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Dieter Friedrich Uchtdorf was born to Karl Albert Uchtdorf and Hildegard Else Opelt Uchtdorf on November 6 , 1940 in Ostrava , Czechoslovakia . Dieter Uchtdorf was a Lufthansa Airlines executive prior to his appointment on April 7 , 1996 to serve in The First Quorum Of The Seventy of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints . Uchtdorf was sustained as a member of the Quorum Of The Twelve Apostles on October 2 , 2004 at the 174th Semiannual General Conference of the Church in Salt Lake City , Utah . He was ordained on October 7 , 2004 by President Gordon B. Hinckley . Uchtdorf was called to fill the vacancy created by the death of Elder Neal A. Maxwell , who died on July 21 , 2004 . Although Uchtdorf is the 93rd person to hold the Apostleship since the Church was organized in 1830 , he is only the eleventh Apostle to be born outside the United States . Uchtdorf and his wife, Harriet Reich Uchtdorf, have two children and five grandchildren. They are natives of Germany . REFERENCES CONFERENCE TALKS BY ELDER DIETER F. UCHTDORF
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