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9th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 9, 1951 () – January 18, 1970 () President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (with Joseph Fielding Smith as Acting President ) , August 8, 1950 ( 1950-08-08 ) – April 9, 1951 ( 1951-04-09 )
The First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in September 1898 [1]. In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (also known as the Quorum of the Twelve, the Council of the Twelve Apostles, or simply the Twelve) is one of the governing bodies in the church hierarchy.
President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles is a priesthood calling in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Normally, the president of the Quorum of the Twelve is the most senior apostle in the church, aside from the president of the church. When the church president dies, the president of the Quorum of the Twelve ...
This article lists the presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The included persons have served as President of the Church and prophet, seer, and revelator of the LDS Church.
Church President: 1984-04-07 2018-01-14 [1] 100.3 Member Chairman Dallin H. Oaks: First Counselor in the First Presidency and President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles [2] 1984-05-03 2018-01-14 [1] 92.4 Member First Vice Chairman Henry B. Eyring: Second Counselor in the First Presidency [3] 1995-04-06 2018-01-14 [1] 91.7 Member Second Vice ...
At the head of the LDS Church are fifteen men: [1] three of them, the church president and his two counselors, form the church's highest council, the First Presidency.In addition, a council serving the church in a role secondary to that of the First Presidency is the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
The First Presidency is composed of the President of the Church and his counselors. Historically, and as mandated by church scripture, [1] the First Presidency has been composed of the president and two counselors, but circumstances have occasionally required additional counselors (for example, David O. McKay had five during the final years of his presidency, and at one point, Brigham Young ...
Monson was ordained an LDS apostle at age 36, served in the First Presidency under three church presidents, and was the President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles from March 12, 1995, until he became President of the Church on February 3, 2008. [1]