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Gong<br />江文漢</span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Elder_Gerrit_W._Gong.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Elder_Gerrit_W._Gong.png/220px-Elder_Gerrit_W._Gong.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="245" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Elder_Gerrit_W._Gong.png/330px-Elder_Gerrit_W._Gong.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Elder_Gerrit_W._Gong.png/440px-Elder_Gerrit_W._Gong.png 2x" data-file-width="2434" data-file-height="2716" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Gerrit W. Gong in 2018</div></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; line-height: normal; padding: 0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_(LDS_Church)" title="Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church)">Quorum of the Twelve Apostles</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">March 31, 2018<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2018-03-31</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Called by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson" title="Russell M. Nelson">Russell M. Nelson</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; line-height: normal; padding: 0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">LDS Church</a> <a href="/wiki/Apostle_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Apostle (Latter Day Saints)">Apostle</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">April 5, 2018<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2018-04-05</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Called by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Russell M. Nelson</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reason</th><td class="infobox-data">Death of <a href="/wiki/Robert_D._Hales" title="Robert D. Hales">Robert D. Hales</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></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; line-height: normal; padding: 0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_the_Seventy" class="mw-redirect" title="Presidency of the Seventy">Presidency of the Seventy</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">October 6, 2015<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2015-10-06</span>)</span> – March 31, 2018<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2018-03-31</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Called by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_S._Monson" title="Thomas S. Monson">Thomas S. Monson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">End reason</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Called to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles</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; line-height: normal; padding: 0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/First_Quorum_of_the_Seventy" class="mw-redirect" title="First Quorum of the Seventy">First Quorum of the Seventy</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">April 3, 2010<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2010-04-03</span>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-Deseret_News_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Deseret_News-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hill_11_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hill_11-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – March 31, 2018<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2018-03-31</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Called by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Thomas S. Monson</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">End reason</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Called to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles</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">Gerrit Walter Gong<br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1953-12-23</span>) </span>December 23, 1953<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 71)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Redwood_City,_California" title="Redwood City, California">Redwood City</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young_University" title="Brigham Young University">Brigham Young University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">B.A.</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Oxford_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Oxford University">Oxford University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Master_of_Arts" title="Master of Arts">M.A.</a>, <a href="/wiki/D.Phil." class="mw-redirect" title="D.Phil.">D.Phil.</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Susan Lindsay (1980–present)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">4</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parents</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Walter_Gong" title="Walter Gong">Walter Gong</a> and Jean Char</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 0 #aaaaaa; 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He has been a <a href="/wiki/General_authority" title="General authority">general authority</a> since 2010 and served as a member of the church's <a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_the_Seventy" class="mw-redirect" title="Presidency of the Seventy">Presidency of the Seventy</a> from October 2015 until his calling to the Quorum of the Twelve in March 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-LDS_Church_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LDS_Church-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is the LDS Church's first <a href="/wiki/Apostle_(LDS_Church)" class="mw-redirect" title="Apostle (LDS Church)">apostle</a> of <a href="/wiki/Asian_Americans" title="Asian Americans">Asian descent</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Caron_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Caron-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prior to becoming a general authority, he served as assistant to the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Brigham_Young_University" class="mw-redirect" title="President of Brigham Young University">president</a> of <a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young_University" title="Brigham Young University">Brigham Young University</a> (BYU) for planning and assessment.<sup id="cite_ref-Liahona2010_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Liahona2010-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Deseret_News_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Deseret_News-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hill_11_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hill_11-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Gong is accepted by the church as a <a href="/wiki/Prophet,_seer,_and_revelator" class="mw-redirect" title="Prophet, seer, and revelator">prophet, seer, and revelator</a>. Currently, he is the thirteenth most senior apostle in the church.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gerrit_W._Gong&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gong was born in 1953 in <a href="/wiki/Redwood_City,_California" title="Redwood City, California">Redwood City, California</a>, to <a href="/wiki/Walter_Gong" title="Walter Gong">Walter Gong</a> and his wife, the former Jean Char, and raised in <a href="/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California" title="Palo Alto, California">Palo Alto, California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Liahona2010_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Liahona2010-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gerrit was named after <a href="/wiki/Gerrit_de_Jong" class="mw-redirect" title="Gerrit de Jong">Gerrit de Jong</a> because his mother had lived with de Jong and his family while she was a student at BYU. He had a close almost familial relationship with de Jong and would refer to him as "Grandpa de Jong." His mother's family are <a href="/wiki/Chinese_immigration_to_Hawaii" title="Chinese immigration to Hawaii">ethnic Chinese in Hawaii</a>, and his father's <a href="/wiki/Asian_Americans_in_California#Chinese" title="Asian Americans in California">family lived in California</a> and other parts of the United States after his ancestors <a href="/wiki/Chinese_emigration#19th–early_20th_century" title="Chinese emigration">emigrated from China in the late nineteenth century</a>. </p><p>During a press conference related to the open house for the rededication of the <a href="/wiki/Washington_D.C._Temple" title="Washington D.C. Temple">Washington D.C. Temple</a>, Gong shared that one of his first memories was of being <a href="/wiki/Sealing_(Mormonism)" title="Sealing (Mormonism)">sealed</a> to his parents in a <a href="/wiki/Temple_(LDS_Church)" title="Temple (LDS Church)">temple</a> of the LDS Church.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Education_and_career">Education and career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gerrit_W._Gong&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Education and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gong graduated from <a href="/wiki/Cubberley_High_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Cubberley High School">Cubberley High School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California" title="Palo Alto, California">Palo Alto, California</a>, in 1971. He served as an LDS Church <a href="/wiki/Mormon_missionary" title="Mormon missionary">missionary</a> in <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Liahona2015_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Liahona2015-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He graduated from BYU in 1977 with a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">Bachelor of Arts</a>. Gong then studied <a href="/wiki/International_relations" title="International relations">international relations</a> at <a href="/wiki/University_of_Oxford" title="University of Oxford">Oxford University</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Rhodes_Scholar" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhodes Scholar">Rhodes Scholar</a>, receiving a <a href="/wiki/Master%27s_degree" title="Master's degree">master's degree</a> in 1979 and a <a href="/wiki/D.Phil." class="mw-redirect" title="D.Phil.">D.Phil.</a> in 1980.<sup id="cite_ref-BYUStudies_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BYUStudies-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NYT_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1985, Gong became a special assistant to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_State" title="United States Secretary of State">U.S. secretary of state</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gong was a professor at various times at <a href="/wiki/Georgetown_University" title="Georgetown University">Georgetown University</a> and <a href="/wiki/Johns_Hopkins_University" title="Johns Hopkins University">Johns Hopkins University</a>. He later served as a special assistant in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_State_Department" class="mw-redirect" title="United States State Department">United States State Department</a>, as well as special assistant to the ambassador at the United States Embassy in <a href="/wiki/Beijing,_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Beijing, China">Beijing, China</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Caron_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Caron-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also held the Freeman Chair in China studies and was later the Asia Director of the <a href="/wiki/Center_for_Strategic_and_International_Studies" title="Center for Strategic and International Studies">Center for Strategic and International Studies</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-washingtonpost_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-washingtonpost-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He joined this latter institution in 1989. From at least 2002, Gong served as special assistant to the president of BYU for planning and assessment.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Even before joining the administration at BYU, Gong was involved in <a href="/wiki/Educational_policy" class="mw-redirect" title="Educational policy">educational policy</a> issues. He served as a member of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Education" title="United States Department of Education">United States Department of Education</a>'s <a href="/wiki/National_Advisory_Committee_on_Institutional_Quality_and_Integrity" title="National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity">National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity</a> and participated in multiple national education summits.<sup id="cite_ref-BYUStudies_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BYUStudies-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Marriage_and_family">Marriage and family</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gerrit_W._Gong&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Marriage and family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gong is married to Susan Lindsay, a daughter of <a href="/wiki/Richard_P._Lindsay" title="Richard P. Lindsay">Richard P. Lindsay</a>. Susan is white, making Gong the first member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in a <a href="/wiki/Interracial_marriage" title="Interracial marriage">multi-racial marriage</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bycommonconsent_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bycommonconsent-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They first met when Gong was a BYU student who would give presentations on <a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Taiwan" title="Culture of Taiwan">Taiwan's culture</a> to missionaries about to depart for Taiwan from the <a href="/wiki/Missionary_Training_Center" title="Missionary Training Center">Missionary Training Center</a>, among whom was Lindsay. They began dating a few years later, in the summer when Gong had returned from Oxford to spend a few weeks with his parents, during a time his father was a BYU professor. They continued their courtship after Gong returned to Oxford while Lindsay continued her studies at BYU, which has led to Gong's humorously asserting that there is no question he got a degree in international relations.<sup id="cite_ref-BYUStudies_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BYUStudies-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Gongs married in the <a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_Temple" title="Salt Lake Temple">Salt Lake Temple</a> on January 4, 1980. Their marriage was performed by apostle <a href="/wiki/David_B._Haight" title="David B. Haight">David B. Haight</a>, who had connections to their families from his time in California. (Haight had helped to overcome some of the misgivings some family members had about the interracial marriage.)<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gong and his wife are the parents of four sons.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prior to joining the BYU administration, the Gongs had spent most of their married life in <a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="LDS_Church_service">LDS Church service</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gerrit_W._Gong&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: LDS Church service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Prior to becoming a general authority, Gong served in the church as a stake <a href="/wiki/Sunday_School_(LDS_Church)" title="Sunday School (LDS Church)">Sunday School</a> president, <a href="/wiki/High_council_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="High council (Latter Day Saints)">high councilor</a>, seminary teacher, <a href="/wiki/Bishop_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Bishop (Latter Day Saints)">bishop</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stake_president" class="mw-redirect" title="Stake president">stake president</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Area_seventy" class="mw-redirect" title="Area seventy">area seventy</a>. After his <a href="/wiki/Calling_(LDS_Church)" class="mw-redirect" title="Calling (LDS Church)">call</a> to the <a href="/wiki/First_Quorum_of_the_Seventy" class="mw-redirect" title="First Quorum of the Seventy">First Quorum of the Seventy</a>, he served as a counselor in the church's Asia <a href="/wiki/Area_(LDS_Church)" title="Area (LDS Church)">Area</a> from 2011 to 2013,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> then as the area's president from August 2013 until the end of 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among other activities while Gong was president of the Asia Area, he created the second and third stakes in <a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand">Thailand</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While in the presidency of the Asia Area, Gong resided in <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a> but supervised the work of the LDS Church in all of continental East Asia except <a href="/wiki/Korea" title="Korea">Korea</a>, Taiwan, and all of Southeast Asia, except the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a> and south Asia. </p><p>In October 2015, Gong was appointed to the Presidency of the Seventy, filling a vacancy created by <a href="/wiki/Ronald_A._Rasband" title="Ronald A. Rasband">Ronald A. Rasband</a>'s call to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.<sup id="cite_ref-LDS_Church_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LDS_Church-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Effective January 4, 2016, Gong transitioned from his role as president of the Asia Area and into the Presidency of the Seventy, with responsibility for the church's North America Northeast Area.<sup id="cite_ref-Nov2015changes_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nov2015changes-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among his assignments while in the Presidency of the Seventy, Gong served on the <a href="/wiki/Church_Educational_System#Church_Board_of_Education_and_Boards_of_Trustees" title="Church Educational System">Church Board of Education and Boards of Trustees</a>, where he also served as a member of its executive committee. He also on occasion continued to travel to Asia, such as being present for the official recognition of the LDS Church in Vietnam.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Quorum_of_the_Twelve">Quorum of the Twelve</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gerrit_W._Gong&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Quorum of the Twelve"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On March 31, 2018, Gong was sustained as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. He and <a href="/wiki/Ulisses_Soares" title="Ulisses Soares">Ulisses Soares</a> filled the vacancies created from the deaths of <a href="/wiki/Thomas_S._Monson" title="Thomas S. Monson">Thomas S. Monson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Robert_D._Hales" title="Robert D. Hales">Robert D. Hales</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2018Apostles_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2018Apostles-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2018, Gong and his wife spoke at the BYU Women's Conference. As of June 2018, he was serving as chair of the church's Scriptures Committee (which, among other things, oversees the translation of the scriptures) and as a member of the Leadership and Training Committee, the Priesthood and Family Executive Council, and the Outreach Committee. He also has responsibility in the Quorum of the Twelve for the church's Asia and Asia North areas.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2019, Gong and his wife accompanied <a href="/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson" title="Russell M. Nelson">Russell M. Nelson</a> and his wife on a <a href="/wiki/Christian_ministry" title="Christian ministry">ministry tour</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific region</a>. They visited <a href="/wiki/Samoa" title="Samoa">Samoa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tonga" title="Tonga">Tonga</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Fiji" title="Fiji">Fiji</a>, including meeting with government leaders of New Zealand and Tonga.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2019, Gong presided over a worldwide broadcast that announced the LDS Church's new youth program.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In early 2020, the church announced that Gong would preside at the November dedication of the <a href="/wiki/Winnipeg_Manitoba_Temple" title="Winnipeg Manitoba Temple">Winnipeg Manitoba Temple</a>, originally set to occur in mid-November. That was later postponed indefinitely as a result of the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The church later announced that Gong, whose wife has ties to <a href="/wiki/Taylorsville,_Utah" title="Taylorsville, Utah">Taylorsville, Utah</a>, would preside at the October 2020 groundbreaking for the temple in that city.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="COVID-19">COVID-19</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gerrit_W._Gong&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: COVID-19"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the church's general conference in October 2020, it was announced that Gong and his wife had been exposed to COVID-19, and that his address had been pre-recorded as he quarantined at home.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A few days later, the church announced that he and his wife had tested positive for COVID-19, with Gong being the first high-ranking LDS Church leader with a positive test.<sup id="cite_ref-Gong_COVID-19_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gong_COVID-19-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On October 16, the church announced that he and his wife had successfully completed their quarantines, and that Gong had been cleared by his doctors to resume his regular assignments the following week.<sup id="cite_ref-Gong_COVID-19_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gong_COVID-19-39"><span 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Grant)</li> <li>"Taiwan Strait Dilemmas : China-Taiwan-U.S. Policies in the New Century"</li> <li>"Change and Challenge on the Korean Peninsula: Past, Present and Future" (with Tae Hwan Ok)</li> <li>"Korean Peninsula Trends and U.S.-Japan-South Korea Relations" (with Seizaburo Sato)</li> <li>"Sino-American Relations at a Time of Change" (with Bih-Jaw Lin)</li> <li>"Areas of Challenge for Soviet Foreign Policy in the 1980s"</li> <li>"The Standard of 'Civilization' in International Society"<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></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=Gerrit_W._Gong&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders/2023/12/22/24006931/how-apostles-are-called-looking-back-current-15-apostles">this article</a>, which states that Gong's call was due to the death of Hales.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Deseret_News-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Deseret_News_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Deseret_News_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Scott Taylor, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100406032433/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700021788/Mormon-church-names-new-seventies-Primary-presidency.html">"Mormon church names new seventies, Primary presidency"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Deseret_News" title="Deseret News">Deseret News</a></i>, 2010-04-04</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Hill_11-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Hill_11_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hill_11_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription 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.cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFHill2010" class="citation cs2">Hill, Greg (May 1, 2010), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thechurchnews.com/archive/2010-05-01/elder-gerrit-w-gong-a-nice-guy-8212-a-man-of-faith-and-learning-35558">"Elder Gerrit W. 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Retrieved on 22 March 2020.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Liahona2010-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Liahona2010_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Liahona2010_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/liahona/2010/05/news-of-the-church/elder-gerrit-w-gong?lang=eng">"Elder Gerrit W. Gong"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Liahona_(magazine)" title="Liahona (magazine)">Liahona</a></i>. May 2010. p. 140<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 September</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Liahona&rft.atitle=Elder+Gerrit+W.+Gong&rft.pages=140&rft.date=2010-05&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Fstudy%2Fliahona%2F2010%2F05%2Fnews-of-the-church%2Felder-gerrit-w-gong%3Flang%3Deng&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGerrit+W.+Gong" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Apostolic seniority is generally understood to include all ordained apostles (including the <a href="/wiki/First_Presidency_(LDS_Church)" title="First Presidency (LDS Church)">First Presidency</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_(LDS_Church)" title="Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church)">Quorum of the Twelve Apostles</a>. 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(Summer 2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://byustudies.byu.edu/article/inquiry-scholarship-and-learning-and-teaching-in-religiously-affiliated-colleges-and-universities/?post_type=article&p=8422">"Inquiry, Scholarship, and Learning and Teaching in Religiously Affiliated Colleges and Universities"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/BYU_Studies" title="BYU Studies">BYU Studies</a></i>. <b>49</b> (2): <span class="nowrap">7–</span>10<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved 17 May 2014.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lds-thailand.org/YearByYear/2016/2016.html">article on The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Thailand</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Nov2015changes-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Nov2015changes_24-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMorgenegg2015" class="citation news cs1">Morgenegg, Ryan (12 November 2015). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thechurchnews.com/archives/2015-11-12/changes-announced-for-area-presidencies-29864">"Changes announced for Area Presidencies"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Church_News" title="Church News">Church News</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 March</span> 2020</span>.</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=Changes+announced+for+Area+Presidencies&rft.date=2015-11-12&rft.aulast=Morgenegg&rft.aufirst=Ryan&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thechurchnews.com%2Farchives%2F2015-11-12%2Fchanges-announced-for-area-presidencies-29864&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGerrit+W.+Gong" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lds-thailand.org/YearByYear/2016/2016.html">"2016 Events— LDS Church News Reports on the visit of Elders Stevenson and Gong to Thailand, Viet Nam and Macao"</a>. <i>www.lds-thailand.org</i>. 26 March 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 September</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=www.lds-thailand.org&rft.atitle=2016+Events%E2%80%94+LDS+Church+News+Reports+on+the+visit+of+Elders+Stevenson+and+Gong+to+Thailand%2C+Viet+Nam+and+Macao&rft.date=2016-03-26&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lds-thailand.org%2FYearByYear%2F2016%2F2016.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGerrit+W.+Gong" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2018Apostles-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2018Apostles_26-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/solemn-assembly-new-apostles-april-2018-general-conference">"Latter-day Saints Sustain New First Presidency in Solemn Assembly: Two new leaders named to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles"</a>, <i>Newsroom</i>, <a href="/wiki/LDS_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="LDS Church">LDS Church</a>, 2018-03-31</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Newsroom&rft.atitle=Latter-day+Saints+Sustain+New+First+Presidency+in+Solemn+Assembly%3A+Two+new+leaders+named+to+the+Quorum+of+the+Twelve+Apostles&rft.date=2018-03-31&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnewsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Farticle%2Fsolemn-assembly-new-apostles-april-2018-general-conference&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGerrit+W.+Gong" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Deseret News</i>, June 30, 2018</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/president-russell-m-nelson-begins-2019-pacific-tour">article on Pacific ministry tour</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.deseret.com/2019/5/20/20673972/president-nelson-meets-new-zealand-prime-minister-jacinda-ardern-says-church-will-donate-to-mosques#president-russell-m-nelson-of-the-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints-gives-a-book-of-mormon-to-new-zealand-prime-minister-jacinda-ardern-in-wellington-new-zealand-on-monday-may-20-2019">article on meeting with the Prime Minister of New Zealand</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thechurchnews.com/living-faith/2019-11-19/tonga-pacific-president-russell-nelson-166769">article on Gong and others meeting with the King of Tonga</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ksltv.com/416389/up-close-with-elder-gerrit-w-gong/?">KSL article on the Pacific Ministry Tour with much emphasis on Gong</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xUFtZcFI8g">broadcast of Face to Face event</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.idahostatejournal.com/faith/church-reveals-details-for-new-youth-initiative/article_70d0180b-d2c9-5fea-b78e-bf09340081e0.html">Idaho State Journal article on announcement of new youth program</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</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/20200713172111/https://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/lds/lds-church-announces-more-changes-coming-with-children-and-youth-program-during-live-broadcast/article_2278590a-fd31-5d2c-9735-e6c77b6c82d8.html">"Nov. 17, 2019 article from the Provo <i>Daily Herald</i> with mention of Gong's role in the announcement"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/lds/lds-church-announces-more-changes-coming-with-children-and-youth-program-during-live-broadcast/article_2278590a-fd31-5d2c-9735-e6c77b6c82d8.html">the original</a> on 2020-07-13<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved 6 October 2020.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/church-announces-groundbreakings-for-two-utah-temples">Groundbreakings Announced for Two Utah Temples</a>, <i>Newsroom</i>, churchofjesuschrist.org, 13 August 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-38">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders-and-ministry/2020-10-03/general-conference-october-2020-elder-gong-covid-19-194439">Elder Gong, quarantining due to COVID-19 exposure, prerecorded his general conference message</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Church_News" title="Church News">Church News</a></i>, 3 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Gong_COVID-19-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Gong_COVID-19_39-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Gong_COVID-19_39-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/elder-and-sister-gong-diagnosed-with-covid-19">Elder and Sister Gong diagnosed with COVID-19</a>, <i>Newsroom</i>, 6 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/03058298840130030805"><i>Sage Journal</i> review of Gong's book</a></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=Gerrit_W._Gong&action=edit&section=9" 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/church/leader/gerrit-w-gong">"General Authorities and General Officers: Elder Gerrit W. 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Smith</a> (1829–44)<sup id="cite_ref-not12_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-not12-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Cowdery" title="Oliver Cowdery">Cowdery</a> (1829–38)<sup id="cite_ref-not12_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-not12-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-excommunication_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Whitmer" title="David Whitmer">Whitmer</a> (1829–38)<sup id="cite_ref-not12_41-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-not12-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-excommunication_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Harris_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Martin Harris (Latter Day Saints)">Harris</a> (unknown–1837)<sup id="cite_ref-not12_41-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-not12-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-excommunication_42-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_B._Marsh" title="Thomas B. Marsh">Marsh</a> (1835–39)<sup id="cite_ref-excommunication_42-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_W._Patten" title="David W. Patten">Patten</a> (1835–38)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young" title="Brigham Young">B. Young Sr.</a> (1835–77)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heber_C._Kimball" title="Heber C. Kimball">H. C. Kimball</a> (1835–68)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orson_Hyde" title="Orson Hyde">Hyde</a> (1835–78)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_E._McLellin" title="William E. McLellin">McLellin</a> (1835–38)<sup id="cite_ref-excommunication_42-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parley_P._Pratt" title="Parley P. Pratt">P. P. Pratt</a> (1835–57)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_Johnson_(Mormon)" title="Luke Johnson (Mormon)">Luke Johnson</a> (1835–37)<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Smith_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="William Smith (Latter Day Saints)">Wm. Smith</a> (1835–45)<sup id="cite_ref-excommunication_42-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orson_Pratt" title="Orson Pratt">O. Pratt</a> (1835–81)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_F._Boynton" title="John F. Boynton">Boynton</a> (1835–37)<sup id="cite_ref-excommunication_42-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyman_E._Johnson" title="Lyman E. Johnson">L. E. Johnson</a> (1835–38)<sup id="cite_ref-excommunication_42-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_E._Page" title="John E. Page">Page</a> (1838–46)<sup id="cite_ref-excommunication_42-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Taylor_(Mormon)" title="John Taylor (Mormon)">J. Taylor</a> (1838–87)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilford_Woodruff" title="Wilford Woodruff">W. Woodruff</a> (1839–98)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_A._Smith" title="George A. Smith">G. A. Smith</a> (1839–75)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willard_Richards" title="Willard Richards">W. Richards</a> (1840–54)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyman_Wight" title="Lyman Wight">Wight</a> (1841–48)<sup id="cite_ref-excommunication_42-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyrum_Smith" title="Hyrum Smith">H. Smith</a> (1841–44)<sup id="cite_ref-not12_41-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-not12-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amasa_Lyman" title="Amasa Lyman">A. M. Lyman</a> (1842–67)<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ezra_T._Benson" title="Ezra T. Benson">Benson</a> (1846–69)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_C._Rich" title="Charles C. Rich">Rich</a> (1849–83)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lorenzo_Snow" title="Lorenzo Snow">L. Snow</a> (1849–1901)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erastus_Snow" title="Erastus Snow">E. Snow</a> (1849–88)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_D._Richards_(Mormon_apostle)" title="Franklin D. Richards (Mormon apostle)">F. D. Richards</a> (1849–99)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jedediah_M._Grant" title="Jedediah M. Grant">J. M. Grant</a> (1854–56)<sup id="cite_ref-not12_41-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-not12-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_H._Wells" title="Daniel H. Wells">Wells</a> (1857–91)<sup id="cite_ref-not12_41-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-not12-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Willard_Young" title="John Willard Young">J. W. Young</a> (1855–1924)<sup id="cite_ref-not12_41-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-not12-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Q._Cannon" title="George Q. Cannon">G. Q. Cannon</a> (1860–1901)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Angell_Young" title="Joseph Angell Young">J. A. Young</a> (1864–75)<sup id="cite_ref-not12_41-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-not12-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young_Jr." title="Brigham Young Jr.">B. Young Jr.</a> (1864–1903)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_F._Smith" title="Joseph F. Smith">J. F. Smith Sr.</a> (1866–1918)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Carrington" title="Albert Carrington">Carrington</a> (1870–85)<sup id="cite_ref-excommunication_42-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moses_Thatcher" title="Moses Thatcher">Thatcher</a> (1879–1909)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_M._Lyman" title="Francis M. Lyman">F. M. Lyman</a> (1880–1916)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Henry_Smith" title="John Henry Smith">J. H. Smith</a> (1880–1911)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Teasdale" title="George Teasdale">Teasdale</a> (1882–1907)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heber_J._Grant" title="Heber J. Grant">H. J. Grant</a> (1882–1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_W._Taylor_(Mormon)" title="John W. Taylor (Mormon)">J. W. Taylor</a> (1884–1911)<sup id="cite_ref-excommunication_42-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marriner_W._Merrill" title="Marriner W. Merrill">M. W. Merrill</a> (1889–1906)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthon_H._Lund" title="Anthon H. Lund">Lund</a> (1889–1921)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abraham_H._Cannon" title="Abraham H. Cannon">A. H. Cannon</a> (1889–96)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthias_F._Cowley" title="Matthias F. Cowley">M. F. Cowley</a> (1897–1911)<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abraham_O._Woodruff" title="Abraham O. Woodruff">A. O. Woodruff</a> (1897–1904)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudger_Clawson" title="Rudger Clawson">Clawson</a> (1898–1943)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reed_Smoot" title="Reed Smoot">Smoot</a> (1900–41)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyrum_M._Smith" title="Hyrum M. Smith">H. M. Smith</a> (1901–18)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Albert_Smith" title="George Albert Smith">G. A. Smith</a> (1903–51)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_W._Penrose" title="Charles W. Penrose">Penrose</a> (1904–25)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_F._Richards" title="George F. Richards">G. F. Richards</a> (1906–50)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orson_F._Whitney" title="Orson F. Whitney">Whitney</a> (1906–31)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_O._McKay" title="David O. McKay">McKay</a> (1906–70)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_W._Ivins" title="Anthony W. Ivins">Ivins</a> (1907–34)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Fielding_Smith" title="Joseph Fielding Smith">J. F. Smith Jr.</a> (1910–72)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_E._Talmage" title="James E. Talmage">Talmage</a> (1911–33)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_L_Richards" title="Stephen L Richards">S. L. Richards</a> (1917–59)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_R._Lyman" title="Richard R. Lyman">R. R. Lyman</a> (1918–43)<sup id="cite_ref-excommunication_42-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melvin_J._Ballard" title="Melvin J. Ballard">M. J. Ballard</a> (1919–39)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_A._Widtsoe" title="John A. Widtsoe">Widtsoe</a> (1921–52)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_F._Merrill" title="Joseph F. Merrill">J. F. Merrill</a> (1931–52)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_A._Callis" title="Charles A. Callis">Callis</a> (1933–47)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Reuben_Clark" title="J. Reuben Clark">Clark</a> (1934–61)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alonzo_A._Hinckley" title="Alonzo A. Hinckley">A. A. Hinckley</a> (1934–36)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_E._Bowen" title="Albert E. Bowen">Bowen</a> (1937–53)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sylvester_Q._Cannon" title="Sylvester Q. Cannon">S. Q. Cannon</a> (1938–43)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_B._Lee" title="Harold B. Lee">Lee</a> (1941–73)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spencer_W._Kimball" title="Spencer W. Kimball">S. W. Kimball</a> (1943–85)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ezra_Taft_Benson" title="Ezra Taft Benson">Benson</a> (1943–94)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_E._Petersen" title="Mark E. Petersen">Petersen</a> (1944–84)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Cowley" title="Matthew Cowley">M. Cowley</a> (1945–53)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_D._Moyle" title="Henry D. Moyle">Moyle</a> (1947–63)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delbert_L._Stapley" title="Delbert L. Stapley">Stapley</a> (1950–78)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_G._Romney" title="Marion G. Romney">Romney</a> (1951–88)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/LeGrand_Richards" title="LeGrand Richards">L. Richards</a> (1952–83)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_S._Bennion" title="Adam S. Bennion">Bennion</a> (1953–58)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_L._Evans" title="Richard L. Evans">Evans</a> (1953–71)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Q._Morris" title="George Q. Morris">Morris</a> (1954–62)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_B._Brown" title="Hugh B. Brown">Brown</a> (1958–75)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_W._Hunter" title="Howard W. Hunter">Hunter</a> (1959–95)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_B._Hinckley" title="Gordon B. Hinckley">G. B. Hinckley</a> (1961–2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Eldon_Tanner" title="Nathan Eldon Tanner">Tanner</a> (1962–82)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_S._Monson" title="Thomas S. Monson">Monson</a> (1963–2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alvin_R._Dyer" title="Alvin R. Dyer">Dyer</a> (1967–77)<sup id="cite_ref-not12_41-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-not12-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boyd_K._Packer" title="Boyd K. Packer">Packer</a> (1970–2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marvin_J._Ashton" title="Marvin J. Ashton">Ashton</a> (1971–94)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_R._McConkie" title="Bruce R. McConkie">McConkie</a> (1972–85)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._Tom_Perry" title="L. Tom Perry">Perry</a> (1974–2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_B._Haight" title="David B. Haight">Haight</a> (1976–2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_E._Faust" title="James E. Faust">Faust</a> (1978–2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neal_A._Maxwell" title="Neal A. Maxwell">Maxwell</a> (1981–2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson" title="Russell M. Nelson">Nelson</a> (1984–)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dallin_H._Oaks" title="Dallin H. Oaks">Oaks</a> (1984–)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._Russell_Ballard" title="M. Russell Ballard">M. R. Ballard</a> (1985–2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_B._Wirthlin" title="Joseph B. Wirthlin">Wirthlin</a> (1986–2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_G._Scott" title="Richard G. Scott">Scott</a> (1988–2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_D._Hales" title="Robert D. Hales">Hales</a> (1994–2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_R._Holland" title="Jeffrey R. Holland">Holland</a> (1994–)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_B._Eyring" title="Henry B. Eyring">Eyring</a> (1995–)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dieter_F._Uchtdorf" title="Dieter F. Uchtdorf">Uchtdorf</a> (2004–)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_A._Bednar" title="David A. Bednar">Bednar</a> (2004–)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quentin_L._Cook" title="Quentin L. Cook">Cook</a> (2007–)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._Todd_Christofferson" title="D. Todd Christofferson">Christofferson</a> (2008–)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_L._Andersen" title="Neil L. Andersen">Andersen</a> (2009–)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronald_A._Rasband" title="Ronald A. Rasband">Rasband</a> (2015–)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_E._Stevenson" title="Gary E. Stevenson">Stevenson</a> (2015–)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dale_G._Renlund" title="Dale G. Renlund">Renlund</a> (2015–)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Gong</a> (2018–)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulisses_Soares" title="Ulisses Soares">Soares</a> (2018–)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Kearon" title="Patrick Kearon">Kearon</a> (2023–)</li></ul> </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 autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Notes117" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Notes</div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="text-align: left;"><div><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-not12-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-not12_41-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-not12_41-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-not12_41-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-not12_41-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-not12_41-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-not12_41-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-not12_41-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-not12_41-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-not12_41-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-not12_41-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Never a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-excommunication-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_42-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_42-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_42-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_42-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_42-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_42-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_42-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_42-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_42-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_42-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_42-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_42-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_42-12"><sup><i><b>m</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Term ended by excommunication.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-43">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Term ended by resignation.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-44">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Term ended by removal of apostleship; was later excommunicated.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-45">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Term ended by suspension of priesthood.</span> </li> </ol></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Presidents_of_the_Seventy_of_The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints194" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:LDS70pres" title="Template:LDS70pres"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:LDS70pres" title="Template talk:LDS70pres"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:LDS70pres" title="Special:EditPage/Template:LDS70pres"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Presidents_of_the_Seventy_of_The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints194" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Presidents of the <a href="/wiki/Seventy_(LDS_Church)" title="Seventy (LDS Church)">Seventy</a> of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</div></th></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="First_Seven_Presidents_of_the_Seventy_/_First_Council_of_the_Seventy194" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">First Seven Presidents of the Seventy / First Council 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/Hazen_Aldrich" title="Hazen Aldrich">Aldrich</a> (1835–37)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Young" title="Joseph Young">J. 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_Seventy194" 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. 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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 href="/wiki/Joe_J._Christensen" title="Joe J. Christensen">J.J. 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