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Elder Charles Didier at BYU devotional Oct. 29

October 20, 2002

Elder Charles Didier of the First Quorum of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will address the Brigham Young University community during a devotional Tuesday (Oct. 29) at 11:05 in the Marriott Center.

The devotional will be broadcast live on KBYU-TV (Channel 11), the BYU-Television and BYU-Radio satellite networks and at broadcasting.byu.edu. It will be rebroadcast Sunday (Nov. 3) at 6 a.m. on KBYU-TV, on BYU-Television at 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., and on KBYU-FM at 8 p.m.

Born in Ixelles, Belgium, Elder Didier joined the church in 1957. He has served as a General Authority of the church since 1975 and is currently in the presidency of the First Quorum of the Seventy.

Prior to his call as a General Authority, Elder Didier was employed by the Church as European manager for translation and distribution in Frankfurt, Germany. He speaks several languages, including German, French and English.

Writer: Craig Kartchner

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