Gary J. Coleman

Gary J. Coleman

Second Quorum of the Seventy
June 6, 1992 (1992-06-06) – April 5, 1997 (1997-04-05)
End reason	Transferred to First Quorum of the Seventy

First Quorum of the Seventy
April 5, 1997 (1997-04-05) – October 1, 2011 (2011-10-01)
End reason	Granted general authority emeritus status

Emeritus General Authority
October 1, 2011 (2011-10-01)

Personal details
Born	Gary Jerome Coleman (1941-09-18) September 18, 1941 Wenatchee, Washington, United States

Gary Jerome Coleman (born September 18, 1941) has been a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since 1992.

Biography

Coleman was born in Wenatchee, Washington. He was raised a Roman Catholic in the Diocese of Spokane. As a student at Washington State University, Coleman was introduced to LDS Church by John M. Madsen and Judith Renee England. At age 21, Coleman was baptized into the LDS Church by Madsen, and then married England.^[1]

After graduating from Washington State, Coleman went on the receive master's and doctorate degrees from Brigham Young University.

Prior to his call as a general authority, Coleman was an instructor in the Church Educational System. At the time of his call as a general authority he was the assistant director of the Institute of Religion in Ogden, Utah, adjacent to Weber State University.

Coleman has served in the church as a bishop and as a counselor to both stake and mission presidents. He also served as president of the California Arcadia Mission.

Coleman was called as a general authority and member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy in 1992 and transferred to the First Quorum of the Seventy in 1997. On October 1, 2011, Coleman was released from the First Quorum of the Seventy and designated as an emeritus general authority at the church's general conference.^[2]

↑ Gary J. Coleman and John M. Madsen, "New Religion, New Life," Ensign, June 2007, pp. 60–63.
↑ "Honorable releases given to 12 brethren". Church News. Deseret News Publishing Company. 1 October 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2011.

2008 Deseret Morning News Church Almanac (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Morning News, 2007) p. 43
"Elder Gary J. Coleman Of the Seventy," Ensign, August 1992, p. 76

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 D. Johnson Johnson Kendrick Kerr Kikuchi Koelliker Kofford Larsen Madsen Mazzagardi McMullin² Mickelsen Morrison Neuenschwander Pace Paramore Pinegar Porter Pratt Rector Richards Samuelson Tenorio Tingey Viñas 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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