Jacob de Jager

Who was Jacob de Jager?

Jacob de Jager was a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was the first Dutch person to serve as a general authority. De Jager was born in the Netherlands and joined the church while living in Toronto, Canada. His work took him to Australia, Indonesia, Mexico and Canada. His first calling in the church was hymnal coordinator which he filled honorably. He also served as elders quorum president, branch president, counselor to mission president and Regional Representative of the Twelve before his call to the First Quorum of the Seventy. In 1993 de Jager was given general authority emeritus status and following his call to the Seventy he served as bishop of a ward in central Salt Lake City. He is one of few people to serve as ward bishop after serving as a general authority. He died in 2004 of causes incident to age.