James E. Faust

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James E. Faust
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James Esdras Faust (born July 31, 1920 in Delta , Utah - † August 10, 2007 ) was an American politician and the 2nd counselor to the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , Gordon B. Hinckley .

Life

Faust attended Granite High School and graduated from there in 1937. In the same year he began to study at the University of Utah . In 1939 he interrupted his studies to do his missionary work in Brazil . In 1942 Faust returned to the United States and did his military service in the United States Army Air Corps . In 1945 he was released from the same with the rank of First Lieutenant . He now resumed his studies at the University of Utah, where he received a Bachelor of Arts and a Juris Doctor .

From 1949 to 1951 he was a Democrat in the Utah House of Representatives . In May 1962 he was elected President of the Utah State Bar .

In October 1972, Faust, who had already held various ecclesiastical offices at the local level, was called to serve as Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles . He remained so until his abolition in 1976. Instead, Faust has now been appointed to the presidency of the First Quorum of the Seventy. In October 1978, he was called to be an Apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and, as such, was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles . On March 12, 1995, he became a second counselor to the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Gordon B. Hinckley, eliminating the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. After his death, Henry B. Eyring was appointed 2nd counselor on October 6, 2007.

In 1997, Faust received an honorary doctorate from Brigham Young University . In 1998 he became an honorary citizen of São Paulo . In 2002 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Utah.

Faust had been married since 1943.

Web links

Commons : James E. Faust  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ James Esdras Faust on the website of the Religious Studies Center at Brigham Young University
  2. ↑ The Salt Lake Tribune: Faust pulled for Democrats ( Memento of the original from June 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (August 12, 2007)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sltrib.com
  3. ↑ General Authorities and General Officers: Henry B. Eyring at www.lds.org
personal data
SURNAME Faust, James E.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Faust, James Esdras (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American MP and Apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
DATE OF BIRTH July 31, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Delta , Utah
DATE OF DEATH August 10, 2007