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Ashton">Marvin J. Ashton</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reorganization<br /><span class="nowrap">at end of term</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gerrit_W._Gong" title="Gerrit W. Gong">Gerrit W. Gong</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ulisses_Soares" title="Ulisses Soares">Ulisses Soares</a> were ordained following deaths of Hales and <a href="/wiki/Thomas_S._Monson" title="Thomas S. Monson">Thomas S. 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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">October 1, 1976<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1976-10-01</span>)</span> – April 6, 1985<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1985-04-06</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">End reason</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Called as <a href="/wiki/Presiding_Bishop_(LDS_Church)" title="Presiding Bishop (LDS Church)">Presiding Bishop</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 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style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><span class="nowrap"><span class="nowrap"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/P_vip.svg/16px-P_vip.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/P_vip.svg/24px-P_vip.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/P_vip.svg/31px-P_vip.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1911" data-file-height="1944" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Biography" title="Portal:Biography">Biography portal</a>  <span class="nowrap"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Christus_statue_temple_square_salt_lake_city.jpg/16px-Christus_statue_temple_square_salt_lake_city.jpg" decoding="async" width="16" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Christus_statue_temple_square_salt_lake_city.jpg/24px-Christus_statue_temple_square_salt_lake_city.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Christus_statue_temple_square_salt_lake_city.jpg/32px-Christus_statue_temple_square_salt_lake_city.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1067" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Latter_Day_Saint_movement" title="Portal:Latter Day Saint movement">LDS movement portal</a></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Robert Dean Hales</b> (August 24, 1932 – October 1, 2017) was an American businessman and member of 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> of <a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a> (LDS Church) from 1994 until his death. As a member of the Quorum of the Twelve, Hales was 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>. At the time of his death he was the fifth most senior apostle in the church.<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> </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=Robert_D._Hales&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hales was born in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> and raised in both <a href="/wiki/Queens" title="Queens">Queens</a> and <a href="/wiki/Great_Neck,_New_York" title="Great Neck, New York">Great Neck</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a>. He was the youngest of three children born to John Rulon Hales, an artist who worked in advertising primarily, and his wife, Vera Marie Holbrook. The Hales family was heavily involved in the LDS Church. The family attended the Queens <a href="/wiki/Ward_(LDS_Church)" title="Ward (LDS Church)">Ward</a>, which met in a rented space. As a youth Hales would help clean it from the party that had occurred the night before.<sup id="cite_ref-Flake_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Flake-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hales played baseball while he was a student at Great Neck High School and then later at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Utah" title="University of Utah">University of Utah</a> (U of U). He also played in some semi-professional leagues, but hurt his arm from pitching that was too intense while playing in Arizona.<sup id="cite_ref-Flake_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Flake-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prior to this injury, he had been considered to have a strong chance of playing in the major leagues.<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> After the injury forced him out of baseball, Hales joined the Air Force <a href="/wiki/Reserve_Officers%27_Training_Corps" title="Reserve Officers' Training Corps">ROTC</a> unit at the U of U. While he was a student at the U of U, Hales worked for <a href="/wiki/KSL-TV" title="KSL-TV">KSL-TV</a> and <a href="/wiki/KNIT_(AM)" title="KNIT (AM)">KDYL</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Flake_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Flake-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After obtaining a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor%27s_degree" title="Bachelor's degree">bachelor's degree</a> at the U of U, he was a fighter pilot for four years in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Air Force">U.S. Air Force</a>.<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><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hales later earned an <a href="/wiki/MBA_degree" class="mw-redirect" title="MBA degree">MBA degree</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Harvard_Business_School" title="Harvard Business School">Harvard Business School</a> (HBS) in 1960.<sup id="cite_ref-Flake_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Flake-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hales married Mary Crandall, whom he met in New York the summer before his <a href="/wiki/Sophomore_year" class="mw-redirect" title="Sophomore year">sophomore</a> year of college, in the <a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_Temple" title="Salt Lake Temple">Salt Lake Temple</a> on June 10, 1953.<sup id="cite_ref-HalesBio_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HalesBio-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the summer they were married, Hales was working at the <a href="/wiki/Headquarters_of_the_United_Nations" title="Headquarters of the United Nations">United Nations building</a>. Crandall, who was a student at <a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young_University" title="Brigham Young University">Brigham Young University</a>, had moved from California to New York shortly before she met Hales. They had two sons. </p><p>During his professional business career, Hales served in executive positions with four major national companies. His first job out of HBS was with the <a href="/wiki/Gillette" title="Gillette">Gillette Company</a>. To ensure a broad perspective of the business, Hales convinced management to let him work some on the factory floor and also in stocking razors in drug stores. This gave him a broad perspective that allowed him to quickly rise to senior management.<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><p>After joining the Gillette Company, he became president of <a href="/wiki/Papermate" class="mw-redirect" title="Papermate">Papermate</a>, a division of Gillette.<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> He later joined <a href="/wiki/Max_Factor" title="Max Factor">Max Factor</a> as a vice president. Hales was appointed executive vice president for marketing of the <a href="/wiki/Hughes_Television_Network" title="Hughes Television Network">Hughes Television Network</a> and its division, Hughes Sports Network in 1973.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Just prior to his call to be a <a href="/wiki/General_authority" title="General authority">general authority</a>, Hales was president of <a href="/wiki/Pond%27s_Creams" class="mw-redirect" title="Pond's Creams">Chesebrough-Pond's</a>. One of his strengths as a businessman was being able to synthesize both financial data and a strong sense of where the market was going from interacting with it as much as possible. His presentations of new products and marketing approaches were presented in ways that to some seemed like painting ideas.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1987, Hales was appointed to the <a href="/wiki/Utah_State_Board_of_Regents" class="mw-redirect" title="Utah State Board of Regents">Utah State Board of Regents</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hales was close with the musical family, <a href="/wiki/The_5_Browns" title="The 5 Browns">The 5 Browns</a>, and performed the marriages for the oldest two children.<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> In 2010, <a href="/wiki/Deseret_Book" class="mw-redirect" title="Deseret Book">Deseret Book</a> published a book written by Hales entitled <i>Return</i>. </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=Robert_D._Hales&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: LDS Church service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While Hales was a graduate student at HBS he served in the LDS Church as an <a href="/wiki/Elders_quorum_president" class="mw-redirect" title="Elders quorum president">elders quorum president</a>. He also served as a <a href="/wiki/Seminary_(LDS_Church)" class="mw-redirect" title="Seminary (LDS Church)">seminary</a> teacher while he lived in <a href="/wiki/Downey,_California" title="Downey, California">Downey, California</a>. Hales served three times in the church as a <a href="/wiki/Bishop_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Bishop (Latter Day Saints)">bishop</a> (in <a href="/wiki/Weston,_Massachusetts" title="Weston, Massachusetts">Weston, Massachusetts</a>; <a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago, Illinois">Chicago, Illinois</a>; and <a href="/wiki/Frankfurt,_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="Frankfurt, Germany">Frankfurt, Germany</a>). He served as a <a href="/wiki/Branch_president" title="Branch president">branch president</a>, both in Weston and in <a href="/wiki/Albany,_Georgia" title="Albany, Georgia">Albany, Georgia</a>. The assignment as branch president in Weston was while he was a student at HBS, where one of the counselors in the district presidency was <a href="/wiki/Henry_B._Eyring" title="Henry B. Eyring">Henry B. Eyring</a>. Hales served in the branch presidency in <a href="/wiki/Seville,_Spain" class="mw-redirect" title="Seville, Spain">Seville, Spain</a> and in Germany. He also served on the <a href="/wiki/High_council_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="High council (Latter Day Saints)">stake high council</a>, both while living in London, England and in Massachusetts. He also became a counselor in the <a href="/wiki/Stake_presidency" class="mw-redirect" title="Stake presidency">presidency</a> of the Boston Massachusetts <a href="/wiki/Stake_(LDS_Church)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stake (LDS Church)">Stake</a> when it was first organized in 1960. He later served as a <a href="/wiki/Regional_representative_of_the_Twelve" title="Regional representative of the Twelve">regional representative</a>, with assignments in both <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a> and <a href="/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General_Authority">General Authority</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_D._Hales&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: General Authority"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1975, Hales was called as a <a href="/wiki/General_authority" title="General authority">general authority</a> and became an <a href="/wiki/Assistant_to_the_Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles" title="Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles">Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles</a>. In 1976, the role of Assistant to the Twelve was discontinued and he, along with others serving at the time, became members of 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 was the last living person who had served as an Assistant to the Twelve.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>During his first decade as a general authority, Hales was given assignments related to the physical and financial operations of the LDS Church. He oversaw a reduction in the number of the church's welfare farms and also divestment from the Utah and Idaho Sugar Company.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the late 1970s, while serving as a general authority, Hales also served as <a href="/wiki/Mission_president" title="Mission president">president</a> of the church's England London <a href="/wiki/Mission_(LDS_Church)" title="Mission (LDS Church)">Mission</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Flake_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Flake-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After his service in London, Hales was appointed the church's Area Supervisor in Europe. In this capacity, he worked with <a href="/wiki/Thomas_S._Monson" title="Thomas S. Monson">Thomas S. Monson</a> on supervising the church in East Germany and worked towards the building of a <a href="/wiki/Temple_(LDS_Church)" title="Temple (LDS Church)">temple</a> there. He also served for a time as a counselor in the <a href="/wiki/Sunday_School_(LDS_Church)" title="Sunday School (LDS Church)">Sunday School</a> General Presidency. Hales served in the First Quorum of the Seventy until 1985 when he became the church's eleventh <a href="/wiki/Presiding_Bishop_(LDS_Church)" title="Presiding Bishop (LDS Church)">presiding bishop</a>.<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> He served as the presiding bishop until 1994, during which time he emphasized the importance of the principles of the church's welfare program.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Hales was sustained as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve on April 2, 1994.<sup id="cite_ref-Flake_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Flake-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was ordained an <a href="/wiki/Apostle_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Apostle (Latter Day Saints)">apostle</a> on April 7, 1994, filling a vacancy created by the death of <a href="/wiki/Marvin_J._Ashton" title="Marvin J. Ashton">Marvin J. Ashton</a>. In 2002, Hales served as chair of the church's Olympic Coordinating Council.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a native of New York City, Hales was often the church's "point man" on dealing with issues in the city. He was involved in some of the early planning that led to the building of the <a href="/wiki/Manhattan_New_York_Temple" title="Manhattan New York Temple">Manhattan New York Temple</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Health_issues_and_death">Health issues and death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_D._Hales&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Health issues and death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Over the years, Hales had several health issues impacting his church service. This included missing the church's April 2011 <a href="/wiki/General_Conference_(LDS_Church)" title="General Conference (LDS Church)">General Conference</a>. In September 2017, he was again hospitalized and a church spokesman noted that, in view of the recommendations of attending physicians, Hales would not participate in the upcoming General Conference.<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> Hales died on October 1, 2017, shortly after the conclusion of the conference's Sunday morning session.<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><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> His death was announced by Henry B. Eyring at the beginning of the afternoon session. Funeral services for Hales were held in the <a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_Tabernacle" title="Salt Lake Tabernacle">Salt Lake Tabernacle</a> in <a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_City" title="Salt Lake City">Salt Lake City</a>, on October 6, 2017. A private burial service followed at the Bountiful City Cemetery in <a href="/wiki/Bountiful,_Utah" title="Bountiful, Utah">Bountiful, Utah</a>.<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><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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_D._Hales&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Return: Four Phases of Our Mortal Journey Home</i> (Deseret Book, June 1, 2010, <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 a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .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><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1570087691" title="Special:BookSources/978-1570087691">978-1570087691</a>)</li> <li><i>The British Contribution to the Restored Gospel</i> (<a href="/wiki/BYU_Studies" title="BYU Studies">BYU Studies</a>, 1987, 27 (1): 12–24)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_D._Hales&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Henry_B._Eyring" title="Henry B. Eyring">Henry B. Eyring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenn_L._Pace" title="Glenn L. Pace">Glenn L. Pace</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=Robert_D._Hales&action=edit&section=7" 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 .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol 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">Apostolic seniority is generally understood to include all 15 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>). Seniority is determined by date of ordination, not by age or other factors. If two apostles are ordained on the same day, the older of the two is typically ordained first. See <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Church_(LDS_Church)#Succession_to_the_presidency" title="President of the Church (LDS Church)">Succession to the presidency</a> and <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHeath1987" class="citation journal cs1">Heath, Steven H. (Summer 1987). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/Dialogue_V20N02_46.pdf">"Notes on Apostolic Succession"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought</i>. <b>20</b> (2): 44–56. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.2307%2F45216003">10.2307/45216003</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/45216003">45216003</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:254390532">254390532</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Dialogue%3A+A+Journal+of+Mormon+Thought&rft.atitle=Notes+on+Apostolic+Succession&rft.ssn=summer&rft.volume=20&rft.issue=2&rft.pages=44-56&rft.date=1987&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A254390532%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F45216003%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.2307%2F45216003&rft.aulast=Heath&rft.aufirst=Steven+H.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dialoguejournal.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsbi%2Farticles%2FDialogue_V20N02_46.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARobert+D.+Hales" class="Z3988"></span>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Flake-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Flake_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Flake_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Flake_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Flake_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Flake_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Flake_2-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"> Flake, Lawrence R. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://rsc-legacy.byu.edu/archived/prophets-and-apostles-last-dispensation/members-quorum-o-f-twelve-apostles/90-robert-dean">"Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation"</a>, <i>BYU Religious Studies Center</i>, Retrieved on 14 March 2020.</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">Robert Eaton and Henry J. 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Retrieved on 13 March 2020.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/elder-robert-d-hales-about-the-lords-business">Elder Robert D. Hales: About the Lord's Business</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Eaton and Eyring. <i>I Will Lead You Along</i> p. 366</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> Horowitz, Jason. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/2011/03/01/ABdAYfN_story.html?_=ddid-5-1584193200">"Recalled"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i>, 3 March 2011. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2017-11-04</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=www.mormonnewsroom.org&rft.atitle=Funeral+Services+Held+for+Elder+Robert+D.+Hales&rft.date=2017-10-06&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnewsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Farticle%2Ffuneral-services-elder-robert-d-hales&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARobert+D.+Hales" 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=Robert_D._Hales&action=edit&section=8" 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/robert-d-hales?lang=eng">General Authorities and General Officers: Elder Robert D. 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Smith</a> (1829–44)<sup id="cite_ref-not12_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-not12-22"><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_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-not12-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-excommunication_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-23"><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_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-not12-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-excommunication_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-23"><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_22-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-not12-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-excommunication_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-23"><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_23-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-23"><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_23-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-23"><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-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><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_23-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-23"><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_23-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-23"><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_23-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-23"><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_23-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-23"><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_23-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-23"><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_22-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-not12-22"><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-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><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_22-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-not12-22"><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_22-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-not12-22"><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_22-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-not12-22"><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_22-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-not12-22"><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_23-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-23"><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_23-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-23"><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-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><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_23-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-23"><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_22-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-not12-22"><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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 href="/wiki/Gerrit_W._Gong" title="Gerrit W. Gong">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="Notes" 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-not12-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-not12_22-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-not12_22-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-not12_22-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-not12_22-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-not12_22-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-not12_22-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-not12_22-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-not12_22-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-not12_22-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-not12_22-9"><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-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_23-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_23-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_23-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_23-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_23-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_23-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_23-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_23-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_23-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_23-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_23-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_23-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_23-12"><sup><i><b>m</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Term ended by excommunication.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Term ended by resignation.</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">Term ended by removal of apostleship; was later excommunicated.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</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="Members_of_the_Presiding_Bishopric_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" 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:LDSpresidingbishopric" title="Template:LDSpresidingbishopric"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:LDSpresidingbishopric" title="Template talk:LDSpresidingbishopric"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:LDSpresidingbishopric" title="Special:EditPage/Template:LDSpresidingbishopric"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Members_of_the_Presiding_Bishopric_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Members of the <a href="/wiki/Presiding_Bishop_(LDS_Church)" title="Presiding Bishop (LDS Church)">Presiding Bishopric</a> of <a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Presiding_Bishops_(LDS_Church)" title="Category:Presiding Bishops (LDS Church)">Presiding Bishops</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Partridge" title="Edward Partridge">Partridge</a> (1831–40)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newel_K._Whitney" title="Newel K. 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Burton</a> (1995–2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_E._Stevenson" title="Gary E. Stevenson">Stevenson</a> (2012–15)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C3%A9rald_Causs%C3%A9" title="Gérald Caussé">Caussé</a> (2015–)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Counselors_in_the_Presiding_Bishopric_(LDS_Church)" title="Category:Counselors in the Presiding Bishopric (LDS Church)">First Counselors</a></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/Isaac_Morley" title="Isaac Morley">Morley</a> (1831–40)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Miller_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="George Miller (Latter Day Saints)">G. Miller</a> (1844–46)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonard_W._Hardy" title="Leonard W. Hardy">Hardy</a> (1856–84)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_T._Burton" title="Robert T. Burton">R.T. Burton</a> (1884–1907)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orrin_P._Miller" title="Orrin P. Miller">O.P. Miller</a> (1907–18)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_A._Smith_(Mormon)" title="David A. Smith (Mormon)">Smith</a> (1918–38)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marvin_O._Ashton" title="Marvin O. Ashton">Ashton</a> (1938–46)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_L._Wirthlin" title="Joseph L. Wirthlin">Wirthlin</a> (1946–52)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thorpe_B._Isaacson" title="Thorpe B. Isaacson">Isaacson</a> (1952–61)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_L._Simpson_(Mormon)" title="Robert L. Simpson (Mormon)">Simpson</a> (1961–72)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._Burke_Peterson" title="H. Burke Peterson">Peterson</a> (1972–85)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_B._Eyring" title="Henry B. Eyring">Eyring</a> (1985–92)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._David_Burton" title="H. David Burton">H.D. Burton</a> (1992–95)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_C._Edgley" title="Richard C. Edgley">Edgley</a> (1995–2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C3%A9rald_Causs%C3%A9" title="Gérald Caussé">Caussé</a> (2012–15)</li> <li>Davies (2015–20)</li> <li>Waddell (2020–)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Counselors_in_the_Presiding_Bishopric_(LDS_Church)" title="Category:Counselors in the Presiding Bishopric (LDS Church)">Second Counselors</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Corrill" title="John Corrill">Corrill</a> (1831–37)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titus_Billings" title="Titus Billings">Billings</a> (1837–40)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesse_C._Little" title="Jesse C. Little">Little</a> (1856–74)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_T._Burton" title="Robert T. Burton">R.T. Burton</a> (1874–84)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Q._Cannon" title="John Q. Cannon">Cannon</a> (1884–86)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_R._Winder" title="John R. Winder">Winder</a> (1887–1901)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orrin_P._Miller" title="Orrin P. Miller">O.P. Miller</a> (1901–07)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_A._Smith_(Mormon)" title="David A. Smith (Mormon)">Smith</a> (1907–18)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Wells_(Mormon)" title="John Wells (Mormon)">Wells</a> (1918–38)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_L._Wirthlin" title="Joseph L. Wirthlin">Wirthlin</a> (1938–46)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thorpe_B._Isaacson" title="Thorpe B. Isaacson">Isaacson</a> (1946–52)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_W._Buehner" title="Carl W. Buehner">Buehner</a> (1952–61)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victor_L._Brown" title="Victor L. Brown">Brown</a> (1961–72)</li> <li>Featherstone (1972–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Richard_Clarke" title="J. Richard Clarke">Clarke</a> (1976–85)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenn_L._Pace" title="Glenn L. Pace">Pace</a> (1985–92)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_C._Edgley" title="Richard C. Edgley">Edgley</a> (1992–95)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_B._McMullin" title="Keith B. McMullin">McMullin</a> (1995–2012)</li> <li>Davies (2012–15)</li> <li>Waddell (2015–20)</li> <li>Budge (2020–)</li></ul> </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="Assistants_to_the_Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_of_The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" 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:LDSasstq12" title="Template:LDSasstq12"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:LDSasstq12" title="Template talk:LDSasstq12"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:LDSasstq12" title="Special:EditPage/Template:LDSasstq12"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Assistants_to_the_Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_of_The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Assistant_to_the_Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles" title="Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles">Assistants to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles</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"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Anderson_(Mormon)" title="Joseph Anderson (Mormon)">Anderson</a> (1970–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marvin_J._Ashton" title="Marvin J. Ashton">Ashton</a> (1969–71)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Grant_Bangerter" title="William Grant Bangerter">Bangerter</a> (1975–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_H._Bennett_(Mormon)" title="William H. Bennett (Mormon)">Bennett</a> (1970–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernard_P._Brockbank" title="Bernard P. Brockbank">Brockbank</a> (1962–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_B._Brown" title="Hugh B. Brown">Brown</a> (1953–58)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodore_M._Burton" title="Theodore M. Burton">Burton</a> (1960–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/ElRay_L._Christiansen" title="ElRay L. Christiansen">Christiansen</a> (1951–75)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_J._Critchlow_Jr." title="William J. Critchlow Jr.">Critchlow</a> (1958–68)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_A._Cullimore" title="James A. Cullimore">Cullimore</a> (1966–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alvin_R._Dyer" title="Alvin R. Dyer">Dyer</a> (1958–67)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_E._Faust" title="James E. Faust">Faust</a> (1972–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Thomas_Fyans" title="J. Thomas Fyans">Fyans</a> (1974–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_B._Haight" title="David B. Haight">Haight</a> (1970–76)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Hales</a> (1975–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_D._Hanks" title="Marion D. Hanks">Hanks</a> (1968–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_B._Hinckley" title="Gordon B. Hinckley">Hinckley</a> (1958–61)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thorpe_B._Isaacson" title="Thorpe B. Isaacson">Isaacson</a> (1961–65, 1970)</li> <li>Komatsu (1975–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Longden_(Mormon)" title="John Longden (Mormon)">Longden</a> (1951–69)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neal_A._Maxwell" title="Neal A. Maxwell">Maxwell</a> (1974–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_E._McKay" title="Thomas E. McKay">McKay</a> (1941–58)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Q._Morris" title="George Q. Morris">Morris</a> (1951–54)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boyd_K._Packer" title="Boyd K. Packer">Packer</a> (1961–70)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._Tom_Perry" title="L. Tom Perry">Perry</a> (1972–74)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_D._Richards_(Mormon_seventy)" title="Franklin D. Richards (Mormon seventy)">F. Richards</a> (1960–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stayner_Richards" title="Stayner Richards">S. Richards</a> (1951–53)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_G._Romney" title="Marion G. Romney">Romney</a> (1941–51)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sterling_W._Sill" title="Sterling W. Sill">Sill</a> (1954–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_L._Simpson_(Mormon)" title="Robert L. Simpson (Mormon)">Simpson</a> (1972–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_G._Smith" title="Nicholas G. Smith">Smith</a> (1941–45)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alma_Sonne" title="Alma Sonne">Sonne</a> (1941–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/O._Leslie_Stone" title="O. Leslie Stone">Stone</a> (1972–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Eldon_Tanner" title="Nathan Eldon Tanner">Tanner</a> (1958–67)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_D._Taylor" title="Henry D. Taylor">Taylor</a> (1958–76)</li> <li>Vandenberg (1972–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_B._Wirthlin" title="Joseph B. Wirthlin">Wirthlin</a> (1975–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clifford_E._Young" title="Clifford E. 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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. 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