Kenneth Johnson (Mormon)

Kenneth Johnson (born 5 July 1940) has been a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since 1990. Since 2010 he has been an emeritus general authority.

Johnson was born in Norwich, England. He joined the LDS Church in 1959 after having been introduced to the church by Pamela Wilson; he was baptized by Wilson's father, Tom. Johnson married Pamela on March 24, 1962 and they are the parents of a son.

Johnson was employed as a printer but switched to being an insurance broker in 1964.

Johnson has served in the LDS Church as president of the Norwich England Stake and as a regional representative. He was called to the church's Second Quorum of the Seventy in 1990 and was transferred to the First Quorum of the Seventy in 1993.

On October 2, 2010, Johnson was released from the First Quorum of the Seventy and designated as an emeritus general authority at the church's semi-annual general conference.^[1]

In 2013, Johnson was called as president of the London England Temple.^[2]

Notes

↑ Scott Taylor (October 3, 2010). "Five Mormon Church leaders given emeritus status". Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah). Retrieved 2010-10-03.
↑ "New temple presidents", Church News, 2013-05-12, p. 12.

References

Dell Van Orden, "His enthusiasm for life is infectious", Church News, 19 May 1990, retrieved 7 May 2014.
2008 Deseret Morning News Church Almanac (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Morning News, 2007) p. 47
"Elder Kenneth Johnson Of the Seventy", Ensign, May 1990, p. 105

External links

Grampa Bill's G.A. Pages: Kenneth Johnson

Emeritus general authorities¹ of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Abrea Amado Aoyagi Backman Banks Bateman Bradford Brewerton Burton² Busche Carlson Carmack Child Christensen D.R. Clarke J.R. Clarke Coleman Cook Condie Dellenbach Dickson Didier Edgley² Featherstone Groberg Hafen Hammond Hansen Hinckley Howard J. Jensen M. Jensen Johnson Kendrick Kerr Kikuchi Koelliker Kofford Larsen Madsen McMullin² Mickelsen Morrison Neuenschwander Pace Paramore Pinegar Porter Pratt Rector Samuelson Tenorio Tingey Walker Watson Wells Wickman

1. Emeritus general authorities are individuals who have been released from active duties as general authorities. However, they remain general authorities of the church until their death. Except for the three former members of the Presiding Bishopric noted, all living emeritus general authorities are former members of the First or Second Quorums of the Seventy. 2. These former members of the Presiding Bishopric did not serve as a Seventy during their time as a general authority.

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