Victor L. Brown, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Victor L. Brown

Mormon leader

Date of Birth: 31-Jul-1914

Date of Death: 26-Mar-1996

Profession: bishop

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Victor L. Brown

  • Victor Lee Brown (31 July 1914 – 26 March 1996) was the tenth Presiding Bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1972 to 1985.
  • He was an LDS Church general authority from 1961 until his death. Brown was born in Cardston, Alberta, Canada, the son of Gerald Stephen Brown and Maggie Calder Lee.
  • Brown received his education from the University of Utah, LDS Business College and the University of California, Berkeley.
  • He worked in various ground operations management positions for several different airlines before becoming a full-time leader in the LDS Church. Among other positions in the LDS Church, Brown served as bishop of the Denver 4th Ward.
  • He and his wife, Lois Kjar, were the parents of five children.
  • One of their children, Victor L.
  • Brown Jr., served as a stake president and an area director for the church's Welfare Services .In 1961, Brown was called as second counselor to John H.
  • Vandenburg in the presiding bishopric.
  • In 1972, he succeeded Vandenburg. In 1985, Brown was released as Presiding Bishop and called as a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy and as president of the Salt Lake Temple.
  • He was designated an emeritus general authority in 1989.
  • Brown died at Salt Lake City, Utah.

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