Leroy S. Johnson

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American Mormon fundamentalist leader male religious leader

Leroy S. Johnson was a prominent Mormon fundamentalist leader who guided the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints through much of the mid-20th century.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Leroy S. Johnson canonical	2
Leroy Sunderland Johnson	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American ⓘ Mormon fundamentalist leader ⓘ male ⓘ religious leader ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Rulon S. Johnson ⓘ Uncle Roy ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	growth and consolidation of the FLDS Church in the 20th century ⓘ
communityLed	FLDS community in Short Creek region ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
denomination	Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints ⓘ
doctrine	continuation of plural marriage after its renunciation by the LDS Church ⓘ separation from mainstream LDS Church authority ⓘ
emphasized	obedience to priesthood authority ⓘ strict adherence to fundamentalist interpretations of LDS teachings ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Mormon fundamentalist ministry ⓘ religious leadership ⓘ
fullName	Leroy S. Johnson self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Leroy Sunderland Johnson
gender	male ⓘ
hasFollower	members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints ⓘ
historicalContext	post-Manifesto era of Mormon polygamy ⓘ
ideology	conservative Mormon fundamentalist theology ⓘ
influenced	development of FLDS leadership structure ⓘ religious life in the Short Creek fundamentalist community ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
memberOf	Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints ⓘ
movement	Mormon fundamentalism ⓘ
notableFor	guiding the FLDS Church through much of the mid-20th century ⓘ leadership of the Short Creek Mormon fundamentalist community ⓘ
opposedBy	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ surface form: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (mainstream LDS Church)
organizationalBase	Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints priesthood council ⓘ
placeOfActivity	Colorado City, Arizona ⓘ Hildale, Utah ⓘ Short Creek community ⓘ
positionHeld	leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints ⓘ priesthood council member in the FLDS movement ⓘ
religion	Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints ⓘ surface form: Fundamentalist Latter Day Saint movement Mormon fundamentalism ⓘ
residence	Short Creek community on the Arizona–Utah border ⓘ
roleInOrganization	spiritual leader of the FLDS community ⓘ
supportedDoctrine	continuation of early LDS Church practices rejected by the mainstream LDS Church ⓘ plural marriage ⓘ
timePeriod	mid-20th century ⓘ
typeOfLeader	charismatic religious leader ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints → hasFormerLeader → Leroy S. Johnson ⓘ

Rulon Jeffs → predecessor → Leroy S. Johnson ⓘ

Leroy S. Johnson → fullName → Leroy S. Johnson self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leroy Sunderland Johnson