Called by Thomas S. Monson | ||
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Born December 14, 1960 (age 56)
Taranto, Italy ( 1960-12-14 ) | ||
Massimo De Feo (born 14 December 1960) has been a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since April 2016. He is the first Italian national to become a general authority of the LDS Church.
De Feo was born in Taranto, Italy. He was baptized into the LDS Church at age nine after he met Mormon missionaries. His older brother joined the church with him, but his parents did not. In 1979, De Feo received a diploma in sciences from the Moscati State Scientific School of Taranto. From 1981 to 1983, he was a church missionary in the Italy Rome Mission. From 1984 to 2016, De Feo was employed in Italy by the United States Department of State, working at the American embassy in Rome.
In the LDS Church, De Feo has been a branch president, district president, stake president, and an area seventy and member of the Third Quorum of the Seventy (2013–16). De Feo was president of the Italy Rome Stake in 2008 when the church announced that the Rome Italy Temple would be built and at its 2010 groundbreaking. He became a general authority seventy at the church's April 2016 general conference.