Elder Patrick Kearon called to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

The British and Irish national has been a General Authority Seventy since 2010 and was called to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on Thursday, December 7, 2023.
Filling a vacancy left in the quorum after the death of President M. Russell Ballard, Elder Kearon, 62, was ordained by President Russell M. Nelson and the other members of the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
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