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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).
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]
Up until 1930 the president of this mission was normally also president of the British Mission. Most of the mission presidents were members of the quorum of the 12 apostles. 1960-1965 Administrative mission overseeing all the missions in Europe and based in Germany.
In July 2021, M. Russell Ballard, Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, sent out a letter noting a list of 66 area seventies who would be released effective August 1. [9] The letter noted that the release of area seventies, effective August 1, would continue to be announced by letter going forward.
As of August 2015, most of the current members are not known. However, membership has historically included at least two members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, one member of the Presiding Bishopric and the executive director of the church's Missionary Department, who is usually a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy. As of 1 August ...