Elder José A. Teixeira to speak at BYU-Idaho winter commencement – East Idaho News

The following is a news release from Brigham Young University-Idaho.

REXBURG — Elder José A. Teixeira, general authority seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will address 3,989 graduates at Brigham Young University-Idaho’s 2026 Winter Semester Commencement on Friday, April 10, 2026. The event will be held at 12:45 p.m. in the BYU-Idaho Center and streamed live at byui.edu/live/video.

The university will award 2,313 bachelor’s degrees and 1,676 associate degrees. Campus-based students make up 2,097 of this semester’s graduates, while 1,892 of the graduates are online students.

Elder Teixeira was sustained as a general authority seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 5, 2008. He is currently serving as the area president of the United States Central Area. Prior to this assignment, he served in the Presidency of the Seventy. Elder Teixeira has also served as the president of the Europe Area and the South America South Area.

Elder Teixeira has served in a number of church callings, including full-time missionary in the Portugal Lisbon Mission, elders quorum president, district president, counselor in a bishopric, national public affairs director, stake president, area seventy and mission president in the Brazil São Paulo South Mission.

Elder Teixeira’s education is in finance, accounting, auditing and business management. He was an international controller for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with responsibility for Europe and Africa.

José Augusto Teixeira da Silva was born in Vila Real, Portugal, on Feb. 24, 1961. He married Filomena Teles Grilo in June 1984. They are the parents of three children.

No tickets are needed to attend commencement. Graduates, parents and guests can find more information about the 2026 Winter Semester graduation events at byui.edu/graduation/.