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New Relief Society, Primary general presidencies called during general conference
Apr 2, 2022, 3:07 PM | Updated: Sep 30, 2022, 3:34 pm
SALT LAKE CITY — New presidencies and other leadership changes were announced in the Saturday afternoon session of the 192nd Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
President Dallin H. Oaks, first counselor in the First Presidency, announced the calls in the first several minutes of the session. The presidency changes will be effective Aug. 1, while General Authority Seventies announced and sustained are to be effective immediately, President Oaks said.
The new General Relief Society President will be Sister Camille N. Johnson, who has served for the past year as Primary General President. Sister J. Anette Dennis will serve as first counselor with Sister Kristin M. Yee serving as second counselor.
The new president of the General Primary presidency will be Sister Susan H. Porter, who spent the last year serving as the presidency’s first counselor. Before that calling, she spent four years on the Relief Society general advisory council. Sister Amy Wright will serve as first counselor with Sister Tracy Y. Browning serving as second counselor.
Six new General Authority Seventies were also called. More information and biographies of those called can be found here.