Patrick Kearon
British religious leader (born 1961) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Patrick Robert David Kearon (born 18 July 1961) is a British religious leader serving as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).[3] He has been a general authority of the church since 2010 and was a member of the Presidency of the Seventy from August 2017 to December 2023.[4] On 1 August 2020, Kearon became the senior president of the seventy,[5] becoming the first in this role to have been born outside the United States since the reconstitution of the Presidency of the Seventy in 1975.[citation needed] As a member of the Quorum of the Twelve, Kearon is accepted by the LDS Church as a prophet, seer, and revelator. Currently, he is the junior and fifteenth most senior apostle in the church.[6]
Patrick Kearon | |
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Quorum of the Twelve Apostles | |
7 December 2023 (2023-12-07) | |
Called by | Russell M. Nelson |
LDS Church Apostle | |
7 December 2023 (2023-12-07) | |
Called by | Russell M. Nelson |
Reason | Death of M. Russell Ballard[1] |
Presidency of the Seventy | |
1 August 2017 (2017-08-01) ā 7 December 2023 (7 December 2023) | |
Called by | Thomas S. Monson |
End reason | Called to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles |
First Quorum of the Seventy | |
3 April 2010 (2010-04-03) ā 7 December 2023 (7 December 2023) | |
Called by | Thomas S. Monson |
End reason | Called to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles |
Personal details | |
Born | Patrick Robert David Kearon[2] (1961-07-18) 18 July 1961 (age 62) Carlisle, England, United Kingdom |
Spouse(s) | Jennifer Carole Hulme |
Children | 4 |