Stanley G. Ellis
| Stanley G. Ellis | |
|---|---|
| Second Quorum of the Seventy | |
| April 1, 2006 – March 31, 2012 | |
| End reason | Transferred to First Quorum of the Seventy |
| First Quorum of the Seventy | |
| March 31, 2012 – September 30, 2017 | |
| End reason | Designated an emeritus general authority |
| Emeritus General Authority | |
| September 30, 2017 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Stanley Gareld Ellis January 22, 1947 Burley, Idaho, United States |
Stanley Gareld Ellis (born January 22, 1947) has been a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since 2006.
Biography
Ellis was raised on the family farm in Burley, Idaho.
Ellis graduated from Harvard University in government in 1972 and received a law degree from the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University in 1976. He worked in law and finance and later became chief executive officer of First Meridian, a fanancial services corporation, headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Ellis served previously in the church as a full-time missionary in the Brazilian Mission, as president of the Brazil Sao Paulo North Mission (1999–2002), stake president, counselor in a stake presidency, high councilor, counselor in a bishopric, elders quorum president, and ward and stake Young Men president. Ellis lived much of his adult life in Texas.
Ellis was serving as an area seventy when he was appointed a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy of the LDS Church on April 1, 2006. He served from 2006 to 2010 as a counselor in the church's Brazil North and Brazil areas. He was transferred to the First Quorum of the Seventy on March 31, 2012 and served from 2014 to 2017 as a counselor in the church's Africa Southeast Area.[1] On September 30, 2017, he was released and designated an emeritus general authority.[2]
On June 7, 1969, Ellis married Kathryn Kloepfer in the Los Angeles Temple and they are the parents of nine children.