general authority
general authority firsts
Table:
First

Individual

Date

Position

Notes

First second-generation general authority

Joseph Smith, Sr.

December 18, 1833

Presiding Patriarch

son Joseph Smith, Jr. was President of the Church

First non-American general authority

John Gould

April 6, 1837

president of the Seventy

British subject, having been born in Upper Canada; released on September 3, 1837

First third-generation general authority

John Smith

February 18, 1855

Presiding Patriarch

father was Hyrum Smith, Assistant President of the Church and presiding patriarch; grandfather was Joseph Smith, Sr., presiding patriarch

First fourth-generation general authority

Joseph Fielding Smith

April 7, 1910

Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

father was Joseph F. Smith; President of the Church; grandfather was Hyrum Smith; great-grandfather was Joseph Smith, Sr.

First general authority of Asian descent

Adney Y. Komatsu

4 April 1975

Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

Joined the First Quorum of the Seventy in 1976; was given emeritus status in 1993

First Native American general authority

George P. Lee

3 October 1975

First Quorum of the Seventy

Excommunicated in 1989

First resident of Europe general authority

Charles A. Didier

3 October 1975

First Quorum of the Seventy

Native of Belgium; was a member of the Presidency of the Seventy from 1992 to 1995 and from 2001 to 2007

First resident of Asia general authority

Yoshihiko Kikuchi

October 1977

First Quorum of the Seventy

Native of Japan

First resident of the United Kingdom general authority (i.e. resident when called)

Derek A. Cuthbert

March 1978

First Quorum of the Seventy

First resident of Latin America general authority

Ángel Abrea

20 March 1981

First Quorum of the Seventy

Given emeritus status in 2003

First resident of Australia general authority

Robert E. Sackley

April 1988

First Quorum of the Seventy

transferred to Second Quorum of the Seventy in 1989; died in 1993

First general authority of black African descent

Helvécio Martins

April 1990

Second Quorum of the Seventy

released in 1995

First Korean general authority

Han In Sang

July 1991

Second Quorum of the Seventy

released in 1996

First Filipino general authority

Augusto A. Lim

July 1992

Second Quorum of the Seventy

released in 1997

First Chinese general authority

Tai Kwok Yuen

July 1992

Second Quorum of the Seventy

released in 1997

First resident of Africa general authority

Christoffel Golden Jr.

April 2001

First Quorum of the Seventy

Resident of South Africa

First black African general authority[9]

Joseph W. Sitati

April 4, 2009

First Quorum of the Seventy

Native of Nairobi, Kenya

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