Stokes Sounds Off: October 2019 General Conference Final Predictions: Part One—Speaking Order and Changes in General Church Leadership

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Friday, October 4, 2019

October 2019 General Conference Final Predictions: Part One—Speaking Order and Changes in General Church Leadership

Hello again, everyone! With the commenting period for my October 2019 General Conference predictions now having come to a close, I wanted to provide a look at the final version of those predictions. I will do so in two parts. This part will share the predictions I have made for the speaker order and the changes I am anticipating will be made in general Church leadership. That will be followed in a few minutes by a second post highlighting the final version of my list of prospective locations in which a temple could be announced. Those predictions speak for themselves and follow below.


In order to not disturb the flow of that information, I will end here as I always do: That does it for now. Any and all comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated, on any post at any time, as long as such comments are made in accordance with the established guidelines. Thank you for the privilege of your time. If you enjoyed what you read here and would like to stay informed of newly added content, please feel free to subscribe. Until my next post, I wish each one of you all the best and pray that the Lord will bless you all in everything you do.


October 2019 General Conference Predictions (Text in brackets denote differences)1
Sess.
Conducting
Speaker
SAM
President Henry B. Eyring
President Russell M. Nelson


Elder Jeffrey R. Holland


Douglas D. Holmes


Elder Gerrit W. Gong


Elder Ruben V. Alliaud


Elder Scott D. Whiting


Elder Dale G. Renlund


President Dallin H. Oaks
SAA
President Dallin H. Oaks
President Henry B. Eyring (Sustaining of Church Officers)


Elder Quentin L. Cook


Elder Terence M. Vinson


Elder Ronald A. Rasband


Elder Jorge M. Alvarado


Elder Walter F. Gonzalez

Elder David A. Bednar
GW
Joy D. Jones
Jean B. Bingham


Lisa L. Harkness


Bonnie H. Cordon


President Henry B. Eyring


President Dallin H. Oaks


President Russell M. Nelson
SUM
President Henry B. Eyring
Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf


Cristina B. Franco


Elder Ulisses Soares


Elder Gary E. Stevenson


Bishop Gerald Causse


President Russell M. Nelson
SUA
President Dallin H. Oaks
President Henry B. Eyring


Mark L. Pace


President M. Russell Ballard 


Elder D. Todd Christofferson


Elder David S. Baxter


Elder Hans T. Boom


Elder Neil L. Andersen


President Russell M. Nelson






Predictions for Changes in Church Leadership
General Authority Seventies: Elders Wilford W. Andersen, Kim B. Clark, Lawrence E. Corbridge,
Claudio R. M. Costa, Bradley D. Foster, O. Vincent Haleck, Donald L. Hallstrom, Steven E. Snow,
and Larry Y. Wilson released and granted emeritus status2; Elder Steven E. Snow released and Elder
LeGrand R. Curtis Jr. sustained as Church Historian and Recorder; Elder Kim B. Clark released and
Elder Paul V. Johnson sustained as Commissioner of Church Education3
Area Seventies: The following area seventies may be released for the following reasons:
Called as mission presidents: Aley K. Auna, Walter Chatora, J. Kevin Ence, Jose L. Isaguierre, 
Bryan R. Larsen, George Kenneth Lee, W. Jean-Pierre Lono, Khumbulani Mdletshe, Hoi Seng
Leonard Woo
Called as temple president: Milan F. Kunz; Yutaka Onda; ’Aisake K. Tukuafu; Juan A. Urra
Longest-tenured4: Ruben Acosta, Frederick O. Akinbo, Omar A. Alvarez, Grant C. Bennett,
Wilson B. Calderon, Hernando Camargo, M.T. Ben Davis, Robert J. Dudfield, E. Xavier Espinoza,
Meliula M. Fata, Sam M. Galvez, Claude R. Gamiette, John A. Koranteng, Jose E. Maravilla,
Joaquim J. Moreira, Adeyinka J. Ojediran, Gennady A. Podvodov, Abraham E. Quero, Francisco J.
Ruiz de Mendoza, Gordon H. Smith, Raul S. Villanueva, and Kevin J. Worthen5 

1 comment:

  1. Hello again, everyone! I have been getting used to using a new device for my day-to-day tasks. As a result of the new device, I have run into a few glitches, and some of those glitches impacted the layout of some information in this post. I believe I have fixed the issues properly as of the posting of this comment, but if anyone notices anything amiss that I overlooked, please feel free to let me know. In the meantime, my thanks once again to you all.

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