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Lowell Tom Perry (born August 5,1922) is a senior
member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,
having been ordained to that body in 1974.

A World War II veteran and graduate of Utah State
University, Perry was born in Utah but in his
career in the retail business spent years working
in Boston, Massachusetts, where he became a
confirmed fan of the Boston Red Sox. Having served
the Church as a stake president, he first became a
General Authority in the discontinued position of
Assistant to the Twelve in 1972. When a vacancy
among the Twelve Apostles was created by the death
of Church President Harold B. Lee and Spencer W.
Kimball moving from the position of President of
the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles to that of
President of the Church (Mormonism)|Church
President, Perry was chosen as the first new
Apostle (Mormonism)|Apostle of Kimball's
administration, sustained to the Quorum on April
6, 1974, and ordained on April 11, 1974.

Today he ranks after only President Thomas S.
Monson and President Boyd K. Packer in succession
to Church President Gordon B. Hinckley. In 2004 he
was named to be president of the Europe Central
Area, a position normally held by a member of the
Quorums of the Seventy, making him one of the most
senior officials of the church ever stationed
overseas.

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 title= Quorum of the Twelve Apostles |
 years= April 11, 1974–Present |
 before=Bruce R. McConkie |
 after= David B. Haight |

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Lowell Tom Perry (born August 5,1922) is a senior
member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,
having been ordained to that body in 1974.

A World War II veteran and graduate of Utah State
University, Perry was born in Utah but in his
career in the retail business spent years working
in Boston, Massachusetts, where he became a
confirmed fan of the Boston Red Sox. Having served
the Church as a stake president, he first became a
General Authority in the discontinued position of
Assistant to the Twelve in 1972. When a vacancy
among the Twelve Apostles was created by the death
of Church President Harold B. Lee and Spencer W.
Kimball moving from the position of President of
the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles to that of
President of the Church (Mormonism)|Church
President, Perry was chosen as the first new
Apostle (Mormonism)|Apostle of Kimball's
administration, sustained to the Quorum on April
6, 1974, and ordained on April 11, 1974.

Today he ranks after only President Thomas S.
Monson and President Boyd K. Packer in succession
to Church President Gordon B. Hinckley. In 2004 he
was named to be president of the Europe Central
Area, a position normally held by a member of the
Quorums of the Seventy, making him one of the most
senior officials of the church ever stationed
overseas.


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