Wilford W. Andersen

Wilford Wayne Andersen (born August 22, 1949) has been a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since 2009.

Andersen received a bachelor's degree in business management from Brigham Young University in 1973, and a juris doctorate from the J. Reuben Clark Law School in 1976. As young man, he served as a missionary for the church in the Argentina South Mission.

Professionally, Andersen has practiced law and has been involved in real estate development since 1979.^[1]

Andersen has served in a variety of assignments in the LDS Church, including Institute of Religion instructor, temple ordinance worker, bishop, stake high councilor, counselor in a stake presidency, and stake president. He was president of the Mexico Guadalajara Mission from 2002 to 2005 and an area seventy from 2007 to 2009. He was called as a general authority and member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy in April 2009. From August 2009 to August 2012, he served as a counselor in the presidency of the church's Caribbean Area.^[2][3][4] In August 2012 he was appointed the area's president,^[5][6] but will be released from that assignment on August 1, 2014.^[7]

Andersen married Kathleen Bennion in 1975, in the Provo Utah Temple, and they are the parents of nine children.

See also

• List of general authorities of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Notes

References

• "Wilford W. Andersen of the Seventy", Liahona (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), May 2009.