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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.
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
The traveling high council is generally known as the Quorum of Twelve Apostles. Both councils, at least in theory, preside over the church, although the apostles have tended to supersede the standing high council in both of the largest Latter Day Saint denominations, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Community of Christ.
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
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 ...
The president's other duties consist of presiding at and conducting weekly meetings of the quorum in the Salt Lake Temple; making decisions about the particular assignments to be made to the members of the quorum; speaking on behalf of the quorum to members of the church and the media; scheduling twice-annual conferences for each stake and ...