Patrick Robert David Kearon was born on 18 July 1961 and 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.
13 Facts About Patrick Kearon
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Patrick Kearon 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.
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On 1 August 2020, Kearon became the senior president of the seventy, 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.
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Patrick Kearon was born on 18 July 1961 in Carlisle, England.
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Patrick Kearon spent part of his youth in Saudi Arabia, where his father worked.
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Patrick Kearon owned his own public affairs consulting company before his fulltime roles with the church.
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Patrick Kearon was first introduced to the LDS Church in the mid-1980s while staying with a Latter-day Saint family in Laguna, California.
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Patrick Kearon met missionaries in London several years later and began learning about the church.
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Patrick Kearon delivered his first general conference address in October 2010 and spoke of being healed spiritually through the atonement of Jesus Christ.
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At the time of his call as a general authority, Patrick Kearon was living in Clevedon, which is a town in North Somerset, England.
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In May 2017, it was announced that Patrick Kearon would become a member of the Presidency of the Seventy on August 1, with responsibility for the church's North America Northwest and North America West areas.
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On 1 August 2020, Patrick Kearon became the senior president of the Seventy.
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Patrick Kearon has spoken in the general conference on several occasions.