Ángel Abrea

Emeritus General Authority

4 October 2003

Called by

Gordon B. Hinckley

First Quorum of the Seventy

20 March 1981 – 4 October 2003

Called by

Spencer W. Kimball

End reason

Granted general authority emeritus status

Personal details

Born

13 September 1933
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Ángel Abrea (born 13 September 1933) was the first resident of Latin America to become a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Abrea was baptized into the LDS Church in 1943, at the age of ten. Prior to his call as a general authority, Abrea was the first stake president in Argentina (1966–71; 1976–78); he also served as a regional representative (1971–76) and as president of the church's Argentina Rosario Mission (1978–81).

Abrea was called by LDS Church president Spencer W. Kimball as a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy on 20 March 1981. Abrea also became the first president of the Buenos Aires Argentina Temple when it opened in 1986. On 4 October 2003, Abrea was designated as an emeritus general authority and released from full-time ecclesiastical duties.

Abrea is married to María Victoria Chiapparino. They were married in Argentina on 4 July 1957. The Abreas and their three daughters were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple on 26 September 1966.

References

Don L. Searle, "Elder Angel Abrea: Prepared for a Life of Service", Ensign, October 1984, p. 25.
"Elder Angel Abrea of the First Quorum of the Seventy", Ensign, May 1981, pp. 95–96.

Emeritus general authorities¹ of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Abrea Amado Aoyagi Backman Banks Bateman Bradford Brewerton Burton² Busche Carlson Carmack Child Christensen D.R. Clarke J.R. Clarke Coleman Cook Condie Dellenbach Dickson Didier Edgley² Featherstone Groberg Hafen Hammond Hansen Hinckley Howard J. Jensen M. Jensen Johnson Kendrick Kerr Kikuchi Koelliker Kofford Larsen Madsen McMullin² Mickelsen Morrison Neuenschwander Pace Paramore Pinegar Porter Pratt Rector Samuelson Tenorio Tingey Walker Watson Wells Wickman

1. Emeritus general authorities are individuals who have been released from active duties as general authorities. However, they remain general authorities of the church until their death. Except for the three former members of the Presiding Bishopric noted, all living emeritus general authorities are former members of the First or Second Quorums of the Seventy. 2. These former members of the Presiding Bishopric did not serve as a Seventy during their time as a general authority.

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