Editing General authority (section)

==General authority firsts==
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! First
! Individual
! Date
! Position
! Notes
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| First second-generation general authority
| [[Joseph Smith Sr.]]
| December 18, 1833
| [[Presiding Patriarch]]
| Son [[Joseph Smith|Joseph Smith Jr.]] was [[President of the Church]]
|-
| First non-[[United States|American]] general authority
| [[John Taylor (Mormon)|John Taylor]]
| December 19, 1838
| [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church)|Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]]
| Born in England; joined church in [[Upper Canada]]
|-
| First third-generation general authority
| [[John Smith (uncle of Joseph Smith)|John Smith]]
| February 18, 1855
| [[Presiding Patriarch]]
| Father was [[Hyrum Smith]], [[Assistant President of the Church]] and [[presiding patriarch]]; grandfather was [[Joseph Smith Sr.]], [[presiding patriarch]]
|-
| First fourth-generation general authority
| [[Joseph Fielding Smith]]
| April 7, 1910
| [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church)|Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]]
| Father was [[Joseph F. Smith]]; [[President of the Church]]; grandfather was [[Hyrum Smith]]; great-grandfather was [[Joseph Smith Sr.]]
|-
| First general authority of [[Asian people|Asian]] descent
| Adney Y. Komatsu
| 4 April 1975
| [[Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]]
| Joined the [[First Quorum of the Seventy]] in 1976; was given [[emeritus]] status in 1993
|-
| First [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] general authority
| [[George P. Lee]]
| 3 October 1975
| [[First Quorum of the Seventy]]
| Excommunicated in 1989
|-
| First resident of [[Europe]] general authority
| Charles A. Didier
| 3 October 1975
| [[First Quorum of the Seventy]]
| Native of [[Belgium]]; was a member of the [[Presidency of the Seventy]] from 1992 to 1995 and from 2001 to 2007; was granted emeritus status 3 October 2009.
|-
| First resident of [[Asia]] general authority
| [[Yoshihiko Kikuchi]]
| October 1977
| [[First Quorum of the Seventy]]
| Native of [[Japan]]; was granted emeritus status 1 October 2011.
|-
|First resident of the [[United Kingdom]] general authority (i.e. resident when called)
| [[Derek A. Cuthbert]]
| March 1978
| [[First Quorum of the Seventy]]
| Died in 1991 during general conference.
|-
| First resident of [[Latin America]] general authority
| Ángel Abrea
| 20 March 1981
| [[First Quorum of the Seventy]]
| Given [[emeritus]] status in 2003
|-
| First resident of [[Australia]] general authority
| [[Robert E. Sackley]]
| April 1988
| [[First Quorum of the Seventy]]
| Transferred to [[Second Quorum of the Seventy]] in 1989; died in 1993
|-
| First general authority of [[Black people|black]] [[Africa]]n descent
| [[Helvécio Martins]]
| April 1990
| [[Second Quorum of the Seventy]]
| Released in 1995
|-
| First [[Korean people|Korean]] general authority
| Han In Sang
| July 1991
| [[Second Quorum of the Seventy]]
| Released in 1996
|-
| First [[Filipino people|Filipino]] general authority
| Augusto A. Lim
| July 1992
| [[Second Quorum of the Seventy]]
| Released in 1997
|-
| First [[Chinese people|Chinese]] general authority
| Tai Kwok Yuen
| July 1992
| [[Second Quorum of the Seventy]]
| Released in 1997
|-
| First resident of [[Africa]] general authority
| Christoffel Golden Jr.
| April 2001
| [[First Quorum of the Seventy]]
| Resident of [[South Africa]]
|-
| First [[Black people|black]] [[Ethnic groups of Africa|African]] general authority<ref>{{cite news |last= Stack |first= Peggy Fletcher |author-link= Peggy Fletcher Stack |title= Africa's 'Mormon superstar' is first black African LDS general authority |newspaper= [[The Salt Lake Tribune]] |date= 2009-04-20 |url= http://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=12148790&itype=NGPSID |access-date= 2012-01-24}}</ref>
| [[Joseph W. Sitati]]
| April 2009
| [[First Quorum of the Seventy]]
| Native of [[Nairobi, Kenya]]
|-
|First Puerto Rican and Caribbean general authority<ref>Jason Swenson, [https://web.archive.org/web/20140415131746/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865600982/Elder-Hugo-E-Martinez-The-Lord-is-in-charge.html "Elder Hugo E. Martinez: 'The Lord is in charge'"], ''[[Church News]]'', 2014-04-14.</ref>
|Hugo E. Martinez
|April 2014
|[[Second Quorum of the Seventy]]
|Native of [[Mayagüez, Puerto Rico]]
|-
|First [[Italy|Italian]] general authority<ref>Jason Swensen, [https://web.archive.org/web/20160601172649/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865655075/Elder-Massimo-De-Feo-We-know-we-are-not-alone.html?pg=all "Elder Massimo De Feo: 'We know we are not alone'"], ''[[Church News]]'', 26 May 2016.</ref>
|Massimo De Feo
|April 2016
|General Authority Seventy
|Native of [[Taranto]], Italy; resident of [[Rome]]
|-
|First [[Fiji|Fijian]] general authority.<ref>Kathrin Krishna, [https://fijisun.com.fj/2017/04/05/elder-wakolo-first-fijian-general-authority-seventy/ Elder Wakolo First Fijian General Authority Seventy], ''Fiji Sun'', 05 April 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2019.</ref>
|[[Taniela B. Wakolo]]
|April 2017
|General Authority Seventy
|Native of [[Lomaloma, Lau]], Fiji; resident of [[Suva]]
|-
|First African-American general authority<ref>Chris Kwiecinski, [https://www.thespectrum.com/story/sports/college/2019/04/06/lds-conference-first-african-american-general-authority-sevenity/3389476002/ LDS church calls First African-American general authority], ''St. George Spectrum and Daily News'', 6 April 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.</ref>
|[[Peter M. Johnson]]
|April 2019
|General Authority Seventy
|Native of [[New York City|New York]].  
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