Gary E. Stevenson
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| Quorum of the Twelve Apostles | |
| October 3, 2015 | |
| LDS Church Apostle | |
| October 8, 2015 | |
| Reason | Death of Boyd K. Packer |
| Presiding Bishop | |
| March 31, 2012 – October 9, 2015 | |
| Predecessor | H. David Burton |
| Successor | Gérald Caussé |
| End reason | Called to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles |
| First Quorum of the Seventy | |
| April 5, 2008 – March 31, 2012 | |
| End reason | Called to be Presiding Bishop |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Gary Evan Stevenson August 6, 1955 Ogden, Utah, United States |
| Alma mater | Utah State University (B.S.) |
| Spouse(s) | Lesa Jean Higley |
| Children | 4 |
Gary Evan Stevenson (born August 6, 1955) is an American religious leader and former businessman who is a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Stevenson was appointed to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in October 2015. Stevenson is currently the fourteenth most senior apostle in the church. He served previously as the church's Presiding Bishop and was the fourteenth man to serve in that position. He has been a general authority of the church since 2008.
Stevenson was born in Ogden, Utah, and was raised primarily in the state's Cache Valley area.
Stevenson was an LDS Church missionary in the Japan Fukuoka Mission in the mid-1970s. After this, he attended the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University where he met his wife, the former Lesa Jean Higley. They were married in the Idaho Falls Idaho Temple and have four sons.
Prior to his call as a general authority, Stevenson worked as the chief operating officer of ICON Health & Fitness. He has also served on the Marriott School of Management National Advisory Council and the Utah State University Foundation Board.
In the LDS Church, Stevenson has served as a bishop and a counselor in a stake presidency. He served as president of the Japan Nagoya Mission from 2004 to 2007.
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