Elder Dale G. Renlund was named to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on October 3, 2015.
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Elder Renlund had served as a General Authority Seventy since 2009 prior to being named to the Quorum of the Twelve. He previously served as president of the Africa Southeast Area.
After receiving B.A. and M.D. degrees from the University of Utah, Elder Renlund received further medical and research training at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He was a professor of medicine at the University of Utah and the medical director of the Utah Transplantation Affiliated Hospitals (UTAH) Cardiac Transplant Program.
Elder Renlund has served in numerous Church callings, including full-time missionary in Sweden, stake president, bishop and Area Seventy.
Elder Renlund was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, in November 1952. He married Ruth Lybbert in 1977. They are the parents of one daughter.