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This list is organized by current Quorum members, original Quorum members, then by date of appointment to the Quorum, and then by last name. Members of the First Presidency , which include the President of the Church and his counselors, are usually not part of the Quorum, and a calling to the First Presidency usually entails leaving the Quorum.
Joseph Smith addressing members of the quorum of the twelve. Hyrum Smith, Willard Richards, Joseph Smith, Orson Pratt, Parley P. Pratt, Orson Hyde, Heber C. Kimball, Brigham Young in ca 1843, 1844. [6] The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles claims a leadership role second only to that of the First Presidency.
President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church) Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles; Prophet, seer, and revelator; General authority; Temple president; Mission president; Stake (Latter Day Saints) Church Historian and Recorder; Branch president; Defunct Callings. Assistant President of the Church
In the Latter Day Saint movement, the Quorum of the Twelve (also known as the Council of the Twelve, the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Council of the Twelve Apostles, or the Twelve) is one of the governing bodies (or quorums) of the church hierarchy organized by the movement's founder Joseph Smith and patterned after the Apostles of Jesus (Commissioning of the Twelve Apostles).
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles 2007-10-11 84.3 Member Chair, Missionary Executive Council [12] D. Todd Christofferson: Quorum of the Twelve Apostles 2008-04-10 80 Member Utah [9] Member, Church Board of Education/Boards of Trustees. Chairman, CES Executive Committee [13] Neil L. Andersen: Quorum of the Twelve Apostles 2009-04-09 73.4 Member ...
In April 2018, the church announced that, effective August 1 of that year, areas in the United States and Canada would once again be supervised by a three-man presidency. This enabled the Presidency of the Seventy to more fully assist the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in their duties, and to fill other assignments as needed. [7]
At this point, the presidency's counselors, if they had been drawn from the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, return to their place of seniority within the Twelve, and the church enters an apostolic interregnum wherein the Quorum of the Twelve serves as the governing council for the church, under the direction of the quorum's president.
Joseph F. Smith was sustained as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve. (He was previously ordained an apostle.) 22 June 1868 Heber C. Kimball dies. 7 October 1868 George A. Smith set apart First Counselor to President Brigham Young. 9 October 1868 Brigham Young, Jr. sustained as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve. (He was previously ordained ...