Changes to the leadership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since the October 2023 general conference are reflected in an updated chart of general authorities and general officers, available to view or download.
President M. Russell Ballard, acting president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, died Nov. 12, 2023, at age 95. President Jeffrey R. Holland was set apart Nov. 15, 2023, to be the next acting president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
President Dallin H. Oaks, first counselor in the First Presidency, is second-most senior apostle after the President of the Church and is the president of Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. When the apostle who is second in seniority is called to serve as a counselor in the First Presidency, the third-longest-serving apostle becomes the acting president of the Twelve.
Elder Patrick Kearon, who was serving in the Presidency of Seventy, was ordained as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles to the fill the vacancy on Dec. 7, 2023.
In January, the First Presidency announced changes to the Presidency of Seventy: Elder Carl B. Cook, a General Authority Seventy who has served in the presidency since 2018, as the senior president; Elder Marcus B. Nash, a General Authority Seventy who was serving as executive director of the Church’s Missionary Department, was appointed to the presidency.
