Juan A. Uceda

Who is Juan A. Uceda?

Juan Alberto Uceda Andrade has been a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since 2010. He is a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy.

Uceda was born in Lima, Peru. He holds a degree in public relations from San Luis Gonzaga National University.

Uceda converted to the LDS Church in 1972. He served as a Mormon missionary in Peru. He has served in the church as a stake Sunday School president, bishop, counselor in a stake presidency, and as president of the Lima Peru Magdalena Stake. Uceda was also president of the Lima Peru North Mission. He became an area seventy in 1995, during which time he was the second counselor in the presidency of the church's South America West Area.

Uceda worked in the Church Educational System as the area director for Peru and Bolivia. Then in 2003, Ucdea moved to New Jersey to help his father run their family business. At the time of his call to the First Quorum of the Seventy, Uceda was living in Clifton, New Jersey and serving as a counselor in the presidency of the Caldwell New Jersey Stake. As a general authority, he has served as a counselor in the presidency of the church's South America Northwest Area since 2010. In August 2013 he will become the president of this area, covering Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela.