Birthplaces of our apostles
Numbers of apostles born in the various states of America, and numbers born in the various countries of the world
States (Alphabetical) States (by number) Countries
Arizona 1 Utah 45 Canada 1
California 1 Vermont 10 Czechoslovakia 1
Connecticut 2 New York 8 Denmark 1
Idaho 7 Idaho 7 England 5
Illinois 3 Massachusetts 5 Ireland 1
Iowa 1 Illinois 3 Mexico 1
Kentucky 1 New Jersey 3 Norway 1
Massachusetts 5 Ohio 3 United States 94
Michigan 1 Connecticut 2 ====================
Missouri 1 Arizona 1 Total countries 8
New Hampshire 1 California 1
New Jersey 3 Iowa 1
New York 8 Kentucky 1
Ohio 3 Michigan 1
Tennessee 1 Missouri 1
Utah 45 New Hampshire 1
Vermont 10 Tennessee 1
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Total states 17 Total states 17
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Of the 105 apostles that have served in this
dispensation, 94 have been born in the United
States, and 11 have been born outside of the
United States.
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Interestingly, Vermont
was the state of birth of ten of our Latter-day apostles, including the Prophet
Joseph. Only the state of Utah
has had more future apostles born in it than the state of Vermont.
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As can be seen above, all but 6 of our apostles
have been born in either the United States
or England. The
six apostles born in other countries are John A. Widtsoe
(Norway),
Charles A. Callis (Ireland),
Marion G. Romney (Mexico),
Marriner W. Merrill (Canada),
Anthon H. Lund (Denmark),
and Dieter F. Uchtdorf (Czechoslovakia).
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