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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 ...
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]
In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), ... 1839. As a result, was given reduced seniority on April 10, 1875. Name: William E. McLellin:
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.
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.
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.
He assumed church leadership in 1844 and formally became Church president in 1847. 3 Orson Hyde: 27 December 1847 – 10 April 1875 (change in seniority) Hyde was Quorum president because the more senior apostle, Heber C. Kimball, was a member of the First Presidency.