Patrick Kearon

Patrick Kearon
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
7 December 2023 (2023-12-07)
Called byRussell M. Nelson
LDS Church Apostle
7 December 2023 (2023-12-07)
Called byRussell M. Nelson
ReasonDeath of M. Russell Ballard
Presidency of the Seventy
1 August 2017 (2017-08-01)  7 December 2023 (2023-12-07)
Called byThomas S. Monson
End reasonCalled to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
First Quorum of the Seventy
3 April 2010 (2010-04-03)  7 December 2023 (2023-12-07)
Called byThomas S. Monson
End reasonCalled to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
Personal details
BornPatrick Robert David Kearon
(1961-07-18) 18 July 1961
Carlisle, England, United Kingdom
Spouse(s)Jennifer Carole Hulme
Children4

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.