LDS emeritus general authority named honorary consul to Belarus for Utah

SALT LAKE CITY — An emeritus general authority is helping to foster friendly diplomatic relations among an eastern European country, Utah and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.Elder Dennis B. Neuenschwander, granted emeritus status in 2009, was named an honorary consul of Belarus for the state of Utah by Oleg Kravchenko, deputy foreign minister of Belarus, and Pavel Shidlovsky, chief of mission in the Belarus Embassy in Washington D.C., in a small ceremony at the LDS Conferen