John H. Vandenburg

John Henry Vandenburg (18 December 1904 – 3 June 1992) was the ninth Presiding Bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) between 1961 and 1972. He also served as an Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles between 1972 and 1976 and a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy between 1976 and 1978. He was designated an emeritus general authority in 1978.
Vandenburg was born in Ogden, Utah to a Latter-day Saint immigrant couple from the Netherlands. As a young man, he attended Weber Academy and in 1925 began a mission to the Netherlands, where he met his future wife, a young Dutch convert named Ariena Stok. They were married in the Salt Lake Temple on 10 June 1930 and were the parents of two daughters.
==See also==
* Council on the Disposition of the Tithes
==References==
*“Elder John H. Vandenberg Eulogized,” Ensign, Aug. 1992, p. 79
==External resources==
*Grampa Bill's G.A. Pages: John H. Vandenburg
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