- H. David Burton
Harold David Burton (born
25 April 1938 ) has been the thirteenth Presiding Bishop ofThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since27 December 1995 . He has been ageneral authority of the LDS Church since October 1992.Born in Salt Lake City,
Utah toLatter-day Saint parents, Burton served as a missionary for the Church in southernAustralia in the late 1950s. He graduated from theUniversity of Utah with a bachelor's degree in economics and completed his Masters in Business Administration from theUniversity of Michigan .Before beginning his work for the LDS Church, Burton worked for the Utah Tax Commission and for
Kennecott Utah Copper . In 1977, Burton was hired as the assistant budget officer for the Church. A year and a half later, he accepted a position as the executive secretary to the Church's Presiding Bishopric.In October 1992, Burton was called by Presiding Bishop
Robert D. Hales to be the first counselor in the Presiding Bishopric. In 1994, he was again called as first counselor to the new Presiding Bishop,Merrill J. Bateman . In 1995, when Bateman was asked by the church to become the president ofBrigham Young University , Burton was elevated to position of Presiding Bishop. He formally began his tenure on27 December 1995 . ["2008 Deseret Morning News Church Almanac" (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Morning News, 2007) p. 62.] Burton calledRichard C. Edgley as his first counselor andKeith B. McMullin as his second counselor.Burton married Barbara Matheson in September 1960. They have five children and nineteen grandchildren.Fact|date=September 2007
Burton is the great-great-grandson of
Robert T. Burton , who was a counselor to Presiding Bishops Edward Hunter and William B. Preston between 1874 and 1907.__NOTOC__See also
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* [http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=ab907cf34f40c010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1 "New Presiding Bishop, Counselors Called"] , "Ensign", March 1996, p. 74.
* [http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=3f0c9209df38b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1 "Bishop H. David Burton Of the Presiding Bishopric"] , "Ensign", November 1992, p. 101.External links
* [http://www.gapages.com/burtohd1.htm Grampa Bill's G.A. Pages: H. David Burton]
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