Richard N. Holzapfel
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Richard Charles Neitzel Holzapfel[1] (born 1954)[2] is a former professor of Church History and Doctrine at Brigham Young University (BYU) and an author on topics related to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), Western and Utah History, and the New Testament.
Biography[edit]
Holzapfel was born in Blackfoot, Idaho, and moved regularly as a child, due to his father's naval career. In addition to his native state, his family resided in California, Hawaii, and Maine. He attended Castle Park High School (Chula Vista, California) and graduated from York High School (York, Maine) in 1972. Holzapfel served from 1973 to 1975 as a missionary for the LDS Church in Italy and Switzerland.
Holzapfel attended BYU, Hebrew Union College, and the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine), receiving B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees respectively, with an emphasis in Middle Eastern Studies, Jewish History, Ancient History, American History, and Nineteenth-Century American Religious History.
Holzapfel taught at BYU from 1993 until 2018 when he began working for the LDS Church's Missionary Department overseeing the development of a worldwide missionary curriculum. In this position, he was involved in creating the updated missionary handbook in 2019.[3]
Holzapfel and his wife reside in Springville, Utah and are the parents of five children.[4]
Works[edit]
Holzapfel has written over 45 books, including biographies and various photographic works.
LDS Church Service[edit]
Holzapfel has served in the LDS Church as a bishop,[5] ward Young Men president, high councilor, bishop's counselor, stake mission president, and member of the Gospel Doctrine class manual writing committee.[6]
He served as president of the Alabama Birmingham Mission from 2010 to 2013,[7] and as president of the church's Provo Utah YSA 1st Stake from 2014 to 2018.[8] In 2018, Holzapfel was called as an area seventy and was released in 2023.[9]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Holzapfel's middle names are from the Google Book Search entry for his doctoral dissertation. See: "Roman Christianity". Google Book Search. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
- ^ "Brigham Young: images of a Mormon prophet / Richard Neitzel Holzapfel, R..." Copyright Catalog (1978 to present). United States Copyright Office. Retrieved 2009-12-27.
- ^ Church News article on the new handbook, somewhat mentioning Holzapfel's role in it
- ^ "Meet the New Area Seventies Sustained at April 2018 General Conference - Church News and Events". churchofjesuschrist.org. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- ^ Church News, Feb. 13, 2010.[full citation needed]
- ^ bio of Holzapfel when called as mission president
- ^ "New mission presidents." Church News, July 3, 2010, p. 5
- ^ "New stake presidents", Church News, April 26, 2014.
- ^ "President Oaks announces eight new General Authority Seventies, 55 Area Seventies". Church News. 31 March 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
External links[edit]
- Interview with Holzapfel on the Doug Wright Show on KSL radio.
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