Rulon Jeffs

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Rulon Jeffs was the longtime prophet and president of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, known for leading the polygamist sect before his son Warren Jeffs.

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Label Occurrences
Rulon Jeffs canonical 2
Rulon 1
Rulon Jeffs as FLDS leader 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf person
polygamist
religious leader
associatedWith Short Creek community
birthDate 1909-12-06
birthPlace Salt Lake City
surface form: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
burialPlace Hildale, Utah
surface form: Hildale, Utah, United States
causeOfDeath congestive heart failure
child Warren Jeffs
citizenship United States of America
surface form: United States
countryOfActivity United States of America
surface form: United States
dateBecameLeaderOfFLDS 1986
deathDate 2002-09-08
deathPlace St. George, Utah
surface form: St. George, Utah, United States
doctrinePromoted celestial plural marriage
strict obedience to FLDS leadership
era 20th century
early 21st century
ethnicGroup White American
familyName Jeffs
fullName Rulon Timpson Jeffs
gender male
givenName Rulon Jeffs self-linksurface differs
surface form: Rulon
ideology patriarchal authoritarianism
knownFor leadership of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
promoting and practicing polygamy
languageSpoken English
leaderOf Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
movement Mormon fundamentalist movement
notableEvent consolidation of FLDS leadership after Leroy S. Johnson’s death
notableRelative Warren Jeffs
numberOfChildren more than 60
numberOfWives dozens
positionHeld president of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
President of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
surface form: prophet of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
practiced plural marriage
predecessor Leroy S. Johnson
regionOfActivity Arizona
Utah
religion Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Mormon fundamentalism
residence Colorado City, Arizona
surface form: Colorado City, Arizona, United States

Hildale, Utah
surface form: Hildale, Utah, United States
selfDeclaredTitle president of the priesthood
prophet
successor Warren Jeffs

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Warren Jeffs parent Rulon Jeffs
Warren Jeffs succeeded Rulon Jeffs
this entity surface form: Rulon Jeffs as FLDS leader
Rulon Jeffs givenName Rulon Jeffs self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Rulon