Elder S. Mark Palmer, a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is scheduled to be the presiding authority and speaker during BYU's commencement exercises on Thursday, April 21, at 10 a.m.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, named 45 new Area Seventies from 23 countries at its leadership session of general conference.
During the general conference leadership session on Thursday, 45 new Area Seventies from 23 countries were announced and presented for a sustaining vote. See the list below of these new leaders, arranged by quorum.
Elder Alfred Kyungu was sustained as a General Authority Seventy on April 3, 2021, at age 54. At the time of his call, he had been serving as a member of the Third Quorum of the Seventy in the Afr.