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1. Emeritus general authorities are individuals who have been released from active duties as general authorities. However, they remain general authorities of the church until their death. Except for the three former members of the Presiding Bishopric noted, all living emeritus general authorities are former members of the First or Second Quorums of the Seventy. 2. These former members of the ...
The following individuals are general officers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). General officers of the LDS Church are distinguished from general authorities ; all general officers are members of a presidency of an organization of the church.
Alvin Frazier Meredith III was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on July 22, 1970, to Alvin Frazier Meredith Jr. and Mary Smartt Meredith. After serving full-time as an LDS Church missionary in the Utah Salt Lake City Mission, he graduated with a bachelor's degree in psychology from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.
Was excommunicated for adultery November 7, 1885, and later rebaptized on November 1, 1887; however, he was not reinstated as an apostle or as a general authority. Name: Moses Thatcher: Born: February 2, 1842 Died: August 21, 1909 (aged 67) Positions:
A general authority is a member of the highest levels of leadership within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints [1] who has administrative and ecclesiastical authority over the church. A general authority's jurisdiction is church-wide, in contrast to the responsibilities of a local authority or an area authority, which relate to a ...
Melvin Russell Ballard Jr. (October 8, 1928 – November 12, 2023) was an American businessman and religious leader who served as the Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 2018 until his death in 2023. [3]
David Todd Christofferson (born January 24, 1945) is an American religious leader and former lawyer who serves as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He has been a general authority of the church since 1993. Currently, he is the eighth most senior apostle in the church.
John Max Madsen (born April 24, 1939) is a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He has been a general authority since 1992. Madsen's father, Louis L. Madsen, was an employee of the US Department of Agriculture, at the time of his birth.