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{{tl|Infobox Latter Day Saint biography}} may be used to summarize information about notable people within the [[Latter Day Saint movement]], usually at the top of an article.

==Usage==
This template is usually at the top of an article, {{tl|Infobox Latter Day Saint biography}} may be used to summarize information about an individual within the [[Latter Day Saint movement]].  It is an alternative to less specific templates such as those listed at [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography/Infoboxes|WikiProject Biography/Infoboxes]] and within the [[:Category:People and person infobox templates|people infobox templates category]]. This template is designed with a focus on the [[General authority|General]] and [[Ecclesiastical]] leadership in various Latter Day Saint denomination. However, all values are optional allowing for any person in the [[Latter Day Saint movement]] to use this infobox.

== Tracking categories ==
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==Sub-templates==
The following sub-templates are incorporated into {{tl|Infobox Latter Day Saint biography}}:
*[[Template:Infobox Latter Day Saint biography/Personal details|Infobox Latter Day Saint biography/personal details]]
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==Examples==

===Brigham Young of the LDS Church===
Brigham Young, the second [[President of the Church (LDS Church)|President]] of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]].
{{ Infobox Latter Day Saint biography
 | name                = Brigham Young
 | image               = Brigham Young by Charles William Carter.jpg
 | caption             = Brigham Young {{circa}} 1870
 | birth_date          = {{birth date|1801|06|01}}
 | birth_place         = [[Whitingham, Vermont]], U.S.
 | death_date          = {{death date and age|1877|08|29|1801|06|01}}
 | death_place         = [[Salt Lake City]], [[Utah Territory]], U.S.
 | death_cause         = Ruptured appendix
 | resting_place       = [[Brigham Young Cemetery]]
 | resting_place_coordinates = {{Coord|40.7703|-111.8856|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Brigham Young Cemetery}}
 | boards              =
 | spouse              = See [[List of Brigham Young's wives]]<!-- Since number of spouses is disputed, leave this blank -->
 | children            = 56<ref name=byubio>{{citation |url= http://yfacts.byu.edu/Article?id=214 |title= Brigham Young Biography: Facts of Faith |work= Y Facts |publisher= BYU |access-date= September 19, 2013 |archive-url= https://archive.is/20130920194808/http://yfacts.byu.edu/Article?id=214 |archive-date= September 20, 2013 |url-status= dead |df= mdy-all }}</ref>
 | parents             = John and Abigail Young
 | awards              =
 | signature           = Brigham Young Signature.svg
 | signature_alt       = Signature of Brigham Young
 | website             = {{URL|brighamyoung.org}}
 | portals             = LDS
 | footnotes           =
 | position_or_quorum1 = 2nd [[President of the Church (LDS Church)|President]] of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]
 | predecessor1        = [[Joseph Smith]]
 | successor1          = [[John Taylor (Mormon)|John Taylor]]
 | start_date1         = {{start date|1847|12|27}}
 | end_date1           = {{end date|1877|08|29}}
 | position_or_quorum2 = [[President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church)|President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]]
 | start_date2         = {{start date|1840|04|14}}
 | end_date2           = {{end date|1847|12|27}}
 | predecessor2        = [[Thomas B. Marsh]]
 | successor2          = [[Orson Hyde]]
 | end_reason2         = Became President of the Church
 | position_or_quorum3 = [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church)|Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]]
 | called_by3          = [[Three Witnesses]]
 | start_date3         = {{start date|1835|02|14}}
 | end_date3           = {{end date|1847|12|27}}
 | end_reason3         = Became President of the Church
 | position_or_quorum4 = [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|LDS Church]] [[Apostle (Latter Day Saints)|Apostle]]
 | called_by4          = Three Witnesses
 | start_date4         = {{start date|1835|02|14}}
 | ordination_reason4  = Initial organization of Quorum of the Twelve
 | end_date4           = {{end date|1877|08|29}}
 | reorganization4     = No apostles immediately ordained<ref>A year after Young's death, [[Orson Hyde]] died and [[Moses Thatcher]] was ordained an apostle. The [[First Presidency (LDS Church)|First Presidency]] was not reorganized until October 10, 1880, after which [[Francis M. Lyman]] and [[John Henry Smith]] were ordained. [[Orson Pratt]] died in 1881, and the Quorum of the Twelve did not have twelve members again until October 16, 1882, when [[George Teasdale]] and [[Heber J. Grant]] were ordained.</ref>
 | political_office1   = 1st [[List of governors of Utah|Governor of Utah Territory]]
 | term_start1         = February 3, 1851
 | term_end1           = April 12, 1858<!--
 | appointer1          = [[Millard Filmore]] -->
 | office_predecessor1 = None
 | office_successor1   = [[Alfred Cumming (governor)|Alfred Cumming]]
}}
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{{ Infobox Latter Day Saint biography
 | name                = Brigham Young
 | image               = Brigham Young by Charles William Carter.jpg
 | caption             = Brigham Young {{circa}} 1870
 | birth_date          = {{birth date|1801|06|01}}
 | birth_place         = [[Whitingham, Vermont]], U.S.
 | death_date          = {{death date and age|1877|08|29|1801|06|01}}
 | death_place         = [[Salt Lake City]], [[Utah Territory]], U.S.
 | death_cause         = Ruptured appendix
 | resting_place       = [[Brigham Young Cemetery]]
 | resting_place_coordinates = {{Coord|40.7703|-111.8856|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Brigham Young Cemetery}}
 | boards              =
 | spouse              = See [[List of Brigham Young's wives]]<!-- Since number of spouses is disputed, leave this blank -->
 | children            = 56<ref name=byubio>{{citation |url= http://yfacts.byu.edu/Article?id=214 |title= Brigham Young Biography: Facts of Faith |work= Y Facts |publisher= BYU |access-date= September 19, 2013 |archive-url= https://archive.is/20130920194808/http://yfacts.byu.edu/Article?id=214 |archive-date= September 20, 2013 |url-status= dead |df= mdy-all }}</ref>
 | parents             = John and Abigail Young
 | awards              =
 | signature           = Brigham Young Signature.svg
 | signature_alt       = Signature of Brigham Young
 | website             = {{URL|brighamyoung.org}}
 | portals             = LDS
 | footnotes           =
 | position_or_quorum1 = 2nd [[President of the Church (LDS Church)|President]] of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]
 | predecessor1        = [[Joseph Smith]]
 | successor1          = [[John Taylor (Mormon)|John Taylor]]
 | start_date1         = {{start date|1847|12|27}}
 | end_date1           = {{end date|1877|08|29}}
 | position_or_quorum2 = [[President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church)|President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]]
 | start_date2         = {{start date|1840|04|14}}
 | end_date2           = {{end date|1847|12|27}}
 | predecessor2        = [[Thomas B. Marsh]]
 | successor2          = [[Orson Hyde]]
 | end_reason2         = Became President of the Church
 | position_or_quorum3 = [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church)|Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]]
 | called_by3          = [[Three Witnesses]]
 | start_date3         = {{start date|1835|02|14}}
 | end_date3           = {{end date|1847|12|27}}
 | end_reason3         = Became President of the Church
 | position_or_quorum4 = [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|LDS Church]] [[Apostle (Latter Day Saints)|Apostle]]
 | called_by4          = Three Witnesses
 | start_date4         = {{start date|1835|02|14}}
 | ordination_reason4  = Initial organization of Quorum of the Twelve
 | end_date4           = {{end date|1877|08|29}}
 | reorganization4     = No apostles immediately ordained<ref>A year after Young's death, [[Orson Hyde]] died and [[Moses Thatcher]] was ordained an apostle. The [[First Presidency (LDS Church)|First Presidency]] was not reorganized until October 10, 1880, after which [[Francis M. Lyman]] and [[John Henry Smith]] were ordained. [[Orson Pratt]] died in 1881, and the Quorum of the Twelve did not have twelve members again until October 16, 1882, when [[George Teasdale]] and [[Heber J. Grant]] were ordained.</ref>
 | political_office1   = 1st [[List of governors of Utah|Governor of Utah Territory]]
 | term_start1         = February 3, 1851
 | term_end1           = April 12, 1858<!--
 | appointer1          = [[Millard Filmore]] -->
 | office_predecessor1 = None
 | office_successor1   = [[Alfred Cumming (governor)|Alfred Cumming]]
}}</pre>

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===Israel A. Smith of the Community of Christ (RLDS Church)===
[[Israel A. Smith]], the fourth [[President of the Church#President of the Community of Christ|Prophet–Presidents]] of the [[Community of Christ|Community]], formerly known as the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
{{Infobox Latter Day Saint biography
| name                = Israel A. Smith
| image               = Israel A. Smith.jpg
| alt                 = Photo of Israel A. Smith
| caption             = c. 1920
| birth_name          = Israel Alexander Smith
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1876|02|02}}
| birth_place         = [[Plano, Illinois]], U.S.
| death_date          = {{death date and age|1958|06|14|1876|02|02}}
| death_place         = [[Lamoni, Iowa]], U.S.
| death_cause         = Car accident
| resting_place       = Mound Grove Cemetery
| resting_place_coordinates = {{Coord|39|6|42.71|N|94|25|36.51|W|type:landmark|display=inline}}
| occupation          = Lawyer
| spouse              = Nina Marie ''Grenawalt'' Smith
| children            = 2
| parents             = [[Joseph Smith III]]<br />Emmeline ''Griswold'' Smith
| position_or_quorum1 = [[Prophet–President]]|
| ordination_reason1  = Death of [[Frederick M. Smith]]
| predecessor1        = [[Frederick M. Smith]]
| successor1          = [[W. Wallace Smith]]
| start_date1         = {{start date|1946|04|09}}
| end_date1           = {{end date|1956|06|14}}
| position_or_quorum2 = Counselor in the [[First Presidency (Community of Christ)|First Presidency]]
| called_by2          = [[Frederick M. Smith]]
| ordination_reason2  = Resignation of [[Floyd M. McDowell]]
| predecessor2        = [[Floyd M. McDowell]]
| successor2          = [[John F. Garver]]<br />[[F. Henry Edwards]]
| start_date2         = October 1938
| end_date2           = {{end date|1958|06|14}}
| position_or_quorum3 = Second counselor in the [[Presiding Bishopric (Community of Christ)|Presiding Bishopric]]
| called_by3          = [[Frederick M. Smith]]
| start_date3         = 1920
| end_date3           = 1925
| political_office1   = General Assembly of Iowa
| term_start1         = 1911
| term_end1           = 1913
}}

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{{Infobox Latter Day Saint biography
| name                = Israel A. Smith
| image               = Israel A. Smith.jpg
| alt                 = Photo of Israel A. Smith
| caption             = c. 1920
| birth_name          = Israel Alexander Smith
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1876|02|02}}
| birth_place         = [[Plano, Illinois]], U.S.
| death_date          = {{death date and age|1958|06|14|1876|02|02}}
| death_place         = [[Lamoni, Iowa]], U.S.
| death_cause         = Car accident
| resting_place       = Mound Grove Cemetery
| resting_place_coordinates = {{Coord|39|6|42.71|N|94|25|36.51|W|type:landmark|display=inline}}
| occupation          = Lawyer
| spouse              = Nina Marie ''Grenawalt'' Smith
| children            = 2
| parents             = [[Joseph Smith III]]<br />Emmeline ''Griswold'' Smith
| position_or_quorum1 = [[Prophet–President]]|
| ordination_reason1  = Death of [[Frederick M. Smith]]
| predecessor1        = [[Frederick M. Smith]]
| successor1          = [[W. Wallace Smith]]
| start_date1         = {{start date|1946|04|09}}
| end_date1           = {{end date|1956|06|14}}
| position_or_quorum2 = Counselor in the [[First Presidency (Community of Christ)|First Presidency]]
| called_by2          = [[Frederick M. Smith]]
| ordination_reason2  = Resignation of [[Floyd M. McDowell]]
| predecessor2        = [[Floyd M. McDowell]]
| successor2          = [[John F. Garver]]<br />[[F. Henry Edwards]]
| start_date2         = October 1938
| end_date2           = {{end date|1958|06|14}}
| position_or_quorum3 = Second counselor in the [[Presiding Bishopric (Community of Christ)|Presiding Bishopric]]
| called_by3          = [[Frederick M. Smith]]
| start_date3         = 1920
| end_date3           = 1925
| political_office1   = General Assembly of Iowa
| term_start1         = 1911
| term_end1           = 1913
}}
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