Paul E. Koelliker

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Paul E. Koelliker

First Quorum of the Seventy

April 2, 2005 – October 5, 2013

Called by

Gordon B. Hinckley

End reason

Designated an emeritus general authority

Personal details

Born

Paul Edward Koelliker
March 12, 1943
Pittsburg, California, United States

Paul Edward Koelliker (born March 12, 1943) has been a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since 2005.

Biography

Koelliker was born in Pittsburg, California. As a young man, he was an LDS Church missionary in West Berlin, Germany. He received a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Utah in 1969. Koelliker and his wife, the former Ann Neilson, are the parents of seven children.

His professional career was largely spent working for the LDS Church including secretary to the Presiding Bishopric and as managing director of the three church departments (Priesthood, Member & Statistical Records, and Temple departments). He was managing director of the Temple Department from 1997 to 2005, during the large increase in the number of temples built during LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley's administration.

In the LDS Church, Koelliker has been an elders quorum president, bishop, and president of the Salt Lake Hillside Stake. After being appointed to the First Quorum of the Seventy in 2005, he served as Executive Director of the Temple Department and as both a counselor and the president of the Africa Southeast Area. In 2011, he was appointed as an Assistant Executive Director in the Family History Department. In October 2013, Koelliker was released from the First Quorum of the Seventy and designated as an emeritus general authority.

References

Church News, March 23, 1996; May 28, 2005; June 9, 2007.
“Elder Paul E. Koelliker Of the Seventy,” Liahona, May 2005, p. 124
2008 Deseret Morning News Church Almanac (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Morning News, 2007) p. 48

External links

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1. Emeritus general authorities are individuals who have been released from active duties as general authorities. However, they remain general authorities of the church until their death. Most living emeritus general authorities are former members of the First Quorum of the Seventy. 2. Former members of the Presiding Bishopric.

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Date of birth	March 12, 1943
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