H. David Burton

H. David Burton


Emeritus general authority
March 31, 2012 (2012-03-31)

Presiding Bishop
December 27, 1995 (1995-12-27) – March 31, 2012 (2012-03-31)
End reason	Granted general authority emeritus status

First Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric
October 3, 1992 (1992-10-03) – December 27, 1995 (1995-12-27)
End reason	Reorganization (due to Merrill J. Bateman becoming president of BYU

Personal details
Born	Harold David Burton (1938-04-26) April 26, 1938 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Spouse(s)	Barbara Matheson
Children	5

Harold David Burton (born April 25, 1938) was the thirteenth Presiding Bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1995 to 2012. He has been a general authority of the LDS Church since October 1992.

Born in Salt Lake City, Utah to Latter-day Saint parents, Burton graduated from South High School in 1956 and then served as a missionary for the LDS Church in southern Australia in the late 1950s. He graduated from the University of Utah with a bachelor's degree in economics and completed an MBA from the University of Michigan.

Early in his career, Burton worked for the Utah Tax Commission and for Kennecott Copper. In 1977, Burton was hired by the LDS Church as the assistant budget officer. A year and a half later, he accepted a position as the executive secretary to the church's presiding bishopric.

In October 1992, Burton was called by Robert D. Hales as first counselor in the presiding bishopric. In 1994, he was again called as first counselor to the new presiding bishop, Merrill J. Bateman. On December 27, 1995, when Bateman became the president of Brigham Young University, Burton became the church's Presiding Bishop.^[1] Burton called Richard C. Edgley as his first counselor and Keith B. McMullin as his second counselor. Burton and his counselors were released on 31 March 2012 and given general authority emeritus status.

Burton married Barbara Matheson in September 1960. They have five children and nineteen grandchildren.

Burton is the great-great-grandson of Robert T. Burton, who was a counselor to presiding bishops Edward Hunter and William B. Preston from 1874 to 1907.

Notes

↑ 2008 Deseret Morning News Church Almanac (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Morning News, 2007) p. 62.

References

"New Presiding Bishop, Counselors Called", Ensign, March 1996, p. 74.
"Bishop H. David Burton Of the Presiding Bishopric", Ensign, November 1992, p. 101.

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints titles
Preceded by Merrill J. Bateman	Presiding Bishop December 27, 1995 – March 31, 2012	Succeeded by Gary E. Stevenson
Preceded by Henry B. Eyring	First Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric October 3, 1992 – December 27, 1995	Succeeded by Richard C. Edgley

Emeritus general authorities¹ of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Abrea Amado Aoyagi Backman Banks Bateman Bradford Brewerton Burton² Busche Carlson Carmack Child Christensen D.R. Clarke J.R. Clarke Coleman Cook Condie Dellenbach Dickson Didier Edgley² Featherstone Groberg Hafen Hammond Hansen Hinckley Howard J. Jensen M. Jensen D. Johnson Johnson Kendrick Kerr Kikuchi Koelliker Kofford Larsen Madsen Mazzagardi McMullin² Mickelsen Morrison Neuenschwander Pace Paramore Pinegar Porter Pratt Rector Richards Samuelson Tenorio Tingey Viñas Walker Watson Wells Wickman

1. Emeritus general authorities are individuals who have been released from active duties as general authorities. However, they remain general authorities of the church until their death. Except for the three former members of the Presiding Bishopric noted, all living emeritus general authorities are former members of the First or Second Quorums of the Seventy. 2. These former members of the Presiding Bishopric did not serve as a Seventy during their time as a general authority.

Members of the Presiding Bishopric of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Presiding Bishops	Partridge (1831–40) Whitney (1847–50) Hunter (1851–83) Preston (1884–1907) Nibley (1907–25) Cannon (1925–38) Richards (1938–52) Wirthlin (1952–61) Vandenberg (1961–72) Brown (1972–85) Hales (1985–94) Bateman (1994–95) H.D. Burton (1995–2012) Stevenson (2012–15) Caussé (2015–)

First Counselors	Morley (1831–40) G. Miller (1844–46) Hardy (1856–84) R.T. Burton (1884–1907) O.P. Miller (1907–18) Smith (1918–38) Ashton (1938–46) Wirthlin (1946–52) Isaacson (1952–61) Simpson (1961–72) Peterson (1972–85) Eyring (1985–92) H.D. Burton (1992–95) Edgley (1995–2012) Caussé (2012–15) Davies (2015–)

Second Counselors	Corrill (1831–37) Billings (1837–40) Little (1856–74) R.T. Burton (1874–83) Cannon (1884–86) Winder (1887–1901) O.P. Miller (1901–07) Smith (1907–18) Wells (1918–38) Wirthlin (1938–46) Isaacson (1946–52) Buehner (1952–61) Brown (1961–72) Featherstone (1972–76) Clarke (1976–85) Pace (1985–92) Edgley (1992–95) McMullin (1995–2012) Davies (2012–15) Waddell (2015–)

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H. David Burton

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