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The First Presidency is composed of the President of the Church and his counselors. Historically, and as mandated by church scripture, [1] the First Presidency has been composed of the president and two counselors, but circumstances have occasionally required additional counselors (for example, David O. McKay had five during the final years of his presidency, and at one point, Brigham Young ...
Reorganization of First Presidency after death of Joseph Fielding Smith: 26 December 1973 – 30 December 1973 No organized First Presidency; Death of Harold B. Lee; dissolution of First Presidency 30 December 1973 – 23 July 1981
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.
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 First Presidency of Community of Christ differs from the First Presidency of the LDS Church, where the church president is always the senior-most member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. In the Community of Christ, each new church president has generally been "designated" as the successor by God through revelation received by the ...
Also includes First Presidency members of the LDS Church's institutional predecessors, the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints), the Church of the Latter Day Saints and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Presidents of the LDS Church and Counselors in the First Presidency are found in subcategories. Other members of the First ...
[15]: 123 The First Presidency was dissolved, and the previous members were ordained as counselors to the Twelve. Other men were called to fill the vacancies in the Quorum. [15]: 123 When Taylor died, the pattern changed, and the members of the First Presidency rejoined the Quorum based on their seniority.
Death of Brigham Young; First Presidency dissolved; surviving members of First Presidency return to the Quorum; Daniel H. Wells and John Willard Young excluded from Quorum due to an excess of apostles 28 November 1878 – 7 April 1879 John Taylor (de facto)