Richard G. Hinckley

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Richard Gordon Hinckley (born May 2, 1941) has been a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since 2005. He is the son of Gordon B. Hinckley, who was the fifteenth President of the Church.

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[edit] Early life, mission, education

Hinckley was born in Salt Lake City and was raised in East Millcreek, Utah. When Richard was 16 years old, his father was called as a general authority of the church. From 1961 to 1963, Hinckley served as a missionary of the church in the Central German Mission of the church. While serving in Germany, his father was ordained an apostle and became a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Following his missionary service, Hinckley obtained a degree in economics from the University of Utah and an MBA from Stanford University.

[edit] Church service

Prior to his call as a general authority, Hinckley was a bishop (twice), a stake president and was a member of two other stake presidencies. Hinckley's father, grandfather, and great-grandfather were also stake presidents in the church. Hinckley also served as a sealer in the Salt Lake Temple. From 2001 to 2004, Hinckley was the president of the Utah Salt Lake City Mission of the church.

[edit] General authority

At the April 2005 general conference of the church, Hinckley was accepted by the church as a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy. His father, who was President of the Church at the time, preemptively disavowed any involvement his son's calling in a sermon given later that day:

I make it clear that I did not advance his name. That was done by others whose right it was to do so. I feel extremely sensitive about the matter of nepotism. As the lawyers say, I recused myself from participating. However, I believe he is worthy and qualified in every respect. In the first place, he had a great and wonderful mother. I wish I could recommend his father.
I mention this only because of my sensitivity concerning the matter of nepotism. Please do not hold it against him for his relationship to me. He’s powerless to help it.[1]

When Richard Hinckley delivered his first general conference sermon a year later, he joked that he "was likely the only General Authority in the history of the Church to be sustained by the members in spite of a disclaimer by the prophet!"[2]

[edit] Family

Hinckley married Jane Freed in the Salt Lake Temple in 1967; the couple have four children.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Gordon B. Hinckley, “Gambling,” Ensign, May 2005, 58.
  2. ^ Richard G. Hinckley, “Repentance, a Blessing of Membership,” Ensign, May 2006, 48.

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