Ulisses Soares

Who is Ulisses Soares?

Ulisses Soares has been a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since April 2005 and a member of the church's Presidency of the Seventy since January 2013.

Soares was born in São Paulo, Brazil, the son of Apparecido and Mercedes Carecho Soares. His family joined the LDS Church when he was about five. As a young man, Soares served as a Mormon missionary in the Brazil Rio de Janeiro Mission.

Soares was educated in Brazil, receiving a bachelor's degree in accounting and economics from Pontificia Catholic University and an MBA from the National Institute of Postgraduate Study. Prior to his call as a general authority, Soares was employed as the director of temporal affairs for the LDS Church's Brazil South Area. He had worked for Pirelli Tire Company but was convinced by Donald L. Clark to take a job as a senior auditor for the church. After Clark was called as a mission president, Soares replaced him as director of temporal affairs.

In 1995, Soares was appointed the first president of the São Paulo Brazil Cotia Stake. Soares served as president of the Porto Portugal Mission from 2000 to 2003.

In 2005, Soares became a member of the LDS Church's First Quorum of the Seventy. He has served as a counselor and as president in the church's Brazil South Area and as a counselor in the Africa Southeast Area. On January 6, 2013, Soares became a member of the Presidency of the Seventy, replacing Walter F. González. In this capacity, Soares oversees the church's North America Southeast Area.