Claudio R. M. Costa
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Claudio Roberto Mendes Costa (born March 25, 1949) has been a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since 1994 and has been a member of the seven-man Presidency of the Seventy in the church since August 2007.
Costa was born in Santos, Brazil in a Roman Catholic family. He became friends with Mormon missionaries as a 12 year old, and some members of his family subsequently joined the LDS Church while he was living in another city. Costa was not baptized until 1977, when he was 27.
Costa became a bishop and later a regional representative of the Twelve in the church. In 1990, he became the first president of the new Brazil Manaus Mission of the church. Less than a year after his service as a mission president ended, Costa became a general authority of the church and a member of the Second Quorum of Seventy. In 2001, Costa was transferred to the First Quorum of Seventy and in 2007 he became a member of the Presidency of the Seventy. His primary responsibiliy is currently supervising the activities of the area seventies in Idaho Area of the church.
Costa is married to Margareth Fernandes Morgado and is the father of four children.
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- “Elder Claudio Roberto Mendes Costa of the Seventy,” Ensign, May 1994, p. 107
- “Three Called to Serve in Presidency of the Seventy,” Ensign, Aug. 2007, pp. 76–77
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