Church Service
Uchtdorf twice served as a stake president in the LDS Church, presiding over the Frankfurt Germany Stake and the Mannheim Germany Stake.
Uchtdorf was called as a general authority of the LDS Church on 2 April 1994, with an assignment in the Second Quorum of the Seventy. On April 7, 1996 he was called to serve in the First Quorum of Seventy. Uchtdorf became a member of the Presidency of the Seventy on 15 August 2002.
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