O. Vincent Haleck


Otto Vincent Haleck, Jr. has been a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints since 2011. He is the first person from American Samoa or Samoa to become a general authority of the LDS Church and is also the first nonNew Zealander from the Pacific Islands in this position.

Haleck was born in Utulei, American Samoa. At the age ofhe was sent to Seattle, Washington to live with a relative and attend school. He moved to California to live with other relatives and to attend high school and at the age ofhe joined the LDS Church. After high school, Haleck became a missionary in the churchs Samoa Apia Mission from 1968 to 1970. In 1972, he married Peggy Ann Cameron in the Provo Utah Temple and they are the parents of three children.

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