Albert Carrington
Albert Carrington | |
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Quorum of the Twelve Apostles | |
July 3, 1870 | – June 8, 1873|
Called by | Brigham Young |
End reason | Called as Counselor in the First Presidency |
Counselor in the First Presidency | |
June 8, 1873 | – May 9, 1874|
Called by | Brigham Young |
End reason | Called as Assistant Counselor in the First Presidency |
Assistant Counselor in the First Presidency | |
May 9, 1874 | – August 29, 1877|
Called by | Brigham Young |
End reason | Dissolution of First Presidency upon death of Brigham Young |
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles | |
August 29, 1877 | – November 7, 1885|
End reason | Excommunicated for adultery |
LDS Church Apostle | |
July 3, 1870 | – November 7, 1885|
Called by | Brigham Young |
Reason | Death of Ezra T. Benson |
End reason | Excommunicated for adultery |
Reorganization at end of term | Marriner W. Merrill, Anthon H. Lund, and Abraham H. Cannon ordained[1] |
Personal details | |
Born | January 8, 1813 Royalton, Vermont |
Died | September 19, 1889 Salt Lake City, Utah Territory |
(aged 76)
Albert Carrington (January 8, 1813 – September 19, 1889) born in Royalton, Vermont, was an apostle and member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and First Presidency in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He was ordained as an apostle on July 3, 1870.
Carrington served in the Utah Territorial Legislature in 1869. He was excommunicated from the LDS Church on November 7, 1885 for adultery and fornication, but was rebaptized on November 1, 1887. Upon his rebaptism, he was not reinstated as an apostle or as a general authority. Carrington was the tenth official Church Historian of the LDS Church between 1871 and 1874.
Carrington was the editor of the LDS Church-owned Deseret News from 1854 to 1856 and against from 1862 until 1867.
Carrington died at Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, at age 76. He was buried at Salt Lake City Cemetery.
[edit] Published works
- Carrington, Albert (1947). Diary of Albert Carrington (Heart throbs of the West). Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Central Company. ISBN B0007JIRKY.
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- ^ Carrington's excommunication, the death of John Taylor and the reorganization of the First Presidency, and the death of Erastus Snow created three vacancies in the Quorum of the Twelve which were filled by the ordination of three new apostles.
[edit] External resources
- Grampa Bill's General Authority Pages
- Works by or about Albert Carrington in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
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Preceded by Brigham Young, Jr. |
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles July 3, 1870 – June 8, 1873; August 29, 1877 – November 7, 1885 |
Succeeded by Moses Thatcher |
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