Richard Harvey Osmotherly from the Sydney Australia Harbour Stake (diocese) has been called as president of the Sydney Australia Temple, succeeding President W. F. Lionel Walters. President Osmotherly’s wife, Anne-Marie Mauger Osmotherly, will serve as temple matron, succeeding Sister Marianne Walters. He is a former bishop and temple worker.
A retired real estate manager for the LDS Church, he was born in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, to William George and Beverly Joan Osmotherly.
Sister Osmotherly is a Primary teacher and temple worker and a former leader of the Young Women Relief Society. She was born in Adelaide, South Australia, to Alan Harris and Vola Olive Mauger.
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