David E. Sorensen

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David Eugene Sorenson (born 29 June 1933) was a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) who served in the First and Second Quorums of the Seventy and a member of the Presidency of the Seventy.

Sorensen was born in Aurora, Sevier County, Utah. As a young man he served as a Mormon missionary in the Central Atlantic States Mission.[1]

Sorensen was a business owner prior to his call as a general authority. Prior to becoming a general authority, he was a bishop and a stake president in the LDS Church. He also served as president of the Canada Halifax Mission.[1]

Sorensen was called as a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy in June 1992.[1] He was then called as a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy in April 1995. Sorensen served as Executive Director of the church's Temple Department while he was a general authority.[2] Sorensen also served as president of the North America West and the Asia North Areas of the church at various times as well as serving as counselor in other area presidencies.[3] From 1998 to 2005, Sorensen was a member of the seven-man Presidency of the Seventy.

After being made an emeritus general authority in 2005, Sorensen became the president of the church's San Diego California Temple.[3]

Sorensen and his wife Verla Anderson have seven children.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c “Elder David E. Sorensen Of the Seventy,” Ensign, Sep. 1992, p. 78.
  2. ^ LDS Church News, October 8, 2005.
  3. ^ a b LDS Church News, June 11, 2005.

[edit] References

  • Deseret Morning News Church Almanac, 2008 edition, p. 89
  • Deseret Morning News Church Almanac, 2005 edition, p. 29

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