- Robert J. Whetten
Robert Jay Whetten (born
12 April 1943 ) was ageneral authority ofThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1998 to 2006. Whetten previously had served in many leadership positions in the LDS Church and as a bank executive.Whetten was born in Chuichupa,
Chihuahua ,Mexico to Glen A. Whetten and Ada May Judd. ["2005 Deseret Morning News Church Almanac" (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Morning News, 2004), p. 48] Whetten was educatd in LDS Church schools in Mexico. From 1962 to 1964 Whetten served as an LDS Church missionary in the Southeast Mexican Mission of the church."Church News",July 4 ,1998 .]Whetten received a
bachelor's degree insociology and Spanish fromBrigham Young University and later anMPA degree from the same university. On17 December 1966 Whetten married Raquel López, a native of Mexico who had largely grown up in theUnited States , in theMesa Arizona Temple . Whetten and his wife are the parents of eight children.Whetten has served as a bishop and a counselor in a stake presidency of the LDS Church. [ [http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=c0bd605ff590c010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1 “Elder Robert J. Whetten Of the Seventy,”] "Ensign", May 1998, p. 109.]
Whetten served as president of the
Paraguay Asunción Mission of the church from 1996 to 1998, succeedingJeffry A. Allred in this position.In 1998, Whetten became a member of the church's
Second Quorum of the Seventy . While in this position, Whetten served as president of theSouth America North Area and the Mexico North Area of the church. In 2006, Whetten was released from the Second Quorum of the Seventy and from full-time ecclesiastical service.References
External links
* [http://gapages.com/whettrj1.htm Grampa Bill's G.A. Pages: Robert J. Whetten]
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