elders David S. Baxter, Randall K. Bennett, Kevin S. Hamilton, Rafael E. Pino and Jorge F. Zeballos) will be released and receive emeritus status on August 1, 2025.