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In a combined meeting of the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, seniority is unanimously changed to be based on entry into the Quorum of the Twelve instead of date of ordination, ensuring George Q. Cannon and Joseph F. Smith's seniority to Brigham Young Jr. [2] 8 April 1900 Reed Smoot ordained. 12 April 1901 George Q. Cannon dies.
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.
First Presidency January 15, 1841 Nauvoo, Illinois "to the Saints scattered abroad" [2] Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, Hyrum Smith: Times and Seasons: N/A review the progress of the church and the prospects of settling in Nauvoo, Illinois: Proclamation of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 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.
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.
Reorganization of First Presidency after death of Joseph Fielding Smith: 26 December 1973 – 30 December 1973 No organized First Presidency; Death of Harold B. Lee; dissolution of First Presidency 30 December 1973 – 23 July 1981
In the LDS Church, the Quorum of the Twelve is officially referred to as the "Quorum of the Twelve Apostles" or "Council of the Twelve Apostles". The group normally has a leadership role in the church that is second only to the church's First Presidency. The Quorum implicitly follows the First Presidency's policies and pronouncements and its ...
But before his own death in 1898, he advised the Quorum of the Twelve that "in all future time, when the president of the church should die and thereby the First Presidency become disorganized, it would be the duty of the proper authorities of the church to proceed at once without any unnecessary delay, to reorganize the First Presidency."