Patrick Kearon
| Patrick Kearon | |
|---|---|
| Quorum of the Twelve Apostles | |
| 7 December 2023 | |
| Called by | Russell M. Nelson |
| LDS Church Apostle | |
| 7 December 2023 | |
| Called by | Russell M. Nelson |
| Reason | Death of M. Russell Ballard |
| Presidency of the Seventy | |
| 1 August 2017 – 7 December 2023 | |
| Called by | Thomas S. Monson |
| End reason | Called to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles |
| First Quorum of the Seventy | |
| 3 April 2010 – 7 December 2023 | |
| Called by | Thomas S. Monson |
| End reason | Called to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Patrick Robert David Kearon 18 July 1961 Carlisle, England, United Kingdom |
| Spouse(s) | Jennifer Carole Hulme |
| Children | 4 |
Patrick Robert David Kearon (born 18 July 1961) 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 (LDS Church). He 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. 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. As a member of the Quorum of the Twelve, Kearon is accepted by the LDS Church as a prophet, seer, and revelator. Currently, he is the junior and fifteenth most senior apostle in the church.