- Victor L. Brown
Victor Lee Brown (
31 July 1914 –March 26 1996 ) was the tenth Presiding Bishop ofThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) between 1972 and 1985. He was ageneral authority of the LDS Church from 1961 until his death.Brown was born in
Cardston ,Alberta ,Canada , the son of Gerald Stephen Brown and Maggie Calder Lee. In 1961, Brown was called as the Second Counselor to Presiding BishopJohn H. Vandenburg . He succeeded Vandenburg as Presiding Bishop in 1972.In 1985, Brown was released as Presiding Bishop and called to be the president of the
Salt Lake Temple . He was designated as anemeritus general authority in 1989. Brown died at Salt Lake City,Utah .ee also
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Council on the Disposition of the Tithes References
* [http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=3c267cf34f40c010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1 “Elder Victor L. Brown Dies at 81,”] "Ensign", May 1996, 105
External resources
* [http://www.gapages.com/brownvl1.htm Grampa Bill's G.A. Pages: Victor L. Brown]
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