Paul Edward Koelliker (born March 12, 1943) has been a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since 2005.

Biography

Koelliker was born in Pittsburg, California. As a young man, he was an

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in West Berlin, Germany. He received a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Utah in 1969. Koelliker and his wife, Ann Neilson, are the parents of seven children. Koelliker's professional career was largely spent working for the LDS Church, including as secretary to the Presiding Bishopric and as managing director of three church departments (Priesthood, Member and Statistical Records, and Temple departments). He was managing director of the Temple Department from 1997 to 2005, during the large increase in the number of temples built during

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Gordon B. Hinckley's tenure. In the LDS Church, Koelliker has been an elders

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in 2005, he served as Executive Director of the Temple Department and as both a counselor and as president of the church's Africa Southeast Area. In 2011, he was appointed as an Assistant Executive Director in the Family History Department. In October 2013, Koelliker was released from the First Quorum of the Seventy and designated an

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general authority.

References

* Shaun D. Stahle
Orderliness crucial quality for Elder Koelliker
'' Church News'', May 28, 2005. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
"Elder Paul E. Koelliker Of the Seventy,"
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'', May 2005, p. 124 * ''2008 Deseret Morning News Church Almanac'' (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Morning News, 2007) p. 48

External links

"General Authorities: Elder Paul E. Koelliker"

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