When area authority seventies were first called in 1997, the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Quorums were created. At that time, the [|Third Quorum] consisted of those seventies living in the church's Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and Pacific areas. The [|Fourth Quorum] comprised those living in the Mexico, Central America, and South America areas. The Fifth Quorum of the Seventy comprised those living in the United States and Canada
In July 2004, the [|Sixth Quorum] of the Seventy was organized from the [|Fifth Quorum] because the number of quorum members exceeded 70, the number of members prescribed by scripture. The Fifth Quorum then comprised area seventies serving in the church's North America Northwest, North America West, Idaho, Utah North, Utah Salt Lake City, and Utah South areas, while the Sixth Quorum comprised those living in the North America Central, North America East, North America Northeast, North America Southeast, and North America Southwest areas.
Formation of the Seventh and Eighth Quorums of the Seventy
In July 2005, the church announced that, due to the great distance members of the Third and Fourth Quorums of the Seventy had to travel to meet as quorums, the Seventh and Eighth Quorums of the Seventy would be created. The Third Quorum included those area seventies living in the church's Africa Southeast, Africa West, Europe Central, Europe East, and Europe West areas. The Fourth Quorum included those members living in the Brazil North, Brazil South, Chile, and South America South areas. The Fourth Quorum included those living in the Central America, Mexico North, Mexico South, South America North, and South America West areas.
Formation of the Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Quorums of the Seventy
On May 19, 2020, the church announced the creation of the Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Quorums of the Seventy, to enhance Quorum functionality, improve geographic alignment, and enhance cultural and language similarities among quorum members. The announcement also noted the adjustments would assist members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and Presidency of the Seventy in providing more time and greater convenience in interactions with area seventies around the world. Additionally, the church announced changes in the geographical makeup of each quorum, with the composition of each of the now-ten quorums of area seventies being alphabetical by church area. These changes will take effect on June 1, 2020. The quorums will be geographically aligned with those serving in the church's international areas as follows: Third–Africa, Fourth–Asia, Fifth–Brazil, Sixth–Caribbean, Central America, and Mexico areas, Seventh–Europe and Middle East/Africa North areas, Eighth–Philippines and Pacific Islands, and Ninth–South America areas. The final three quorums will consist those serving North America, with the North America Central, North America Northeast, and North America Southeast areas comprising the Tenth Quorum, those in the Western United States as the Eleventh Quorum, and Utah area seventies as the Twelfth Quorum.
Areas consolidated over the years
In the intervening years, along with the changes announced in quorum composition, the church's geographic areas were consolidated and realigned. Now each quorum is composed of area seventies in the following areas:
Third Quorum: Africa Central, Africa South, and Africa West Areas
Fourth Quorum: Asia and Asia North Areas
Fifth Quorum: Brazil Area
Sixth Quorum: Caribbean, Central America, and Mexico Areas.
Seventh Quorum: Europe, Europe East, and Middle East/Africa North Areas
Eighth Quorum: Pacific and Philippines areas.
Ninth Quorum: South America Northwest and South America South areas.
Tenth Quorum: North America Central, North America Northeast, and North America Southeast Areas
Eleventh Quorum: North America Southwest and North America West Areas
Twelfth Quorum: Utah Area
Contents
Third Quorum
Fourth Quorum
Fifth Quorum
Sixth Quorum
Seventh Quorum
Eighth Quorum
Below is a list of the 317 currently-serving area seventies, as of June 2020.
