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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 ...
Joseph Smith, the founder of the Latter-day Saint movement. The concept that the Church of Christ would have a single presiding officer arose in late 1831. Initially, after the church's formation on April 6, 1830, Joseph Smith referred to himself as "an apostle of Jesus Christ, and elder of the church". [1]
At first, there was one main Mormon fundamentalist group, the Council of Friends, also known as the "Woolley group" and the "Priesthood Council". [7] The Council of Friends was centered in Salt Lake City and the Short Creek Community, later called Colorado City, Arizona, and Hildale, Utah.
Name Position Began tenure Age Assignments (where known) Susan H. Porter: General President 2022-08-01 [1]: 69 [1]: Member, Temple and Family History Executive Council [2]: Amy A. Wright
Associates and children of one of the highest-ranking leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, M. Russell Ballard, remembered him Friday as a principled and compassionate man ...
LDS Church Apostle, called by Three Witnesses, February 14, 1835 () – August 29, 1877 () Notes: Succeeded Smith as leader of the LDS Church. Was also Governor of Utah Territory from February 3, 1851, to April 12, 1858. Name: Heber C. Kimball: Born: June 14, 1801 Died: June 22, 1868 (aged 67)
Leaders of the Utah-based church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints called on people to no longer refer to their faith as Mormonism.