Marion G. Romney
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| President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles | |
| November 10, 1985 – May 20, 1988 | |
| Quorum of the Twelve Apostles | |
| November 5, 1985 – May 20, 1988 | |
| First Counselor in the First Presidency | |
| December 2, 1982 – November 5, 1985 | |
| End reason | Dissolution of First Presidency upon death of Spencer W. Kimball |
| Second Counselor in the First Presidency | |
| July 7, 1972 – December 2, 1982 | |
| End reason | Called as First Counselor in the First Presidency by Spencer W. Kimball |
| Quorum of the Twelve Apostles | |
| October 4, 1951 – July 7, 1972 | |
| End reason | Called as Second Counselor in the First Presidency |
| LDS Church Apostle | |
| October 11, 1951 – May 20, 1988 | |
| Reason | Death of George Albert Smith and reorganization of First Presidency |
| Reorganization at end of term |
Richard G. Scott ordained |
| Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles | |
| April 6, 1941 – October 4, 1951 | |
| End reason | Called to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles |
| Personal details | |
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Marion George Romney September 19, 1897 Colonia Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico |
| Died | May 20, 1988 (aged 90) Salt Lake City, Utah, United States |
| Resting place | Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park 40°41′52.08″N 111°50′30.12″W / 40.6978000°N 111.8417000°W |
Marion George Romney (September 19, 1897 – May 20, 1988) was an apostle and a member of the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
Romney was born in Colonia Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, to expatriated parents, George S. Romney and Teressa Artemesia Romney (née Redd).
His father George Romney was a cousin of Michigan governor George W. Romney, who was born in nearby Colonia Dublan. Marion Romney is the second cousin of Mitt Romney, former Massachusetts governor and the 2012 Republican presidential candidate. Teressa Redd was the daughter of Lemuel Hardison Redd and Sariah Louisa Chamberlain. Teressa and George married in 1894 in Colonia Juárez.
Romney was the second of ten children. His younger sister, Lurlene Romney Cheney, later converted to Catholicism and entered a religious order as Sister Mary Catherine, a Carmelite nun at the Carmel of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Holladay, Utah.
Romney studied at Academia Juárez until his family left Mexico in 1912, when violence from the ongoing Mexican revolution spread to their region. He lived with them for the remainder of his youth in California and Idaho. In 1917, the Romneys moved to Rexburg, Idaho, where his father became principal of Ricks Academy. Romney graduated valedictorian of Ricks high school in 1918.
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