Background
Hilbig was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His father, Karl Herbert Hilbig, was from Zwickau, Germany who joined the Latter- Day Saints (Mormons) Church before immigrating to the United States.
Hilbig was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His father, Karl Herbert Hilbig, was from Zwickau, Germany who joined the Latter- Day Saints (Mormons) Church before immigrating to the United States.
Princeton University. Duke University; Brigham Young University.
Hilbig earned a bachelor"s degree in European history from Princeton University, where his Senior Thesis was titled "Constitutional Reform in the Holy Roman Empire 1495-1505: Prelude, Protagonists, Program." He later studied at Duke University School of Law, and also attended Brigham Young University for a semester after his mission. Hilbig worked for a large law firm in the Los Angeles, California area and later had his own law practice. From 1989 to 1992, he was president of the church"s Switzerland Zürich Mission.
From 1995 to 2001, Hilbig was an area seventy.
He was transferred to the First Quorum of the Seventy in April 2006. As a general authority, he served in several area presidencies and as executive director of the church"s Audiovisual Department.
During the church"s October 2012 general conference, Hilbig was released from the Seventy and designated an emeritus general authority. After suffering from Alzheimer"s disease for several years, Hilbig died on August 22, 2015, at the age of 73.
In April 2001, he became a general authority and a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy.