Earl C. Tingey

Who is Earl C. Tingey?

Earl Carr Tingey has been a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since 1991. From 2001 to 2008, he was the senior president of the Quorums of the Seventy.

Tingey was born in Bountiful, Utah, the oldest of ten children born to William W. Tingey and Sylvia Carr. He served as a LDS missionary to Australia from 1955 to 1957. Tingey married Joanne Wells in the St. George Utah Temple on June 17, 1960. In 1961, Tingey graduated from the University of Utah with a law degree. He later obtained a Master of Laws degree from New York University. While living in New York City, Tingey served as an LDS bishop. During his legal career, Tingey worked as legal counsel for Bunker Ramo Corporation, New Jersey Zinc, Gulf Oil, and Kennecott Corporation.

In the early 1970s, Tingey returned to Australia to serve as the president of the church's Australia Sydney Mission. After his return, he was called as a regional representative in 1980.

In January 1991, Tingey became a general authority and member of the First Quorum of the Seventy. On August 15, 1996, he was called to the Presidency of the Seventy. In June 2001, Tingey became the longest-consecutive serving president of the Seventy, which made him the presiding president of the Seventy. Tingey was released from the Presidency of the Seventy on 1 August 2008. In October 2008, he was released from the First Quorum of the Seventy and was given general authority emeritus status. He then served from 2008 to 2011 as president of the Washington D.C. Temple.