William Grant Bangerter

{{Short description|American Mormon leader (1918–2010)}}

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{{Infobox Latter Day Saint biography

| name = Wm. Grant Bangerter

| image = William Grant Bangerter.jpg

| alt = Photograph of Wm. Grant Bangerter

| birth_name = William Grant Bangerter

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1918|06|08}}

| birth_place = Granger, Utah, United States

| death_date = {{death date and age|2010|4|18|1918|06|08}}

| death_place = Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

| resting_place = Elysian Burial Gardens

| resting_place_coordinates = {{Coord|40.6714|-111.8581|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Elysian Burial Gardens}}

| spouse = Mildred Lee Schwante (m.1944-d.1952)
Geraldine Hamblin

| children = 11

| parents = William H. Bangerter
Isabelle Bawden

| position_or_quorum1 = Emeritus General Authority

| start_date1 = {{start date|1989|09|30}}

| end_date1 = {{end date|2010|4|18}}

| position_or_quorum2 = Presidency of the First Quorum of the Seventy

| president2 = Ezra Taft Benson

| start_date2 = {{start date|1985|02|17}}

| end_date2 = {{end date|1989|09|30}}

| end_reason2 = Granted general authority emeritus status

| position_or_quorum3 = Presidency of the First Quorum of the Seventy

| president3 = Spencer W. Kimball

| start_date3 = {{start date|1978|09|30}}

| end_date3 = {{end date|1980|02|22}}

| end_reason3 = Honorably released

| position_or_quorum4 = First Quorum of the Seventy

| president4 = Spencer W. Kimball

| start_date4 = {{start date|1976|10|01}}

| end_date4 = {{end date|1989|09|30}}

| end_reason4 = Granted general authority emeritus status

| position_or_quorum5 = Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

| president5 = Spencer W. Kimball

| start_date5 = {{start date|1975|04|04}}

| end_date5 = {{end date|1976|10|01}}

| end_reason5 = Position abolished

| list_notes = Elder brother of former Utah governor Norman H. Bangerter.

}}

William Grant Bangerter (June 8, 1918 – April 18, 2010) was a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1975 until his death.

Bangerter was born in Granger, Utah. From 1939 to 1941, he served as an LDS Churchmissionary in Brazil. After his mission, he graduated from the University of Utah and became a building contractor.

In the LDS Church, Bangerter served as a bishop in Granger and was later president of the church's North Jordan Stake. From 1958 to 1963, Bangerter was president of the church's Brazilian Mission. After serving in Brazil, he became a regional representative. In 1974, he became the first president of the church's Portugal Lisbon Mission. In 1975, he became an Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. In 1976, when the position of Assistant to the Twelve was abolished, Bangerter became a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy. He twice served as a member of the Presidency of the Seventy (1978 to 1980, 1985 to 1989). In 1989, he was designated as an emeritus general authority and released from active duties.

From 1990 to 1993, Bangerter was president of the Jordan River Utah Temple. He later worked in the Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple and from 2003 until his death was a patriarch in the Alpine Utah West Stake.