David E. Sorensen

David E. Sorensen

Second Quorum of the Seventy
June 6, 1992 (1992-06-06) – April 1, 1995 (1995-04-01)
End reason	Transferred to the First Quorum of the Seventy

First Quorum of the Seventy
April 1, 1995 (1995-04-01) – October 1, 2005 (2005-10-01)
End reason	Granted general authority emeritus status

Presidency of the Seventy
August 15, 1998 (1998-08-15) – August 15, 2005 (2005-08-15)
End reason	Honorably released

Emeritus General Authority
October 1, 2005 (2005-10-01) – August 26, 2014 (2014-08-26)

Personal details
Born	David Eugene Sorensen (1933-06-29)June 29, 1933 Aurora, Utah, United States
Died	August 26, 2014(2014-08-26) (aged 81) San Juan Capistrano, California, United States

David Eugene Sorensen (June 29, 1933 – August 26, 2014) was a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1992 until his death. He served in the First and Second Quorums of the Seventy and as a member of the Presidency of the Seventy. He was the executive director of the church's Temple Department during the temple building boom of the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Sorensen was born in Aurora, Utah. As a young man he served as a missionary in the Central Atlantic States Mission.^[1] After his mission, he served for two years in the United States military. He married Verla Anderson in 1958 and they had seven children.

Sorensen spent his career as a business owner. He previously served in the LDS Church as a bishop, stake president, and as president of the Canada Halifax Mission.^[1]

Sorensen was called as a general authority and member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy in June 1992.^[1] He was transferred to the First Quorum of the Seventy in April 1995. Sorensen's assignments as a general authority included service as Executive Director of the church's Temple Department.^[2]^[3] He oversaw development of the new standardized temples announced by Gordon B. Hinckley in October 1997 and the associated construction program that saw the number of temples more than double from 1998 to 2000.

Sorensen also served as president of the church's North America West and Asia North areas as well as serving as a counselor in other area presidencies.^[4] From 1998 to 2005, Sorensen was a member of the seven-man Presidency of the Seventy.^[5]^[6]

After being designated as an emeritus general authority in 2005, Sorensen served as president of the church's San Diego California Temple from 2005 to 2008.^[7]

Sorensen died at his home in San Juan Capistrano, California.^[8]^[9]

Notes

1 2 3 "Elder David E. Sorensen Of the Seventy," Ensign, September 1992, p. 78.
↑ "Conference highlights", Church News, 8 October 2005. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
↑ "Changes made in the Presidency of the Seventy", Church News, 8 October 2005. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
↑ "New temple presidents", Church News, 11 June 2005. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
↑ "Three called to the Presidency of Seventy", Church News, 29 August 1998. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
↑ "Changes are made in Presidency of Seventy", Church News, 11 June 2005. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
↑ "New temple presidents", Church News, 11 June 2005. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
↑ Tad Walsh, "Elder David E. Sorensen, former executive director of LDS temple department, dies at 81", Deseret News, 2014-08-28.
↑ Peggy Fletcher Stack, "Temple-building Mormon leader dies at 81", The Salt Lake Tribune, 2014-08-29.

References

2008 Deseret Morning News Church Almanac (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Morning News, 2007) p. 89
2005 Deseret Morning News Church Almanac (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Morning News, 2004) p. 29

External links

Grampa Bill's G.A. Pages: David E. Sorensen

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