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Hinckley</a></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lavender;">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">Joe Junior Christensen<br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1929-07-21</span>)</span>July 21, 1929<br /><a href="/wiki/Banida,_Idaho" title="Banida, Idaho">Banida, Idaho</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">May 18, 2021<span style="display:none">(2021-05-18)</span> (aged 91)<br /><a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_City" title="Salt Lake City">Salt Lake City</a>, Utah, U.S.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 0 #aaaaaa; text-align:left"><div class="navbox-styles"><style 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He was also <a href="/wiki/Temple_president" title="Temple president">president</a> of the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_California_Temple" title="San Diego California Temple">San Diego California Temple</a> from 1999 to 2002. </p><p>Christensen served as an officer in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> during the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>, from 1953 to 1955.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He received a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor%27s_degree" title="Bachelor's degree">bachelor's degree</a> from <a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young_University" title="Brigham Young University">Brigham Young University</a> and a Ph.D. from <a href="/wiki/Washington_State_University" title="Washington State University">Washington State University</a>. </p><p>Christensen then became an <a href="/wiki/Institute_of_Religion" title="Institute of Religion">institute</a> director for the <a href="/wiki/Church_Educational_System" title="Church Educational System">Church Educational System</a> (CES), including at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Utah" title="University of Utah">University of Utah</a> for a time.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For a few months in 1970, Christensen served as <a href="/wiki/Mission_president" title="Mission president">president</a> of the LDS Church's <a href="/wiki/Mission_(LDS_Church)" title="Mission (LDS Church)">mission</a> headquartered in <a href="/wiki/Mexico_City" title="Mexico City">Mexico City</a>. However, he was appointed to work under <a href="/wiki/Neal_A._Maxwell" title="Neal A. Maxwell">Neal A. Maxwell</a>, who was the <a href="/wiki/Commissioner_of_Church_Education" class="mw-redirect" title="Commissioner of Church Education">Commissioner of Church Education</a>, in running the church's <a href="/wiki/LDS_Seminary" class="mw-redirect" title="LDS Seminary">seminaries</a> and institutes and was replaced as mission president.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Christensen was an associate commissioner in CES from 1970 to 1985, interrupted by a four-year term as president of the LDS Church's <a href="/wiki/Missionary_Training_Center" title="Missionary Training Center">Missionary Training Center</a> in <a href="/wiki/Provo,_Utah" title="Provo, Utah">Provo, Utah</a>. As associate commissioner he led the expansion of the seminaries and institutes program, especially internationally in the 1970s. One major development he oversaw was recruiting local church members to lead the program in most countries. </p><p>In 1975 he became the founding president of the <a href="/wiki/Association_of_Latter-day_Saint_Counselors_and_Psychotherapists" title="Association of Latter-day Saint Counselors and Psychotherapists">Association of Latter-day Saint Counselors and Psychotherapists</a> (AMCAP).<sup id="cite_ref-Review_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Review-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Starting in 1977, under the leadership of <a href="/wiki/Henry_B._Eyring" title="Henry B. Eyring">Henry B. Eyring</a>, Christensen continued to oversee seminaries and institutes, while adding responsibility for continuing education programs and primary and secondary schools the church had in eight countries in Polynesia and Latin America. In 1985, Christensen became president of Ricks College in <a href="/wiki/Rexburg,_Idaho" title="Rexburg, Idaho">Rexburg, Idaho</a>. </p><p>In 1989, Christensen was called as a general authority in the LDS Church where, among other assignments, he served in the <a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_the_Seventy" class="mw-redirect" title="Presidency of the Seventy">Presidency of the Seventy</a>. He was designated as an <a href="/wiki/Emeritus" title="Emeritus">emeritus</a> general authority in 1999. </p><p>Christensen died on May 18, 2021, in Salt Lake City.<sup id="cite_ref-JJChristensendeath_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JJChristensendeath-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Speeches">Speeches</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_J._Christensen&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Speeches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/joe-j-christensen_resolutions/">"Resolutions"</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/joe-j-christensen_powerful-truths-make-difference-lives/">"Powerful Truths That Make a Difference in Our Lives"</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/joe-j-christensen_making-revelation-personal-reality/">"On Making Revelation a Personal Reality"</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://speeches.byu.edu/?act=viewitem&id=1662">"The Responsibility of Our Heritage"</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_J._Christensen&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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.cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lib.byui.edu/exhibits/Presidents/christensen.html">"The Presidents and First Ladies of Ricks College"</a>. <a href="/wiki/BYU-Idaho" class="mw-redirect" title="BYU-Idaho">BYU-Idaho</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2007-07-02</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Presidents+and+First+Ladies+of+Ricks+College&rft.pub=BYU-Idaho&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lib.byui.edu%2Fexhibits%2FPresidents%2Fchristensen.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJoe+J.+Christensen" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Robert_C._Freeman" title="Robert C. Freeman">Freeman, Robert C.</a> and Wright, Dennis A. <i>Saints at War: Korea and Vietnam</i>. <a href="/wiki/Covenant_Communications" class="mw-redirect" title="Covenant Communications">Covenant Communications</a>, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2003.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Eaton and Eyring. <i>I Will Lead You Along</i> p. 293</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070925175909/http://alumni.byu.edu/Sections/chapters/pdf/globalization.pdf">"talk by Christensen on the expansion of the seminaries and institutes outside of the United States and Canada"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://alumni.byu.edu/Sections/chapters/pdf/globalization.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 2007-09-25<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2008-12-27</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=talk+by+Christensen+on+the+expansion+of+the+seminaries+and+institutes+outside+of+the+United+States+and+Canada&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Falumni.byu.edu%2FSections%2Fchapters%2Fpdf%2Fglobalization.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJoe+J.+Christensen" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Review-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Review_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFIngoldsby2005" class="citation journal cs1">Ingoldsby, Bron (2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/23289263">"Review of Healing Souls: Psychotherapy in the Latter-day Saint Community"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Journal_of_Mormon_History" class="mw-redirect" title="Journal of Mormon History">Journal of Mormon History</a></i>. <b>31</b> (1). <a href="/wiki/Mormon_History_Association" title="Mormon History Association">Mormon History Association</a>: 202. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0094-7342">0094-7342</a>. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/23289263">23289263</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Mormon+History&rft.atitle=Review+of+Healing+Souls%3A+Psychotherapy+in+the+Latter-day+Saint+Community&rft.volume=31&rft.issue=1&rft.pages=202&rft.date=2005&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F23289263%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft.issn=0094-7342&rft.aulast=Ingoldsby&rft.aufirst=Bron&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F23289263&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJoe+J.+Christensen" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-JJChristensendeath-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-JJChristensendeath_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWalker2021" class="citation news cs1">Walker, Sydney (May 18, 2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thechurchnews.com/members/2021-05-18/elder-joe-j-christensen-general-authority-ricks-college-provo-mtc-213685">"Elder Joe J. Christensen, emeritus General Authority Seventy, dies at age 91"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Church_News" title="Church News">Church News</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Church+News&rft.atitle=Elder+Joe+J.+Christensen%2C+emeritus+General+Authority+Seventy%2C+dies+at+age+91&rft.date=2021-05-18&rft.aulast=Walker&rft.aufirst=Sydney&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thechurchnews.com%2Fmembers%2F2021-05-18%2Felder-joe-j-christensen-general-authority-ricks-college-provo-mtc-213685&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJoe+J.+Christensen" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_J._Christensen&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1989/05/news-of-the-church/elder-joe-j-christensen-of-the-first-quorum-of-the-seventy?lang=eng">Joe J. 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Young</a> (1835–81)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Levi_W._Hancock" title="Levi W. Hancock">Hancock</a> (1835–82)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Rich" title="Leonard Rich">Rich</a> (1835–37)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zebedee_Coltrin" title="Zebedee Coltrin">Coltrin</a> (1835–37)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyman_R._Sherman" title="Lyman R. Sherman">Sherman</a> (1835–37)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sylvester_Smith_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Sylvester Smith (Latter Day Saints)">Smith</a> (1835–37)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_S._Miles" title="Daniel S. Miles">Miles</a> (1836–45)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Gould_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="John Gould (Latter Day Saints)">Gould</a> (1837)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Foster_(Mormon)" title="James Foster (Mormon)">Foster</a> (1837–41)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josiah_Butterfield" title="Josiah Butterfield">Butterfield</a> (1837–44)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salmon_Gee" title="Salmon Gee">Gee</a> (1837–38)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Gaylord" title="John Gaylord">Gaylord</a> (1837–38)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Harriman_(Mormon)" title="Henry Harriman (Mormon)">Harriman</a> (1838–91)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zera_Pulsipher" title="Zera Pulsipher">Pulsipher</a> (1838–62)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Orton" title="Roger Orton">Orton</a> (1845)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_P._Rockwood" title="Albert P. Rockwood">Rockwood</a> (1845–79)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_L._Clapp" title="Benjamin L. Clapp">Clapp</a> (1845–59)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jedediah_M._Grant" title="Jedediah M. Grant">Grant</a> (1845–54)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horace_S._Eldredge" title="Horace S. Eldredge">Eldredge</a> (1854–88)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacob_Gates" title="Jacob Gates">Gates</a> (1860–92)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Van_Cott" title="John Van Cott">Van Cott</a> (1862–83)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_W._Taylor" title="William W. Taylor">W.W. Taylor</a> (1880–84)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abraham_H._Cannon" title="Abraham H. Cannon">Cannon</a> (1882–89)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodore_B._Lewis" title="Theodore B. Lewis">Lewis</a> (1882)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seymour_B._Young" title="Seymour B. Young">S.B. Young</a> (1882–1924)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_D._Fjeldsted" title="Christian D. Fjeldsted">Fjeldsted</a> (1884–1905)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hamilton_Morgan" title="John Hamilton Morgan">Morgan</a> (1884–94)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._H._Roberts" title="B. H. Roberts">Roberts</a> (1888–1933)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Reynolds_(Mormon)" title="George Reynolds (Mormon)">Reynolds</a> (1890–1909)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Golden_Kimball" title="J. Golden Kimball">Kimball</a> (1892–1938)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rulon_S._Wells" title="Rulon S. Wells">Wells</a> (1893–1941)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Stevenson" title="Edward Stevenson">Stevenson</a> (1894–97)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_W._McMurrin" title="Joseph W. McMurrin">McMurrin</a> (1897–1932)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_H._Hart" title="Charles H. Hart">Hart</a> (1906–34)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Levi_E._Young" title="Levi E. Young">L.E. Young</a> (1909–63)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rey_Pratt" title="Rey Pratt">Pratt</a> (1925–31)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antoine_R._Ivins" title="Antoine R. Ivins">Ivins</a> (1931–67)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_O._Bennion" title="Samuel O. Bennion">Bennion</a> (1933–45)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_H._Taylor_(Mormon)" title="John H. Taylor (Mormon)">J.H. Taylor</a> (1933–46)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rufus_K._Hardy" title="Rufus K. Hardy">Hardy</a> (1934–45)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_L._Evans" title="Richard L. Evans">Evans</a> (1938–53)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_A._Kirkham" title="Oscar A. Kirkham">Kirkham</a> (1941–58)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._Dilworth_Young" title="S. Dilworth Young">S.D. Young</a> (1945–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milton_R._Hunter" title="Milton R. Hunter">Hunter</a> (1945–75)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_R._McConkie" title="Bruce R. McConkie">McConkie</a> (1946–72)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_D._Hanks" title="Marion D. Hanks">Hanks</a> (1953–68)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._Theodore_Tuttle" title="A. Theodore Tuttle">Tuttle</a> (1958–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_H._Dunn" title="Paul H. Dunn">P.H. Dunn</a> (1964–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartman_Rector_Jr." title="Hartman Rector Jr.">Rector</a> (1968–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loren_C._Dunn" title="Loren C. Dunn">L.C. Dunn</a> (1968–76)</li> <li>Pinegar (1972–76)</li> <li>G.R. Cook (1975–76)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Presidency_of_the_Seventy" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Presidency of the Seventy</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_D._Richards_(Mormon_seventy)" title="Franklin D. Richards (Mormon seventy)">Richards</a> (1976–83)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_E._Faust" title="James E. Faust">Faust</a> (1976–78)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Thomas_Fyans" title="J. Thomas Fyans">Fyans</a> (1976–85)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._Theodore_Tuttle" title="A. Theodore Tuttle">Tuttle</a> (1976–80)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neal_A._Maxwell" title="Neal A. Maxwell">Maxwell</a> (1976–81)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_D._Hanks" title="Marion D. Hanks">Hanks</a> (1976–80)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_H._Dunn" title="Paul H. Dunn">P.H. Dunn</a> (1976–80)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Grant_Bangerter" title="William Grant Bangerter">Bangerter</a> (1978–80)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlos_E._Asay" title="Carlos E. Asay">Asay</a> (1980–86)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._Russell_Ballard" title="M. Russell Ballard">Ballard</a> (1980–85)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dean_L._Larsen" title="Dean L. Larsen">Larsen</a> (1980–93)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royden_G._Derrick" title="Royden G. Derrick">Derrick</a> (1980–84)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._Homer_Durham" title="G. Homer Durham">Durham</a> (1981–85)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_G._Scott" title="Richard G. Scott">Scott</a> (1983–88)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_D._Hanks" title="Marion D. Hanks">Hanks</a> (1984–92)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Grant_Bangerter" title="William Grant Bangerter">Bangerter</a> (1985–89)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_H._Goaslind" title="Jack H. Goaslind">Goaslind</a> (1985–87)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_L._Backman" title="Robert L. Backman">Backman</a> (1985–92)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_B._Wirthlin" title="Joseph B. Wirthlin">Wirthlin</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_W._Pinnock" title="Hugh W. Pinnock">Pinnock</a> (1986–89)</li> <li>Paramore (1987–93)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Richard_Clarke" title="J. Richard Clarke">Clarke</a> (1988–93)</li> <li>Pinegar (1989–95)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlos_E._Asay" title="Carlos E. Asay">Asay</a> (1989–96)</li> <li>Didier (1992–95)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._Aldin_Porter" class="mw-redirect" title="L. Aldin Porter">Porter</a> (1992–2001)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">J.J. Christensen</a> (1993–99)</li> <li>Brough (1993–98)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/W._Eugene_Hansen" title="W. Eugene Hansen">Hansen</a> (1993–98)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_G._Hillam" title="Harold G. Hillam">Hillam</a> (1995–2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_H._Goaslind" title="Jack H. Goaslind">Goaslind</a> (1995–98)</li> <li>Tingey (1996–2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._Todd_Christofferson" title="D. Todd Christofferson">Christofferson</a> (1998–2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marlin_K._Jensen" title="Marlin K. Jensen">M.K. Jensen</a> (1998–2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_E._Sorensen" title="David E. Sorensen">Sorensen</a> (1998–2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_B._Banks" title="Ben B. Banks">Banks</a> (1999–2002)</li> <li>Neuenschwander (2000–04)</li> <li>Didier (2001–07)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cecil_O._Samuelson" title="Cecil O. Samuelson">Samuelson</a> (2001–03)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dieter_F._Uchtdorf" title="Dieter F. 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Jensen</a> (2008–12)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_L._Hallstrom" title="Donald L. Hallstrom">Hallstrom</a> (2009–17)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tad_R._Callister" title="Tad R. Callister">Callister</a> (2011–14)</li> <li>Maynes (2012–17)</li> <li>C.C. Christensen (2012–18)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulisses_Soares" title="Ulisses Soares">Soares</a> (2013–18)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynn_G._Robbins" title="Lynn G. Robbins">Robbins</a> (2014–18)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerrit_W._Gong" title="Gerrit W. Gong">Gong</a> (2015–18)</li> <li>Uceda (2017–18)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Kearon" title="Patrick Kearon">Kearon</a> (2017–23)</li> <li>C.B. Cook (2018–)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_C._Gay" title="Robert C. Gay">Gay</a> (2018–21)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terence_M._Vinson" class="mw-redirect" title="Terence M. Vinson">Vinson</a> (2018–21)</li> <li>Teixeira (2018–)</li> <li>Godoy (2018–24)</li> <li>Nielson (2020–24)</li> <li>P. 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Cannon">Cannon</a> (1867–1901)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lorenzo_Snow" title="Lorenzo Snow">Snow</a> (1901)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_F._Smith" title="Joseph F. Smith">Smith</a> (1901–18)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_O._McKay" title="David O. McKay">D.O. McKay</a> (1918–34)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_D._Pyper" title="George D. Pyper">Pyper</a> (1934–43)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milton_Bennion" title="Milton Bennion">Bennion</a> (1943–49)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_R._Hill" title="George R. Hill">Hill</a> (1949–66)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Lawrence_McKay" title="David Lawrence McKay">D.L. McKay</a> (1966–71)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson" title="Russell M. Nelson">Nelson</a> (1971–79)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_W._Pinnock" title="Hugh W. Pinnock">Pinnock</a> (1979–86)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_L._Simpson_(Mormon)" title="Robert L. Simpson (Mormon)">Simpson</a> (1986–89)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_W._Pinnock" title="Hugh W. Pinnock">Pinnock</a> (1989–92)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merlin_R._Lybbert" title="Merlin R. Lybbert">Lybbert</a> (1992–94)</li> <li>Didier (1994–95)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_G._Hillam" title="Harold G. Hillam">Hillam</a> (1995–2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marlin_K._Jensen" title="Marlin K. Jensen">Jensen</a> (2000–01)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cecil_O._Samuelson" title="Cecil O. Samuelson">Samuelson</a> (2001–03)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merrill_J._Bateman" title="Merrill J. Bateman">Bateman</a> (2003–04)</li> <li>Merrill (2004–09)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russell_T._Osguthorpe" title="Russell T. Osguthorpe">Osguthorpe</a> (2009–14)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tad_R._Callister" title="Tad R. Callister">Callister</a> (2014–19)</li> <li>Pace (2019–)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">First<br />Counselors/Assistants</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Goddard_(Mormon)" title="George Goddard (Mormon)">Goddard</a> (1872–99)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_G._Maeser" title="Karl G. Maeser">Maeser</a> (1899–1901)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Reynolds_(Mormon)" title="George Reynolds (Mormon)">G. Reynolds</a> (1901–09)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_O._McKay" title="David O. McKay">D.O. McKay</a> (1909–18)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_L_Richards" title="Stephen L Richards">S. Richards</a> (1918–34)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milton_Bennion" title="Milton Bennion">Bennion</a> (1934–43)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_R._Hill" title="George R. 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