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<div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"><span class="mw-redirectedfrom">(Redirected from <a href="/w/index.php?title=Second_Quorum_of_the_Seventy&redirect=no" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Quorum of the Seventy">Second Quorum of the Seventy</a>)</span></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Ecclesiastical body in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the priesthood office of Seventy within The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. For usages of the term Seventy within the broader Latter Day Saint movement, see <a href="/wiki/Seventy_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Seventy (Latter Day Saints)">Seventy (Latter Day Saints)</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This article <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Seventy_(LDS_Church)" title="Special:EditPage/Seventy (LDS Church)">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. 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Traditionally, a church member holding this priesthood office is a "traveling minister"<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> and an "especial witness"<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of <a href="/wiki/Jesus_in_Christianity" title="Jesus in Christianity">Jesus Christ</a>, charged with the mission of preaching the gospel to the entire world under the direction of the Twelve <a href="/wiki/Apostle_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Apostle (Latter Day Saints)">Apostles</a>.<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> The church teaches that the office of seventy was anciently conferred upon the <a href="/wiki/Seventy_Apostles" class="mw-redirect" title="Seventy Apostles">seventy disciples</a> mentioned in the <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Luke" title="Gospel of Luke">Gospel of Luke</a> <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)#10:1" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)"> 10:1-2</a>. Multiple individuals holding the office of seventy are referred to collectively as <b>seventies</b>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_of_the_seventy_in_the_LDS_Church">History of the seventy in the LDS Church</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seventy_(LDS_Church)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History of the seventy in the LDS Church"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Seventy_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Seventy (Latter Day Saints)">Seventy (Latter Day Saints)</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Place_in_church_hierarchy">Place in church hierarchy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seventy_(LDS_Church)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Place in church hierarchy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In practical terms, the priesthood office of seventy is one which has varied widely over the course of history. As originally envisioned by church founder, <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Smith" title="Joseph Smith">Joseph Smith</a>, in the 1830s, the seventy were to be a body composed of several separate <a href="/wiki/Quorum_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Quorum (Latter Day Saints)">quorums</a> of up to seventy members each, all of which would be led by seven presidents. These presidents, chosen from the first quorum, would appoint and direct the other quorums of seventy.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As introduced by Smith, the apostles and the seventy had authority only outside the main body of church members in <a href="/wiki/Zion_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Zion (Latter Day Saints)">Zion</a>, and in the outlying <a href="/wiki/Stake_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Stake (Latter Day Saints)">stakes</a>. Members in Zion and the stakes were led by the <a href="/wiki/High_Council_of_Zion" class="mw-redirect" title="High Council of Zion">High Council of Zion</a> (under the direction of the <a href="/wiki/First_Presidency" title="First Presidency">First Presidency</a>) and stake <a href="/wiki/High_council_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="High council (Latter Day Saints)">high councils</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_quorums_of_the_seventy">Early quorums of the seventy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seventy_(LDS_Church)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early quorums of the seventy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Historically, the <b>First Quorum of the Seventy</b> came into being in 1835 when seven men were <a href="/wiki/Setting_apart" title="Setting apart">set apart</a> as the <b>First Seven Presidents of the Seventy</b>. </p><p>In 1837, six of the seven presidents were released because it was discovered that they had previously been ordained <a href="/wiki/High_priest_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="High priest (Latter Day Saints)">high priests</a>. Five of these men were ultimately replaced by others. The other two—<a href="/wiki/Levi_W._Hancock" title="Levi W. Hancock">Levi W. Hancock</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Young" title="Joseph Young">Joseph Young</a>—remained members of the First Seven Presidents for the rest of their lives.<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> </p><p>The quorums of the seventy are directed and supervised hierarchically by 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>, who are in turn directed by the <a href="/wiki/First_Presidency_(LDS_Church)" title="First Presidency (LDS Church)">First Presidency</a>. </p><p>As a body, the seventy in the church are considered to be equal in priesthood authority with the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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> This presumably means that if the apostles were killed or incapacitated, the seventy could take over the function of the apostles. However, in such circumstances, the seventy would be required to act unanimously.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Structure_and_history_of_the_seventy_in_the_church">Structure and history of the seventy in the church</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seventy_(LDS_Church)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Structure and history of the seventy in the church"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Members of the <a href="/wiki/First_Quorum_of_the_Seventy" class="mw-redirect" title="First Quorum of the Seventy">First</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Second_Quorum_of_the_Seventy" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Quorum of the Seventy">Second</a> Quorums of the Seventy are <a href="/wiki/General_authority" title="General authority">general authorities</a> of the church with responsibilities covering the church as a whole. </p><p>Members of additional Quorums of the Seventy (currently numbered Third through Twelfth) are called an <b>area seventy</b>. Members of these quorums are ordained to the priesthood office of seventy, but they are not general authorities of the church. Area seventies generally have authority only within a geographical unit of the church called an <i><a href="/wiki/Area_(LDS_Church)" title="Area (LDS Church)">area</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Expanding_membership">Expanding membership</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seventy_(LDS_Church)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Expanding membership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By the time <a href="/wiki/Death_of_Joseph_Smith" class="mw-redirect" title="Death of Joseph Smith">Joseph Smith was killed</a>, he had already organized four incomplete quorums of seventy. By 1845, there were ten quorums of seventy. The seventies in the first quorum became the seven presidents for each of the other quorums; that is, there were 63 presidents, 7 for each of the 9 other quorums, and the seven remaining members were the presidency of the first quorum. The members of the first quorum were thus spread out across the church, making meetings of the first quorum rare. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Elder_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Elder (Latter Day Saints)">Elders</a> were often ordained to the office of seventy immediately before they left on a <a href="/wiki/Mormon_missionary" title="Mormon missionary">mission</a>. Quorums were not restricted to geography, so individual quorums were scattered all over the world. </p><p>In 1883, <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Church_(LDS_Church)" title="President of the Church (LDS Church)">church president</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Taylor_(Mormon)" title="John Taylor (Mormon)">John Taylor</a> localized the quorums of seventy. Each stake was given a quorum of seventy, and seventies in that stake would belong to that quorum. Taylor also prescribed that the senior president of the first 64 quorums could meet with the seven presidents of the first quorum and that would constitute a meeting of the first quorum. This never happened, however.<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> This organization continued until church president <a href="/wiki/Spencer_W._Kimball" title="Spencer W. Kimball">Spencer W. Kimball</a>'s reorganization of the seventies in 1976. </p><p>Though the number of seventies in the church grew, the number of presidents remained at seven. By the late 1930s, the First Seven Presidents were exclusively referred to by the church as the <b>First Council of the Seventy</b>. </p><p>Eventually, the stake quorums of seventy were no longer numbered and in 1936 they were put under the local responsibility of <a href="/wiki/Stake_president" class="mw-redirect" title="Stake president">stake presidents</a>. Subsequently, in 1961, church president <a href="/wiki/David_O._McKay" title="David O. McKay">David O. McKay</a> ordained those of the First Council of the Seventy who wished to be <a href="/wiki/High_priest_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="High priest (Latter Day Saints)">high priests</a>.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_Quorum_of_the_Seventy_formed">First Quorum of the Seventy formed</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seventy_(LDS_Church)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: First Quorum of the Seventy formed"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1975, under Kimball's direction, the First Quorum of the Seventy was reconstituted. The First Quorum was composed of the former members of the First Council of the Seventy as well as new individuals selected by Kimball. The reason for the change was that the growth of the church necessitated the call of more general authorities. In 1976, the First Council of the Seventy, the First Quorum of the Seventy, and the <a href="/wiki/Assistants_to_the_Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles" class="mw-redirect" title="Assistants to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles">Assistants to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles</a> were all merged into a new <i>First Quorum of the Seventy</i> under a seven-member <b>Presidency of the Seventy</b>.<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> In 1978, some of the older members of the seventy were "retired" as the first general authorities to be given <a href="/wiki/Emeritus" title="Emeritus">emeritus</a> status. However, members appointed through 1981 were still granted life tenure. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Discontinuance_of_local_quorums_of_seventy">Discontinuance of local quorums of seventy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seventy_(LDS_Church)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Discontinuance of local quorums of seventy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1986, all stake quorums of the seventy were discontinued. The church encouraged local leaders to have ordained seventies meet with the local elders quorum or to ordain them as high priests.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_Quorum_of_the_Seventy_formed">Second Quorum of the Seventy formed</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seventy_(LDS_Church)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Second Quorum of the Seventy formed"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1984, some seventies were appointed to the First Quorum of the Seventy who were not to serve for life, but for terms of three to five years. In 1989, these limited-term members were separated into a new <i><a href="/wiki/Second_Quorum_of_the_Seventy" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Quorum of the Seventy">Second Quorum of the Seventy</a></i>. At the same time, the general practice was instituted of releasing all members of the First Quorum at the October <a href="/wiki/General_Conference_(LDS_Church)" title="General Conference (LDS Church)">general conference</a> following their 70th birthdays, or earlier in the case of serious health problems. Some flexibility on the terms of service has emerged in recent years.<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> </p><p>Since 1989, members of the First and Second Quorums have continued as general authorities of the church.<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> Sometimes members are called from the Second Quorum into the First Quorum. </p><p>Since the 1976 merger of First Quorum of the Seventy, seventies are the most usual candidates to become members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Since 1976, three have been called as apostles who did not serve as general authority seventies prior to their call: <a href="/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson" title="Russell M. Nelson">Russell M. Nelson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dallin_H._Oaks" title="Dallin H. Oaks">Dallin H. Oaks</a>, and <a href="/wiki/David_A._Bednar" title="David A. Bednar">David A. Bednar</a>,<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> Nelson and Oaks were ordained apostles in 1984 under church president Kimball and Bednar in 2004 under church president <a href="/wiki/Gordon_B._Hinckley" title="Gordon B. Hinckley">Gordon B. Hinckley</a>. Additionally, having served previously as members of the First Quorum of the Seventy, both <a href="/wiki/Robert_D._Hales" title="Robert D. Hales">Robert D. Hales</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gary_E._Stevenson" title="Gary E. Stevenson">Gary E. Stevenson</a> were serving as the <a href="/wiki/Presiding_Bishop_(LDS_Church)" title="Presiding Bishop (LDS Church)">Presiding Bishop</a> at the time of their call to the Quorum of the Twelve. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Area_seventies_and_additional_quorums_of_seventy">Area seventies and additional quorums of seventy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seventy_(LDS_Church)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Area seventies and additional quorums of seventy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_area_seventies_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="List of area seventies of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">List of area seventies of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a></div> <p>At the church's April 1995 <a href="/wiki/General_Conference_(LDS_Church)" title="General Conference (LDS Church)">general conference</a>, Hinckley announced the creation of a new leadership position known as the <b><a href="/wiki/List_of_area_seventies_of_The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" class="mw-redirect" title="List of area seventies of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">area authority</a></b>.<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> The area authorities were to replace the <a href="/wiki/Regional_representatives_of_the_Twelve" class="mw-redirect" title="Regional representatives of the Twelve">regional representatives</a> who had served as bridge of leadership between the general authorities and the local <a href="/wiki/Stake_president" class="mw-redirect" title="Stake president">stake</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mission_president" title="Mission president">mission presidents</a>. In 1997, it was decided that area authorities would be ordained to the office of seventy. As a result, these area authorities were renamed <b>area authority seventies</b>, and the church announced that these new seventies would become members of the newly created Third, Fourth, and Fifth Quorums of the Seventy.<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> Later, the title "area authority seventy" was shortened to <b>area seventy</b>, which is the title currently in use. </p><p>Area seventies serve in the various geographic regions of the world called <i><a href="/wiki/Area_(LDS_Church)" title="Area (LDS Church)">areas</a></i> in which the church is governed by area presidencies. Each of the Church's area presidency members usually consist of members of the First and Second Quorums of the Seventy (with the most recent exception, beginning in April 2022, being the presidency of the Europe East Area, which consists of 3 area seventies), .<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> </p><p>In 2004, the Fifth Quorum of the Seventy was divided to create the Sixth Quorum.<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> </p><p>In May 2005, the Seventh and Eighth quorums were created. The Fourth Quorum, which had served <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a>, <a href="/wiki/Central_America" title="Central America">Central</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_America" title="South America">South America</a>, had grown to 72 members, and was split into the Fourth and Seventh Quorums. The Eighth Quorum was created to allow better geographic organization of the Third Quorum (not because the number of members exceeded seventy). The Third Quorum previously covered all of <a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a> and the western islands of the <a href="/wiki/Pacific" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific">Pacific</a>. The new Eighth Quorum serves <a href="/wiki/South_Asia" title="South Asia">Southern Asia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>, and the western islands of the <a href="/wiki/Pacific" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific">Pacific</a>. The Third Quorum continued to serve <a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a>, northern <a href="/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a>.<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> </p><p>By August 2019, with new areas having been created or existing areas consolidated with others, the Third Quorum then included area seventies in Africa and Europe, with the Fourth Quorum including those serving in the Caribbean, Central America, Mexico, and South America Northwest areas. The Fifth Quorum had been composed of those area seventies serving in the North America West and Utah areas, with the Sixth Quorum composed of the North America Central, North America Northeast, North America Southeast, and North America Southwest areas. The Seventh Quorum included those serving in the Brazil and South America South areas, while the Eighth Quorum was composed of area seventies serving in the Asia, Asia North, Philippines, and Pacific areas. </p><p>Subsequently, effective June 1, 2020, four new Quorums of the Seventy were created, and the geographical distribution of the ten quorums of area seventies were constituted in the following manner:<sup id="cite_ref-New_Quorums_2020_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-New_Quorums_2020-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><b>Third Quorum</b>–Africa Central,<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> Africa South, and Africa West areas.</li> <li><b>Fourth Quorum</b>–Asia and Asia North areas.</li> <li><b>Fifth Quorum</b>–Brazil Area.</li> <li><b>Sixth Quorum</b>–Caribbean, Central America, and Mexico areas.</li> <li><b>Seventh Quorum</b>–Europe Central, Europe East, Europe North,<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> and Middle East/Africa North areas.</li> <li><b>Eighth Quorum</b>–Philippines and Pacific areas.</li> <li><b>Ninth Quorum</b>–South America Northwest and South America South areas;</li> <li><b>Tenth Quorum</b>–North America Central, North America Northeast, and North America Southeast areas.</li> <li><b>Eleventh Quorum</b>–North America Southwest and North America West Areas.</li> <li><b>Twelfth Quorum</b>–Utah Area.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Seventies_who_became_apostles_or_members_of_the_First_Presidency">Seventies who became apostles or members of the First Presidency</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seventy_(LDS_Church)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Seventies who became apostles or members of the First Presidency"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="75"> </th> <th width="160">Name </th> <th width="100">Dates as<br />a seventy </th> <th width="400">Specific quorum or position as a seventy </th> <th width="400">Dates in other position(s) </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:GeorgeAlbertSmith.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/GeorgeAlbertSmith.jpg/70px-GeorgeAlbertSmith.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/GeorgeAlbertSmith.jpg/105px-GeorgeAlbertSmith.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/GeorgeAlbertSmith.jpg/140px-GeorgeAlbertSmith.jpg 2x" data-file-width="298" data-file-height="388" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_A._Smith" title="George A. Smith">George A. Smith</a> </td> <td>1835–39 </td> <td>First Quorum of the Seventy </td> <td>Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (1839–68); <br />First Presidency (1868–75) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Amasamlyman.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Amasamlyman.png/70px-Amasamlyman.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Amasamlyman.png/105px-Amasamlyman.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/Amasamlyman.png 2x" data-file-width="140" data-file-height="186" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Amasa_M._Lyman" class="mw-redirect" title="Amasa M. Lyman">Amasa M. Lyman</a> </td> <td>1835–42 </td> <td>First Quorum of the Seventy </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;">Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (1842–43; 1844–67); <br />First Presidency (1843–44) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Erastussnow.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Erastussnow.jpg/70px-Erastussnow.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Erastussnow.jpg/105px-Erastussnow.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Erastussnow.jpg/140px-Erastussnow.jpg 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="233" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Erastus_Snow" title="Erastus Snow">Erastus Snow</a> </td> <td>1836–49 </td> <td>Second Quorum of the Seventy </td> <td>Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (1849–88) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wilford_Woodruff_1889.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Wilford_Woodruff_1889.jpg/70px-Wilford_Woodruff_1889.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="87" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Wilford_Woodruff_1889.jpg/105px-Wilford_Woodruff_1889.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Wilford_Woodruff_1889.jpg/140px-Wilford_Woodruff_1889.jpg 2x" data-file-width="685" data-file-height="853" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wilford_Woodruff" title="Wilford Woodruff">Wilford Woodruff</a> </td> <td>1837–38 </td> <td>First Quorum of the Seventy </td> <td>Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (1839–89); <br />President of the Church (1889–98) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lorenzosnow.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Lorenzosnow.jpg/70px-Lorenzosnow.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Lorenzosnow.jpg/105px-Lorenzosnow.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Lorenzosnow.jpg/140px-Lorenzosnow.jpg 2x" data-file-width="577" data-file-height="861" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lorenzo_Snow" title="Lorenzo Snow">Lorenzo Snow</a> </td> <td>1840 </td> <td>None: was ordained a high priest the day after being ordained a seventy </td> <td>Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (1849–98); <br />First Presidency (1873–77); <br />President of the Church (1898–1901) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jedediahmgrant.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Jedediahmgrant.gif/70px-Jedediahmgrant.gif" decoding="async" width="70" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Jedediahmgrant.gif/105px-Jedediahmgrant.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Jedediahmgrant.gif/140px-Jedediahmgrant.gif 2x" data-file-width="415" data-file-height="585" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jedediah_M._Grant" title="Jedediah M. Grant">Jedediah M. Grant</a> </td> <td>1845–54 </td> <td>First Council of the Seventy </td> <td>Apostle (1854–56); First Presidency (1854–56) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Abraham_H._Cannon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Abraham_H._Cannon.jpg/70px-Abraham_H._Cannon.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Abraham_H._Cannon.jpg/105px-Abraham_H._Cannon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Abraham_H._Cannon.jpg/140px-Abraham_H._Cannon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1112" data-file-height="1284" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Abraham_H._Cannon" title="Abraham H. Cannon">Abraham H. Cannon</a> </td> <td>1882–89 </td> <td>First Council of the Seventy </td> <td>Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (1889–96) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:George_Q._Morris2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/George_Q._Morris2.jpg/70px-George_Q._Morris2.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/George_Q._Morris2.jpg/105px-George_Q._Morris2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/George_Q._Morris2.jpg/140px-George_Q._Morris2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="571" data-file-height="783" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Q._Morris" title="George Q. Morris">George Q. Morris</a> </td> <td>1889–1908 </td> <td>Stake seventy </td> <td>Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (1954–62) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Richard_L._Evans.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Richard_L._Evans.JPG/70px-Richard_L._Evans.JPG" decoding="async" width="70" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Richard_L._Evans.JPG/105px-Richard_L._Evans.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Richard_L._Evans.JPG/140px-Richard_L._Evans.JPG 2x" data-file-width="336" data-file-height="412" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_L._Evans" title="Richard L. Evans">Richard L. Evans</a> </td> <td>1938–53 </td> <td>First Council of the Seventy </td> <td>Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (1953–71) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bruce_R._McConkie2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Bruce_R._McConkie2.jpg/70px-Bruce_R._McConkie2.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Bruce_R._McConkie2.jpg/105px-Bruce_R._McConkie2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Bruce_R._McConkie2.jpg/140px-Bruce_R._McConkie2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="290" data-file-height="371" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bruce_R._McConkie" title="Bruce R. McConkie">Bruce R. McConkie</a> </td> <td>1946–72 </td> <td>First Council of the Seventy </td> <td>Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (1972–85) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Neal_A._Maxwell.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Neal_A._Maxwell.jpg/70px-Neal_A._Maxwell.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Neal_A._Maxwell.jpg/105px-Neal_A._Maxwell.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Neal_A._Maxwell.jpg/140px-Neal_A._Maxwell.jpg 2x" data-file-width="529" data-file-height="644" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Neal_A._Maxwell" title="Neal A. Maxwell">Neal A. Maxwell</a> </td> <td>1974–81 </td> <td>First Council of the Seventy (1974–76); <br />Presidency of the Seventy (1976–81) </td> <td>Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (1981–2004) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:James_E._Faust2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/James_E._Faust2.jpg/70px-James_E._Faust2.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/James_E._Faust2.jpg/105px-James_E._Faust2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/James_E._Faust2.jpg/140px-James_E._Faust2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="185" data-file-height="203" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_E._Faust" title="James E. Faust">James E. Faust</a> </td> <td>1976–78 </td> <td>Presidency of the Seventy </td> <td>Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (1978–95); <br />First Presidency (1995–2007) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Alvin_R._Dyer2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Alvin_R._Dyer2.jpg/70px-Alvin_R._Dyer2.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Alvin_R._Dyer2.jpg/105px-Alvin_R._Dyer2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Alvin_R._Dyer2.jpg/140px-Alvin_R._Dyer2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="394" data-file-height="568" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alvin_R._Dyer" title="Alvin R. Dyer">Alvin R. Dyer</a> </td> <td>1970–1977 </td> <td>First Quorum of the Seventy <br />(only person to be ordained a seventy <i>after</i> being ordained an apostle) </td> <td>Apostle (1967–77); First Presidency (1968–70) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:M._Russell_Ballard.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/M._Russell_Ballard.jpg/70px-M._Russell_Ballard.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/M._Russell_Ballard.jpg/105px-M._Russell_Ballard.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/M._Russell_Ballard.jpg/140px-M._Russell_Ballard.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="716" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._Russell_Ballard" title="M. Russell Ballard">M. Russell Ballard</a> </td> <td>1976–85 </td> <td>First Quorum of the Seventy; <br />Presidency of the Seventy (1980–85) </td> <td>Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (1985–2023) </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_D._Hales" title="Robert D. Hales">Robert D. Hales</a> </td> <td>1976–85 </td> <td>First Quorum of the Seventy </td> <td>Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (1994–2017) </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joseph_B._Wirthlin" title="Joseph B. Wirthlin">Joseph B. Wirthlin</a> </td> <td>1976–86 </td> <td>First Quorum of the Seventy; <br />Presidency of the Seventy (1986) </td> <td>Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (1986–2008) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Richard_G._Scott.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Richard_G._Scott.JPG/70px-Richard_G._Scott.JPG" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Richard_G._Scott.JPG/105px-Richard_G._Scott.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Richard_G._Scott.JPG/140px-Richard_G._Scott.JPG 2x" data-file-width="169" data-file-height="225" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_G._Scott" title="Richard G. Scott">Richard G. Scott</a> </td> <td>1977–88 </td> <td>First Quorum of the Seventy; <br />Presidency of the Seventy (1983–88) </td> <td>Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (1988–2015) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jeffrey_R._Holland2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Jeffrey_R._Holland2.jpg/70px-Jeffrey_R._Holland2.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Jeffrey_R._Holland2.jpg/105px-Jeffrey_R._Holland2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Jeffrey_R._Holland2.jpg/140px-Jeffrey_R._Holland2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="284" data-file-height="378" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_R._Holland" title="Jeffrey R. Holland">Jeffrey R. Holland</a> </td> <td>1989–94 </td> <td>First Quorum of the Seventy </td> <td>Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (1994–) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Henry_B._Eyring.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Henry_B._Eyring.jpg/70px-Henry_B._Eyring.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="116" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Henry_B._Eyring.jpg/105px-Henry_B._Eyring.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Henry_B._Eyring.jpg 2x" data-file-width="137" data-file-height="228" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_B._Eyring" title="Henry B. Eyring">Henry B. Eyring</a> </td> <td>1992–95 </td> <td>First Quorum of the Seventy </td> <td>Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (1995–2007); <br />First Presidency (2007–) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:D._Todd_Christofferson_(26735635918).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/D._Todd_Christofferson_%2826735635918%29.jpg/70px-D._Todd_Christofferson_%2826735635918%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/D._Todd_Christofferson_%2826735635918%29.jpg/105px-D._Todd_Christofferson_%2826735635918%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/D._Todd_Christofferson_%2826735635918%29.jpg/140px-D._Todd_Christofferson_%2826735635918%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="442" data-file-height="577" /></a></span> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/D._Todd_Christofferson" title="D. Todd Christofferson">D. Todd Christofferson</a> </td> <td>1993–2008 </td> <td>First Quorum of the Seventy (1993–2008); <br />Presidency of the Seventy (1998–2008) </td> <td>Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (2008–) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Neil_L._Andersen4.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Neil_L._Andersen4.jpg/70px-Neil_L._Andersen4.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Neil_L._Andersen4.jpg/105px-Neil_L._Andersen4.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Neil_L._Andersen4.jpg/140px-Neil_L._Andersen4.jpg 2x" data-file-width="357" data-file-height="357" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Neil_L._Andersen" title="Neil L. Andersen">Neil L. Andersen</a> </td> <td>1993–2009 </td> <td>First Quorum of the Seventy (1993–2009); <br />Presidency of the Seventy (2005–09) </td> <td>Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (2009–) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dieter_F._Uchtdorf3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Dieter_F._Uchtdorf3.jpg/70px-Dieter_F._Uchtdorf3.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Dieter_F._Uchtdorf3.jpg/105px-Dieter_F._Uchtdorf3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Dieter_F._Uchtdorf3.jpg/140px-Dieter_F._Uchtdorf3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="767" data-file-height="1022" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dieter_F._Uchtdorf" title="Dieter F. Uchtdorf">Dieter F. Uchtdorf</a> </td> <td>1994–2004 </td> <td>Second Quorum of the Seventy (1994–96); <br />First Quorum of the Seventy (1996–2004); <br />Presidency of the Seventy (2002–04) </td> <td>Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (2004–08,2018–); <br />First Presidency (2008–18) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Quentin_L._Cook_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Quentin_L._Cook_01.jpg/70px-Quentin_L._Cook_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Quentin_L._Cook_01.jpg/105px-Quentin_L._Cook_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Quentin_L._Cook_01.jpg/140px-Quentin_L._Cook_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1573" data-file-height="1869" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Quentin_L._Cook" title="Quentin L. Cook">Quentin L. Cook</a> </td> <td>1996–2007 </td> <td>Second Quorum of the Seventy (1996–98); <br />First Quorum of the Seventy (1998–2007); <br />Presidency of the Seventy (2007) </td> <td>Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (2007–) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Elder_Bednar.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Elder_Bednar.jpeg/70px-Elder_Bednar.jpeg" decoding="async" width="70" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Elder_Bednar.jpeg/105px-Elder_Bednar.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Elder_Bednar.jpeg/140px-Elder_Bednar.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="723" data-file-height="973" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_A._Bednar" title="David A. Bednar">David A. Bednar</a> </td> <td>1997–2004 </td> <td>Area seventy; Fifth Quorum of the Seventy </td> <td>Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (2004–) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Elder_Ronald_A._Rasband_(40884748414).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Elder_Ronald_A._Rasband_%2840884748414%29.jpg/70px-Elder_Ronald_A._Rasband_%2840884748414%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Elder_Ronald_A._Rasband_%2840884748414%29.jpg/105px-Elder_Ronald_A._Rasband_%2840884748414%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Elder_Ronald_A._Rasband_%2840884748414%29.jpg/140px-Elder_Ronald_A._Rasband_%2840884748414%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="587" data-file-height="648" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ronald_A._Rasband" title="Ronald A. Rasband">Ronald A. Rasband</a> </td> <td>2000–15 </td> <td>First Quorum of the Seventy (2000–15);<br />Presidency of the Seventy (2005–15) </td> <td>Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (2015–) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dale_G._Renlund.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Dale_G._Renlund.jpg/70px-Dale_G._Renlund.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Dale_G._Renlund.jpg/105px-Dale_G._Renlund.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Dale_G._Renlund.jpg/140px-Dale_G._Renlund.jpg 2x" data-file-width="468" data-file-height="590" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dale_G._Renlund" title="Dale G. Renlund">Dale G. Renlund</a> </td> <td>2000–15 </td> <td>Fifth Quorum of the Seventy (2000–09);<br />First Quorum of the Seventy (2009–15) </td> <td>Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (2015–) </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gary_E._Stevenson" title="Gary E. Stevenson">Gary E. Stevenson</a> </td> <td>2008–12 </td> <td>First Quorum of the Seventy (2008–12) </td> <td>Presiding Bishop (2012–15);<br />Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (2015–) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Elder_Gerrit_W._Gong_(27223015317).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Elder_Gerrit_W._Gong_%2827223015317%29.jpg/70px-Elder_Gerrit_W._Gong_%2827223015317%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Elder_Gerrit_W._Gong_%2827223015317%29.jpg/105px-Elder_Gerrit_W._Gong_%2827223015317%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Elder_Gerrit_W._Gong_%2827223015317%29.jpg/140px-Elder_Gerrit_W._Gong_%2827223015317%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2434" data-file-height="2716" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gerrit_W._Gong" title="Gerrit W. Gong">Gerrit W. Gong</a> </td> <td>2010-2018 </td> <td>Presidency of the Seventy (2015–2018)<br />First Quorum of the Seventy (2010–2018)<br /><a href="/wiki/Area_seventy" class="mw-redirect" title="Area seventy">Area seventy</a>, Fifth Quorum of the Seventy (2009–10) </td> <td>Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (2018–) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Elder_Ulisses_Soares_(46802114135).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Elder_Ulisses_Soares_%2846802114135%29.jpg/70px-Elder_Ulisses_Soares_%2846802114135%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="62" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Elder_Ulisses_Soares_%2846802114135%29.jpg/105px-Elder_Ulisses_Soares_%2846802114135%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Elder_Ulisses_Soares_%2846802114135%29.jpg/140px-Elder_Ulisses_Soares_%2846802114135%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3776" data-file-height="3319" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ulisses_Soares" title="Ulisses Soares">Ulisses Soares</a> </td> <td>2005-2018 </td> <td>Presidency of the Seventy (2013–2018)<br />First Quorum of the Seventy (2005–2018) </td> <td>Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (2018–) </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Kearon" title="Patrick Kearon">Patrick Kearon</a> </td> <td>2010-2023 </td> <td>Presidency of the Seventy (2017-2023)<br />First Quorum of the Seventy (2010-2023) </td> <td>Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (2023- ) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_noteworthy_seventies">Other noteworthy seventies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seventy_(LDS_Church)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Other noteworthy seventies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="75"> </th> <th width="160">Name </th> <th width="100">Dates as a general,<br />area, or local Seventy<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th width="400">Specific quorum or position as a seventy </th> <th width="400">Significance </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Elijah_Abel.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Elijah_Abel.jpg/70px-Elijah_Abel.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Elijah_Abel.jpg/105px-Elijah_Abel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Elijah_Abel.jpg/140px-Elijah_Abel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="317" data-file-height="410" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Elijah_Abel" title="Elijah Abel">Elijah Abel</a> </td> <td>1836–84 </td> <td>Local seventy </td> <td>First <a href="/wiki/Black_people" title="Black people">black</a> seventy </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>Ángel Abrea </td> <td>1981–2003<sup id="cite_ref-emeritus_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-emeritus-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>First Quorum of the Seventy (1981–2003); <br />Emeritus general authority (2003–) </td> <td>First resident of <a href="/wiki/Latin_America" title="Latin America">Latin America</a> general authority </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Anderson_(Mormon)" title="Joseph Anderson (Mormon)">Joseph Anderson</a> </td> <td>1976–78 </td> <td>First Quorum of the Seventy (1976–78); <br />Emeritus general authority (1978–92) </td> <td>Second oldest-lived general authority in LDS Church history (102) </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>Eduardo Ayala </td> <td>1990-1995 </td> <td>Second Quorum of the Seventy (1990-1995) </td> <td>First Chilean general authority and first from western South America </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Merrill_J._Bateman" title="Merrill J. Bateman">Merrill J. Bateman</a> </td> <td>1992–94; 1995–2007<sup id="cite_ref-emeritus_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-emeritus-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;">Second Quorum of the Seventy (1992–94); <br />First Quorum of the Seventy (1995–2007); <br />Presidency of the Seventy (2003–07); <br />Emeritus general authority (2007–) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Presiding_Bishop_(LDS_Church)" title="Presiding Bishop (LDS Church)">Presiding Bishop</a> of the church (1994–95); <br />President of <a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young_University" title="Brigham Young University">Brigham Young University</a> (1996–2003) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Samuel_O._Bennion.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Samuel_O._Bennion.jpg/70px-Samuel_O._Bennion.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Samuel_O._Bennion.jpg/105px-Samuel_O._Bennion.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Samuel_O._Bennion.jpg/140px-Samuel_O._Bennion.jpg 2x" data-file-width="266" data-file-height="385" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Samuel_O._Bennion" title="Samuel O. Bennion">Samuel O. Bennion</a> </td> <td>1933–46 </td> <td>First Council of the Seventy </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gladden_Bishop" title="Gladden Bishop">Gladden Bishop</a> </td> <td>1837–42 (approx) </td> <td>Local seventy </td> <td>Abandoned the church in 1842 and established his own Latter Day Saint sect after 1844 </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Helio_R._Camargo" title="Helio R. Camargo">Helio R. Camargo</a> </td> <td>1985-1990 </td> <td>First Quorum of the Seventy </td> <td>First <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazilian</a> general authority </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Clayton_Christensen_World_Economic_Forum_2013.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Clayton_Christensen_World_Economic_Forum_2013.jpg/70px-Clayton_Christensen_World_Economic_Forum_2013.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="54" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Clayton_Christensen_World_Economic_Forum_2013.jpg/105px-Clayton_Christensen_World_Economic_Forum_2013.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Clayton_Christensen_World_Economic_Forum_2013.jpg/140px-Clayton_Christensen_World_Economic_Forum_2013.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4341" data-file-height="3337" /></a></span> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Clayton_M._Christensen" class="mw-redirect" title="Clayton M. Christensen">Clayton M. Christensen</a> </td> <td>2002-2009 </td> <td>Area Seventy; Sixth Quorum of the Seventy </td> <td>Professor at <a href="/wiki/Harvard_Business_School" title="Harvard Business School">Harvard Business School</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kim_B._Clark_PR_photo.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Kim_B._Clark_PR_photo.jpeg/70px-Kim_B._Clark_PR_photo.jpeg" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Kim_B._Clark_PR_photo.jpeg 1.5x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="125" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kim_B._Clark" title="Kim B. Clark">Kim B. Clark</a> </td> <td>2007–14; 2015–2019 </td> <td>Area Seventy; Fifth Quorum of the Seventy (2007–14); <br />First Quorum of the Seventy (2015–19) </td> <td>President of <a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young_University%E2%80%93Idaho" title="Brigham Young University–Idaho">Brigham Young University–Idaho</a> (2005–15)<br />Former dean of <a href="/wiki/Harvard_Business_School" title="Harvard Business School">Harvard Business School</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>Massimo De Feo </td> <td>2013– </td> <td>Area Seventy; Third Quorum of the Seventy (2013–16)<br />General Authority Seventy (2016–)<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>First <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italian</a> general authority. </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>Charles A. Didier </td> <td>1975–2009<sup id="cite_ref-emeritus_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-emeritus-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;">First Quorum of the Seventy; <br />Presidency of the Seventy (1992–95; 2001–07); <br />Emeritus general authority (2009-) </td> <td>First <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">European</a> general authority </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edward_Dube" title="Edward Dube">Edward Dube</a> </td> <td>2013– </td> <td>First Quorum of the Seventy (2013–) </td> <td>First Zimbabwean and second black African general authority </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Paul_H._Dunn.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Paul_H._Dunn.jpg/70px-Paul_H._Dunn.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Paul_H._Dunn.jpg/105px-Paul_H._Dunn.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Paul_H._Dunn.jpg/140px-Paul_H._Dunn.jpg 2x" data-file-width="535" data-file-height="656" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_H._Dunn" title="Paul H. Dunn">Paul H. Dunn</a> </td> <td>1964–89 </td> <td>First Council of the Seventy (1968–76); <br />First Quorum of the Seventy (1964–89); <br />Presidency of the Seventy (1976–80); <br />Emeritus general authority (1989–98) </td> <td>in 1991, publicly admitted to falsifying and embellishing stories of personal experiences in past sermons and books </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_H._Groberg" title="John H. Groberg">John H. Groberg</a> </td> <td>1976–2005<sup id="cite_ref-emeritus_24-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-emeritus-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>First Quorum of the Seventy (1976–2005); <br />Presidency of the Seventy (2004–05); <br />Emeritus general authority (2005–) </td> <td>2001 film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Other_Side_of_Heaven" title="The Other Side of Heaven">The Other Side of Heaven</a></i> is based on his missionary experiences in Tonga </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Zenas_H._Gurley,_Sr.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Zenas_H._Gurley%2C_Sr.jpg/70px-Zenas_H._Gurley%2C_Sr.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Zenas_H._Gurley%2C_Sr.jpg/105px-Zenas_H._Gurley%2C_Sr.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Zenas_H._Gurley%2C_Sr.jpg/140px-Zenas_H._Gurley%2C_Sr.jpg 2x" data-file-width="299" data-file-height="419" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Zenas_H._Gurley" class="mw-redirect" title="Zenas H. Gurley">Zenas H. Gurley</a> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;">1840–44 (approx) </td> <td>Local seventy </td> <td>Led a group of dissenters after 1844 and in 1853 became an apostle in the <a href="/wiki/Reorganized_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter_Day_Saints" class="mw-redirect" title="Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints">Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_J._Hamula" title="James J. Hamula">James J. Hamula</a> </td> <td>2008–2017 </td> <td>General Authority Seventy </td> <td>Most recent General Authority to be <a href="/wiki/Excommunicated" class="mw-redirect" title="Excommunicated">excommunicated</a><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>Han In Sang </td> <td>1991–96 </td> <td>Second Quorum of the Seventy (1991–96) </td> <td>First <a href="/wiki/Koreans" title="Koreans">Korean</a> general authority </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Milton_R._Hunter.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Milton_R._Hunter.jpg/70px-Milton_R._Hunter.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="123" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Milton_R._Hunter.jpg/105px-Milton_R._Hunter.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Milton_R._Hunter.jpg/140px-Milton_R._Hunter.jpg 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="633" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Milton_R._Hunter" title="Milton R. Hunter">Milton R. Hunter</a> </td> <td>1945–75 </td> <td>First Council of the Seventy </td> <td>co-author of <i>Ancient America and the Book of Mormon</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jon_Huntsman_Sr_2004_Huntsman_Award_Ceremony.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Jon_Huntsman_Sr_2004_Huntsman_Award_Ceremony.jpg/70px-Jon_Huntsman_Sr_2004_Huntsman_Award_Ceremony.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="47" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Jon_Huntsman_Sr_2004_Huntsman_Award_Ceremony.jpg/105px-Jon_Huntsman_Sr_2004_Huntsman_Award_Ceremony.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Jon_Huntsman_Sr_2004_Huntsman_Award_Ceremony.jpg/140px-Jon_Huntsman_Sr_2004_Huntsman_Award_Ceremony.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="1660" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jon_Huntsman_Sr." title="Jon Huntsman Sr.">Jon Huntsman Sr.</a> </td> <td>1996–2011 </td> <td>Area Seventy; Fifth Quorum of the Seventy </td> <td>American businessman and philanthropist </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:W._Rolfe_Kerr.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/W._Rolfe_Kerr.jpg/70px-W._Rolfe_Kerr.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/W._Rolfe_Kerr.jpg/105px-W._Rolfe_Kerr.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/W._Rolfe_Kerr.jpg/140px-W._Rolfe_Kerr.jpg 2x" data-file-width="282" data-file-height="376" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/W._Rolfe_Kerr" title="W. Rolfe Kerr">W. Rolfe Kerr</a> </td> <td>1996–2007<sup id="cite_ref-emeritus_24-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-emeritus-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Second Quorum of the Seventy (1996–97); <br />First Quorum of the Seventy (1997–2007); <br />Emeritus general authority (2007–) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Commissioner_of_Church_Education" class="mw-redirect" title="Commissioner of Church Education">Commissioner of Church Education</a> (2005–08) </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yoshihiko_Kikuchi" title="Yoshihiko Kikuchi">Yoshihiko Kikuchi</a> </td> <td>1977–2011<sup id="cite_ref-emeritus_24-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-emeritus-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>First Quorum of the Seventy<br />Emeritus general authority (2011–) </td> <td>First resident of <a href="/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a> general authority </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:J._Golden_Kimball.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/J._Golden_Kimball.jpg/70px-J._Golden_Kimball.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/J._Golden_Kimball.jpg/105px-J._Golden_Kimball.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/J._Golden_Kimball.jpg/140px-J._Golden_Kimball.jpg 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="807" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/J._Golden_Kimball" title="J. Golden Kimball">J. Golden Kimball</a> </td> <td>1892–1938 </td> <td>First Council of the Seventy </td> <td>Legendary general authority wit </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>Adney Y. Komatsu </td> <td>1976–93<sup id="cite_ref-emeritus_24-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-emeritus-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>First Quorum of the Seventy (1976–93); <br />Emeritus general authority (1993–2011) </td> <td>First general authority of <a href="/wiki/Asian_people" title="Asian people">Asian</a> descent </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_P._Lee" title="George P. Lee">George P. Lee</a> </td> <td>1975–89 </td> <td>First Quorum of the Seventy </td> <td>First <a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a> general authority; <br />tenure ended due to excommunication. </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>Augusto A. Lim </td> <td>1992–97 </td> <td>Second Quorum of the Seventy (1992–97) </td> <td>First <a href="/wiki/Filipino_peoples" class="mw-redirect" title="Filipino peoples">Filipino</a> general authority </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gerald_N._Lund" title="Gerald N. Lund">Gerald N. Lund</a> </td> <td>2002–08 </td> <td>Second Quorum of the Seventy </td> <td>Author of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Work_and_the_Glory" title="The Work and the Glory">The Work and the Glory</a></i> novels </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/J.W._Marriott_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="J.W. Marriott Jr.">J.W. Marriott Jr.</a> </td> <td>1997–2011 </td> <td>Area Seventy; Sixth Quorum of the Seventy </td> <td>American <a href="/wiki/Hotel" title="Hotel">hotelier</a> and businessman </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>Hugo E. Martinez </td> <td>2009– </td> <td>Area Seventy (2009–14); Second Quorum of the Seventy (2014–) </td> <td>First <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_people" title="Caribbean people">Caribbean</a> general authority and first <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rican_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Puerto Rican people">Puerto Rican</a> general authority </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Helv%C3%A9cio_Martins" title="Helvécio Martins">Helvécio Martins</a> </td> <td>1990–2005 </td> <td>Second Quorum of the Seventy (1990–95) </td> <td>First general authority of <a href="/wiki/Black_people" title="Black people">black</a> <a href="/wiki/African_people" class="mw-redirect" title="African people">African</a> descent </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:James_O._Mason.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/James_O._Mason.jpg/70px-James_O._Mason.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/James_O._Mason.jpg/105px-James_O._Mason.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/James_O._Mason.jpg/140px-James_O._Mason.jpg 2x" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="261" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_O._Mason" title="James O. Mason">James O. Mason</a> </td> <td>1994–2000 </td> <td>Second Quorum of the Seventy (1994–2000) </td> <td>Acting <a href="/wiki/Surgeon_General_of_the_United_States" title="Surgeon General of the United States">Surgeon General of the United States</a> from 1989 to 1990 </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>A. Roger Merrill </td> <td>2000<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>–2004 </td> <td>Area seventy </td> <td>General President of the <a href="/wiki/Sunday_School_(LDS_Church)" title="Sunday School (LDS Church)">Sunday School</a> (2004–09) </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joseph_White_Musser" title="Joseph White Musser">Joseph White Musser</a> </td> <td>1892–1921 </td> <td>Local seventy </td> <td>Early leader in the <a href="/wiki/Mormon_fundamentalist" class="mw-redirect" title="Mormon fundamentalist">Mormon fundamentalist</a> movement after being excommunicated in 1921 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RobertOaks.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/RobertOaks.jpg/70px-RobertOaks.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/RobertOaks.jpg/105px-RobertOaks.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/RobertOaks.jpg/140px-RobertOaks.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_C._Oaks" title="Robert C. Oaks">Robert C. Oaks</a> </td> <td>2000–09 </td> <td>Second Quorum of the Seventy; <br />Presidency of the Seventy (2004–07) </td> <td>Former commander of <a href="/wiki/Air_Training_Command" title="Air Training Command">Air Training Command</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Forces_in_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Air Forces in Europe">United States Air Forces in Europe</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Warren_Parrish" title="Warren Parrish">Warren Parrish</a> </td> <td>1835–37 </td> <td>First Quorum of the Seventy </td> <td>Scribe for <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Smith" title="Joseph Smith">Joseph Smith</a>; apostatized in 1837 </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>Rafael E. Pino </td> <td>2008– </td> <td>First Quorum of the Seventy </td> <td>The first Venezuelan general authority. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Zera_Pulsipher.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Zera_Pulsipher.jpg/70px-Zera_Pulsipher.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Zera_Pulsipher.jpg/105px-Zera_Pulsipher.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/Zera_Pulsipher.jpg 2x" data-file-width="136" data-file-height="150" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Zera_Pulsipher" title="Zera Pulsipher">Zera Pulsipher</a> </td> <td>1838–62 </td> <td>First Council of the Seventy </td> <td>A missionary who preached to <a href="/wiki/Wilford_Woodruff" title="Wilford Woodruff">Wilford Woodruff</a>; <br />excommunicated in 1862; rebaptized the same year </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:George_Reynolds_(LDS).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/George_Reynolds_%28LDS%29.JPG/70px-George_Reynolds_%28LDS%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="70" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/George_Reynolds_%28LDS%29.JPG/105px-George_Reynolds_%28LDS%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/George_Reynolds_%28LDS%29.JPG/140px-George_Reynolds_%28LDS%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="695" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Reynolds_(Mormon)" title="George Reynolds (Mormon)">George Reynolds</a> </td> <td>1866–1909 </td> <td>Local seventy (1866–90); <br />First Council of the Seventy (1890–1909) </td> <td>Secretary to the First Presidency; party to <a href="/wiki/U.S._Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Supreme Court">U.S. Supreme Court</a> <a href="/wiki/Polygamy" title="Polygamy">polygamy</a> case <i><a href="/wiki/Reynolds_v._United_States" title="Reynolds v. United States">Reynolds v. United States</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Brigham_Henry_Roberts2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Brigham_Henry_Roberts2.jpg/70px-Brigham_Henry_Roberts2.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Brigham_Henry_Roberts2.jpg/105px-Brigham_Henry_Roberts2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Brigham_Henry_Roberts2.jpg/140px-Brigham_Henry_Roberts2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="298" data-file-height="449" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/B._H._Roberts" title="B. H. Roberts">B. H. Roberts</a> </td> <td>1877–1933 </td> <td>Local seventy (1877–88); <br />First Council of the Seventy (1888–1933) </td> <td>Prominent Mormon historian and apologist </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CecilSamuelson.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/CecilSamuelson.JPG/70px-CecilSamuelson.JPG" decoding="async" width="70" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/CecilSamuelson.JPG/105px-CecilSamuelson.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/CecilSamuelson.JPG/140px-CecilSamuelson.JPG 2x" data-file-width="533" data-file-height="693" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cecil_O._Samuelson" title="Cecil O. Samuelson">Cecil O. Samuelson</a> </td> <td>1994–2011<sup id="cite_ref-emeritus_24-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-emeritus-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>First Quorum of the Seventy; <br />Presidency of the Seventy (2001–03)<br />Emeritus general authority (2011–) </td> <td>President of <a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young_University" title="Brigham Young University">Brigham Young University</a> (2003–14) </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joseph_W._Sitati" title="Joseph W. Sitati">Joseph W. Sitati</a> </td> <td>2004– </td> <td>Area seventy (2004–09);<br />First Quorum of the Seventy (2009–) </td> <td>First black African general authority of the church; second general authority of black African descent<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Edward_Stevenson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Edward_Stevenson.jpg/70px-Edward_Stevenson.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Edward_Stevenson.jpg/105px-Edward_Stevenson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Edward_Stevenson.jpg/140px-Edward_Stevenson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="428" data-file-height="568" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edward_Stevenson" title="Edward Stevenson">Edward Stevenson</a> </td> <td>1847–97 </td> <td>Local seventy (1847–94); <br />First Council of the Seventy (1894–97) </td> <td>Widely traveled <a href="/wiki/Mormon_missionary" title="Mormon missionary">Mormon missionary</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:WmWhitTaylor.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/WmWhitTaylor.JPG/70px-WmWhitTaylor.JPG" decoding="async" width="70" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/WmWhitTaylor.JPG/105px-WmWhitTaylor.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/WmWhitTaylor.JPG/140px-WmWhitTaylor.JPG 2x" data-file-width="397" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_W._Taylor" title="William W. Taylor">William W. Taylor</a> </td> <td>1875–84 </td> <td>Local seventy (1875–80); <br />First Council of the Seventy (1880–84) </td> <td>Son of <a href="/wiki/John_Taylor_(Mormon)" title="John Taylor (Mormon)">John Taylor</a>; Mormon politician </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>Jose A. Teixeira </td> <td>1997– </td> <td>Area seventy (1997–2005); <br />First Quorum of the Seventy (2008–) </td> <td>First Portuguese general authority </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>Earl C. Tingey </td> <td>1990–2008 </td> <td>First Quorum of the Seventy; <br />Presidency of the Seventy (1996–2008) </td> <td>Senior member of the Presidency of the Seventy (2001–08) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Van_Cott_1846.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/John_Van_Cott_1846.jpg/70px-John_Van_Cott_1846.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/John_Van_Cott_1846.jpg/105px-John_Van_Cott_1846.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/John_Van_Cott_1846.jpg/140px-John_Van_Cott_1846.jpg 2x" data-file-width="353" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Van_Cott" title="John Van Cott">John Van Cott</a> </td> <td>1847–83 </td> <td>Local seventy (1847–62); <br />First Council of the Seventy (1862–83) </td> <td>Missionary to <a href="/wiki/Scandinavia" title="Scandinavia">Scandinavia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Winchester" title="Benjamin Winchester">Benjamin Winchester</a> </td> <td>1835–44 </td> <td>First Quorum of the Seventy </td> <td>Editor of first independent Mormon periodical; became a <a href="/wiki/Rigdonite" title="Rigdonite">Rigdonite</a> apostle after 1844; ultimately repudiated Mormonism </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Richard_B._Wirthlin" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard B. Wirthlin">Richard B. Wirthlin</a> </td> <td>1996–2001 </td> <td>Second Quorum of the Seventy (1996–2001)<br /> </td> <td>Chief strategist and pollster for <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kevin_J_Worthen" title="Kevin J Worthen">Kevin J Worthen</a> </td> <td>2010– </td> <td>Area Seventy </td> <td>President of <a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young_University" title="Brigham Young University">Brigham Young University</a> (2014–) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Joseph_Young.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Joseph_Young.jpg/70px-Joseph_Young.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Joseph_Young.jpg/105px-Joseph_Young.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Joseph_Young.jpg/140px-Joseph_Young.jpg 2x" data-file-width="568" data-file-height="712" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Young" title="Joseph Young">Joseph Young</a> </td> <td>1835–81 </td> <td>First Council of the Seventy </td> <td>Senior and Presiding President of the Seventy from 1835 to 1881 (a position subsequently held by his son <a href="/wiki/Seymour_B._Young" title="Seymour B. Young">Seymour B. Young</a>, grandson <a href="/wiki/Levi_E._Young" title="Levi E. Young">Levi E. Young</a>, and great-grandson <a href="/wiki/S._Dilworth_Young" title="S. Dilworth Young">S. Dilworth Young</a>) </td></tr></tbody></table> <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 reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Members called to the seventy continue to hold the priesthood office of seventy after being released from a specific quorum or position. Time as an emeritus general authority not included in this date range.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-emeritus-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-emeritus_24-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-emeritus_24-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-emeritus_24-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-emeritus_24-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-emeritus_24-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-emeritus_24-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-emeritus_24-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-emeritus_24-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Released, but retains general authority emeritus status.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Current_organization">Current organization</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seventy_(LDS_Church)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Current organization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of 2021, the Quorums of the Seventy are organized into twelve quorums with a presidency of seven. The seventy act as emissaries of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and First Presidency of the church in organizing, training, proselytizing, and administering to millions of people scattered all across the globe. The seventy are the layer between local church administration and general church administration. </p><p>In general, seventies must first be at least <a href="/wiki/Elder_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Elder (Latter Day Saints)">elders</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Melchizedek_priesthood_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Melchizedek priesthood (Latter Day Saints)">Melchizedek priesthood</a>, but in practice most have previously been ordained to the office of <a href="/wiki/High_priest_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="High priest (Latter Day Saints)">high priest</a>. Seventies, being equal in authority, act under the direction of the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles as they labor in their apostolic ministry.<sup id="cite_ref-Tingey2002_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tingey2002-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Members of the LDS Church understand that being “equal in authority” (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/107.26?lang=eng">D&C 107:26</a>) means they preside over the church when the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve are not constituted.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This means that the seventies have the power to do anything required to organize and administer the church, as long as they do so under the direction of the First Presidency or the Quorum of the Twelve (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/107.33-34?lang=eng">D&C 107:33–34</a>). They do not, as quorums, preside over the church by their own authority unless the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve are no longer in existence. Apart from the seven presidents of the seventy, seventies do not hold priesthood keys but are delegated the necessary keys to perform their duties. Seventies hold apostolic authority in the sense of being “especial witnesses of Christ.”<sup id="cite_ref-Tingey2002_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tingey2002-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Quorums of the Seventy may become the presiding authority over the church if the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve cease to exist. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Presidency_of_the_Seventy">Presidency of the Seventy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seventy_(LDS_Church)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Presidency of the Seventy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output 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colspan="2"><div id="First_Seven_Presidents_of_the_Seventy_/_First_Council_of_the_Seventy" 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_Seventy" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Presidency of the Seventy</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_D._Richards_(Mormon_seventy)" title="Franklin D. Richards (Mormon seventy)">Richards</a> (1976–83)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_E._Faust" title="James E. Faust">Faust</a> (1976–78)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Thomas_Fyans" title="J. Thomas Fyans">Fyans</a> (1976–85)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._Theodore_Tuttle" title="A. Theodore Tuttle">Tuttle</a> (1976–80)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neal_A._Maxwell" title="Neal A. Maxwell">Maxwell</a> (1976–81)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_D._Hanks" title="Marion D. Hanks">Hanks</a> (1976–80)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_H._Dunn" title="Paul H. Dunn">P.H. Dunn</a> (1976–80)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Grant_Bangerter" title="William Grant Bangerter">Bangerter</a> (1978–80)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlos_E._Asay" title="Carlos E. Asay">Asay</a> (1980–86)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._Russell_Ballard" title="M. Russell Ballard">Ballard</a> (1980–85)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dean_L._Larsen" title="Dean L. Larsen">Larsen</a> (1980–93)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royden_G._Derrick" title="Royden G. Derrick">Derrick</a> (1980–84)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._Homer_Durham" title="G. Homer Durham">Durham</a> (1981–85)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_G._Scott" title="Richard G. Scott">Scott</a> (1983–88)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_D._Hanks" title="Marion D. Hanks">Hanks</a> (1984–92)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Grant_Bangerter" title="William Grant Bangerter">Bangerter</a> (1985–89)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_H._Goaslind" title="Jack H. Goaslind">Goaslind</a> (1985–87)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_L._Backman" title="Robert L. Backman">Backman</a> (1985–92)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_B._Wirthlin" title="Joseph B. Wirthlin">Wirthlin</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_W._Pinnock" title="Hugh W. Pinnock">Pinnock</a> (1986–89)</li> <li>Paramore (1987–93)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Richard_Clarke" title="J. Richard Clarke">Clarke</a> (1988–93)</li> <li>Pinegar (1989–95)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlos_E._Asay" title="Carlos E. Asay">Asay</a> (1989–96)</li> <li>Didier (1992–95)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._Aldin_Porter" class="mw-redirect" title="L. Aldin Porter">Porter</a> (1992–2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_J._Christensen" title="Joe J. Christensen">J.J. Christensen</a> (1993–99)</li> <li>Brough (1993–98)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/W._Eugene_Hansen" title="W. Eugene Hansen">Hansen</a> (1993–98)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_G._Hillam" title="Harold G. Hillam">Hillam</a> (1995–2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_H._Goaslind" title="Jack H. Goaslind">Goaslind</a> (1995–98)</li> <li>Tingey (1996–2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._Todd_Christofferson" title="D. Todd Christofferson">Christofferson</a> (1998–2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marlin_K._Jensen" title="Marlin K. Jensen">M.K. Jensen</a> (1998–2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_E._Sorensen" title="David E. Sorensen">Sorensen</a> (1998–2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_B._Banks" title="Ben B. Banks">Banks</a> (1999–2002)</li> <li>Neuenschwander (2000–04)</li> <li>Didier (2001–07)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cecil_O._Samuelson" title="Cecil O. Samuelson">Samuelson</a> (2001–03)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dieter_F._Uchtdorf" title="Dieter F. Uchtdorf">Uchtdorf</a> (2002–04)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merrill_J._Bateman" title="Merrill J. Bateman">Bateman</a> (2003–07)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_H._Groberg" title="John H. Groberg">Groberg</a> (2004–05)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_C._Oaks" title="Robert C. Oaks">Oaks</a> (2004–07)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_L._Andersen" title="Neil L. Andersen">Andersen</a> (2005–09)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronald_A._Rasband" title="Ronald A. Rasband">Rasband</a> (2005–15)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quentin_L._Cook" title="Quentin L. Cook">Q.L. Cook</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claudio_R._M._Costa" class="mw-redirect" title="Claudio R. M. Costa">Costa</a> (2007–11)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steven_E._Snow" title="Steven E. Snow">Snow</a> (2007–12)</li> <li>González (2007–13)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._Whitney_Clayton" title="L. Whitney Clayton">Clayton</a> (2008-20)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_E._Jensen" title="Jay E. Jensen">J.E. Jensen</a> (2008–12)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_L._Hallstrom" title="Donald L. Hallstrom">Hallstrom</a> (2009–17)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tad_R._Callister" title="Tad R. Callister">Callister</a> (2011–14)</li> <li>Maynes (2012–17)</li> <li>C.C. Christensen (2012–18)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulisses_Soares" title="Ulisses Soares">Soares</a> (2013–18)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynn_G._Robbins" title="Lynn G. Robbins">Robbins</a> (2014–18)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerrit_W._Gong" title="Gerrit W. Gong">Gong</a> (2015–18)</li> <li>Uceda (2017–18)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Kearon" title="Patrick Kearon">Kearon</a> (2017–23)</li> <li>C.B. Cook (2018–)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_C._Gay" title="Robert C. Gay">Gay</a> (2018–21)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terence_M._Vinson" class="mw-redirect" title="Terence M. Vinson">Vinson</a> (2018–21)</li> <li>Teixeira (2018–)</li> <li>Godoy (2018–24)</li> <li>Nielson (2020–24)</li> <li>P. Johnson (2021–24)</li> <li>Palmer (2021–)</li> <li>Nash (2024- )</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_T._Ringwood" title="Michael T. Ringwood">Ringwood</a> (2024- )</li> <li>Valenzuela (2024- )</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Dube" title="Edward Dube">Dube</a> (2024- )</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>Historically, seven members of the First Quorum of the Seventy were called to serve as the Presidency of the Seventy. This precedent was broken, however, when in 2004 <a href="/wiki/Robert_C._Oaks" title="Robert C. Oaks">Robert C. Oaks</a> of the Second Quorum of the Seventy was sustained to fill the vacancy created by <a href="/wiki/Dieter_F._Uchtdorf" title="Dieter F. Uchtdorf">Dieter F. Uchtdorf</a>'s call to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. The church now states that the seven presidents are drawn from General Authority Seventies.<sup id="cite_ref-tingey_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tingey-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Historically, members of the Presidency of the Seventy would often serve as heads of various church ecclesiastical departments. This practice changed in 2004, when area presidencies in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> and <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> were dissolved; these <a href="/wiki/Area_(LDS_Church)" title="Area (LDS Church)">areas</a> were put directly under the jurisdiction of the Presidency of the Seventy.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2018, church leaders announced that, effective August 1, 2018, three-man presidencies composed of General Authority Seventies would once again oversee areas in the US and Canada. These areas will continue to be administered from church headquarters. The church indicated this will enable the Presidency of the Seventy to more fully assist the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and to fill other assignments as needed. </p><p>The Presidency of the Seventy is unique in the church in that not only are there seven members but all seven hold the priesthood "keys" of presidency.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The man with the longest tenure of uninterrupted service in the presidency is called to preside over the other six as the presiding president or senior president of the seventy. </p> <ul><li>Carl B. Cook (March 31, 2018, Senior President January 17, 2024).<sup id="cite_ref-Apr_2018_changes_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Apr_2018_changes-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-70_Pres_Jan_2024_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70_Pres_Jan_2024-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Jose A. Teixeira (August 1, 2018).<sup id="cite_ref-Aug_2018_changes_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aug_2018_changes-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Oaks_Apr_2018_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oaks_Apr_2018-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>S. Mark Palmer (August 1, 2021)<sup id="cite_ref-Aug_2021_changes_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aug_2021_changes-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Marcus B. Nash (January 17, 2024)<sup id="cite_ref-70_Pres_Jan_2024_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70_Pres_Jan_2024-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_T._Ringwood" title="Michael T. Ringwood">Michael T. Ringwood</a> (August 1, 2024)<sup id="cite_ref-Aug_2024_changes_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aug_2024_changes-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Arnulfo Valenzuela (August 1, 2024)<sup id="cite_ref-Aug_2024_changes_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aug_2024_changes-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Dube" title="Edward Dube">Edward Dube</a> (August 1, 2024)<sup id="cite_ref-Aug_2024_changes_39-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aug_2024_changes-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_Quorum_of_the_Seventy">First Quorum of the Seventy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seventy_(LDS_Church)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: First Quorum of the Seventy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The First Quorum of the Seventy are general authorities, meaning they have authority throughout the church. They usually serve until their 70th birthday or until their health fails them, at which time they are given <a href="/wiki/Emeritus" title="Emeritus">emeritus</a> status and released from active service as a general authority.<sup id="cite_ref-tingey_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tingey-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Members of the First Quorum of the Seventy serve under the direction of the <a href="/wiki/Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_(LDS_Church)" title="Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church)">Quorum of the Twelve</a> and the Presidency of the Seventy. They do not generally visit local units of the church, teach or give sermons in church meetings except when given specific assignment. Often, members of this quorum will accompany the Twelve on their visits to missions and stakes throughout the church. Other times, they will be sent to act in behalf of the Quorum of the Twelve to stake conferences and to provide training and support to stakes, missions, areas, and temples. As general authorities, members of the First Quorum are often asked to speak at church general conferences. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_Quorum_of_the_Seventy">Second Quorum of the Seventy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seventy_(LDS_Church)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Second Quorum of the Seventy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Members of the Second Quorum of the Seventy serve in the same role to that of the First Quorum. They are general authorities, which means they have authority throughout the church and are frequently asked to speak in general conference. They are typically called to serve for approximately five to six years.<sup id="cite_ref-tingey_31-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tingey-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prior to October 2015, upon their release, these men ceased to be general authorities or members of the Second Quorum of the Seventy. However, although no specific change in policy or practice was announced, at the church's general conference in October 2015, those released from the Second Quorum of the Seventy were designated as emeritus general authorities for the first time.<sup id="cite_ref-2ndQuorumEmeritus_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2ndQuorumEmeritus-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of these men, <a href="/wiki/Bruce_A._Carlson" title="Bruce A. Carlson">Bruce A. Carlson</a>, is not 70 years old, having it appear the practice may continue to be related to length of service for their release and emeritus designation, rather than specifically age. Also in October 2015, some former members of the Second Quorum of Seventy who had been released in prior years, received letters from the church's First Presidency designating them as emeritus general authorities.<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. (October 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In all cases, they retain the priesthood office of seventy. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General_Authority_Seventies_no_longer_identified_by_quorum_affiliation">General Authority Seventies no longer identified by quorum affiliation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seventy_(LDS_Church)&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: General Authority Seventies no longer identified by quorum affiliation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2015, the church stopped publicly differentiating between members of the First and Second Quorums of the Seventy, using the more generic term "General Authority Seventies." </p><p>In April 2016, eleven men were called to be General Authority Seventies. However, they were not sustained to a specific quorum.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By April 2016, biographies of all members of both quorums used only the generic designation. Though all general authority seventies still serve in one of those two quorums (First or Second), such affiliations are now no longer publicized, which constituted an official change in church practice. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Emeritus_general_authorities">Emeritus general authorities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seventy_(LDS_Church)&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Emeritus general authorities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although no longer fully functioning general authorities, <a href="/wiki/Emeritus" title="Emeritus">emeritus</a> general authorities may be asked to be <a href="/wiki/Temple_president" title="Temple president">temple presidents</a> or <a href="/wiki/Mission_president" title="Mission president">mission presidents</a>. Prior to October 2015, with the exception of <a href="/wiki/Eldred_G._Smith" title="Eldred G. Smith">Eldred G. Smith</a> (Patriarch to the Church) and three other men (who were formerly in the Presiding Bishopric) all emeritus general authorities in church history had served as members of the First Quorum of the Seventy. Although no specific change in policy or practice was announced, at the church's general conference in October 2015, those released from the Second Quorum of the Seventy were designated as emeritus general authorities for the first time.<sup id="cite_ref-2ndQuorumEmeritus_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2ndQuorumEmeritus-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They remain general authorities until their deaths, but an emeritus general authority is not a member of a seventies quorum. <a href="/wiki/John_K._Carmack" title="John K. Carmack">John K. Carmack</a>, the former head of the <a href="/wiki/Perpetual_Education_Fund" title="Perpetual Education Fund">Perpetual Education Fund</a> and <a href="/wiki/W._Rolfe_Kerr" title="W. Rolfe Kerr">W. Rolfe Kerr</a>, a former <a href="/wiki/Church_Commissioner_of_Education" class="mw-redirect" title="Church Commissioner of Education">Church Commissioner of Education</a>, are both emeritus general authorities. <a href="/wiki/Jacob_de_Jager" title="Jacob de Jager">Jacob de Jager</a> served as a <a href="/wiki/Bishop_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Bishop (Latter Day Saints)">bishop</a> after he was given emeritus status. In the general conference meeting in which <a href="/wiki/Ezra_Taft_Benson" title="Ezra Taft Benson">Ezra Taft Benson</a> was first sustained as president of the church, the emeritus general authorities were <a href="/wiki/Common_consent_(Latter_Day_Saints)" class="mw-redirect" title="Common consent (Latter Day Saints)">sustained</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, when <a href="/wiki/Howard_W._Hunter" title="Howard W. Hunter">Howard W. Hunter</a> was sustained as president of the church the emeritus general authorities were not mentioned in the list of church officials that were sustained.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Area_Seventies_Quorums_formed_(Third–Twelfth_Quorums)"><span id="Area_Seventies_Quorums_formed_.28Third.E2.80.93Twelfth_Quorums.29"></span>Area Seventies Quorums formed (Third–Twelfth Quorums)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seventy_(LDS_Church)&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Area Seventies Quorums formed (Third–Twelfth Quorums)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/List_of_area_seventies_of_The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" class="mw-redirect" title="List of area seventies of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Members</a> of the Third through Twelfth Quorums of the Seventy are not general authorities, and generally maintain their non-religious vocations. Unlike apostles and members of the First and Second quorums, they do not relocate to <a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_City" title="Salt Lake City">Salt Lake City</a> in order to be close to church headquarters. Members of these quorums are <b>area seventies</b>. As assigned, they carry out the duties typically carried out by members of the First and Second quorums of Seventy,<sup id="cite_ref-tingey_31-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tingey-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which include reorganizing and creating stakes, training stake presidencies, presiding at stake conferences, serving in area presidencies, touring missions, and training mission presidents. They serve in their callings for approximately six to ten years. Upon their release, they cease to be area seventies and members of a quorum of the seventy, but retain the priesthood office of seventy. They live and serve in the respective areas of the church shown below. </p> <ul><li>Third Quorum–<a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a> Central, Africa Southeast, and Africa West areas.</li> <li>Fourth Quorum–<a href="/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a> and Asia North areas.</li> <li>Fifth Quorum–<a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a> area.</li> <li>Sixth Quorum–<a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">Caribbean</a>, <a href="/wiki/Central_America" title="Central America">Central America</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a> areas.</li> <li>Seventh Quorum–<a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Europe" title="Eastern Europe">Europe East</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East">Middle East</a>/<a href="/wiki/Northern_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Africa">Africa North</a> areas.</li> <li>Eighth Quorum–<a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Islands">Pacific</a> and <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a> areas.</li> <li>Ninth Quorum–<a href="/wiki/South_America" title="South America">South America</a> Northwest and South America South areas.</li> <li>Tenth Quorum–<a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North America</a> Central, North America Northeast, and North America Southeast areas.</li> <li>Eleventh Quorum–North America Southwest and North America West areas.</li> <li>Twelfth Quorum–<a href="/wiki/Utah" title="Utah">Utah</a> area.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sealing_power">Sealing power</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seventy_(LDS_Church)&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Sealing power"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Members of the First and Second Quorums of Seventy receive the <a href="/wiki/Sealing_power" title="Sealing power">sealing power</a> which authorizes them to <a href="/wiki/Sealing_(Latter_Day_Saints)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sealing (Latter Day Saints)">seal</a> husbands to wives, and children to their parents, in any of the church's <a href="/wiki/Temple_(LDS_Church)" title="Temple (LDS Church)">temples</a>. Members of the other Quorums of the Seventy do not receive this as part of their calling.<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. (January 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seventy_(LDS_Church)&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <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"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Doctrine_and_Covenants/Section_107#97" class="extiw" title="s:The Doctrine and Covenants/Section 107">The Doctrine and Covenants, Section 107:97</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Doctrine_and_Covenants/Section_107#25" class="extiw" title="s:The Doctrine and Covenants/Section 107">The Doctrine and Covenants, Section 107:25</a></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"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Doctrine_and_Covenants/Section_107#34" class="extiw" title="s:The Doctrine and Covenants/Section 107">The Doctrine and Covenants, Section 107:34</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ReferenceA-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ReferenceA_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ReferenceA_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Doctrine_and_Covenants/Section_107#95" class="extiw" title="s:The Doctrine and Covenants/Section 107">The Doctrine and Covenants, Section 107:95</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Hancock was originally one of the six who were removed, but he was reinstated when it was discovered that he in fact had not been ordained a high priest.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Doctrine_and_Covenants/Section_107#26" class="extiw" title="s:The Doctrine and Covenants/Section 107">The Doctrine and Covenants, Section 107:26</a></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"><a href="/wiki/Gordon_B._Hinckley" title="Gordon B. Hinckley">Gordon B. Hinckley</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/2005/12/the-quorum-of-the-first-presidency?lang=eng">“The Quorum of the First Presidency”</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Ensign_(LDS_magazine)" title="Ensign (LDS magazine)">Ensign</a></i>, December 2005, p. 47.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></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 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><cite id="CITEREFParrish1992" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Alan_K._Parrish" title="Alan K. Parrish">Parrish, Alan K.</a> (1992), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/EoM/id/4191">"Seventy: Overview"</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Daniel_H._Ludlow" title="Daniel H. Ludlow">Ludlow, Daniel H</a> (ed.), <a href="/wiki/Encyclopedia_of_Mormonism" title="Encyclopedia of Mormonism"><i>Encyclopedia of Mormonism</i></a>, New York: <a href="/wiki/Macmillan_Publishing" class="mw-redirect" title="Macmillan Publishing">Macmillan Publishing</a>, pp. 1300–1303, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-02-879602-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-02-879602-0"><bdi>0-02-879602-0</bdi></a>, <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/24502140">24502140</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Seventy%3A+Overview&rft.btitle=Encyclopedia+of+Mormonism&rft.place=New+York&rft.pages=1300-1303&rft.pub=Macmillan+Publishing&rft.date=1992&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F24502140&rft.isbn=0-02-879602-0&rft.aulast=Parrish&rft.aufirst=Alan+K.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fcontentdm.lib.byu.edu%2Fcdm%2Fref%2Fcollection%2FEoM%2Fid%2F4191&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASeventy+%28LDS+Church%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The then-presiding president Levi Edgar Young (1874–1963) did not.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Spencer_W._Kimball" title="Spencer W. Kimball">Spencer W. Kimball</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1976/11/the-reconstitution-of-the-first-quorum-of-the-seventy?lang=eng">“The Reconstitution of the First Quorum of the Seventy”</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Ensign_(LDS_magazine)" title="Ensign (LDS magazine)">Ensign</a></i>, November 1976, p. 9.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1986/11/news-of-the-church/stake-seventies-quorums-discontinued?lang=eng">"Stake Seventies Quorums Discontinued"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Ensign_(LDS_magazine)" title="Ensign (LDS magazine)">Ensign</a></i>: 97–98. November 1986<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2009-09-23</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Ensign&rft.atitle=Stake+Seventies+Quorums+Discontinued&rft.pages=97-98&rft.date=1986-11&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Fstudy%2Fensign%2F1986%2F11%2Fnews-of-the-church%2Fstake-seventies-quorums-discontinued%3Flang%3Deng&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASeventy+%28LDS+Church%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFCowan2011">Cowan 2011</a></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 href="#CITEREFTingey2009">Tingey 2009</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">Although Bednar was an area Seventy at the time of his call (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thechurchnews.com/archive/2004-10-09/new-authorities-26129">New authorities</a> (9 October 2004). <i><a href="/wiki/Church_News" title="Church News">Church News</a></i> published by Deseret News Publishing Company. Last accessed 14 April 2009).</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"><a href="/wiki/Gordon_B._Hinckley" title="Gordon B. Hinckley">Gordon B. Hinckley</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1995/05/this-work-is-concerned-with-people?lang=eng">“This Work Is Concerned with People”</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Ensign_(LDS_magazine)" title="Ensign (LDS magazine)">Ensign</a></i>, May 1995, p. 51.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Gordon_B._Hinckley" title="Gordon B. Hinckley">Gordon B. Hinckley</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1997/05/may-we-be-faithful-and-true?lang=eng">“May We Be Faithful and True”</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Ensign_(LDS_magazine)" title="Ensign (LDS magazine)">Ensign</a></i>, May 1997, p. 4.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">In some cases, an area seventy may be called as a counselor to an area president; by reverse exception, in the early 2000s, there were three apostles who served as area presidents: L. Tom Perry (Europe Central), Dallin H. Oaks (Philippines), and Jeffrey R. Holland (Chile).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/2004/07/news-of-the-church/first-presidency-announces-creation-of-the-sixth-quorum-of-the-seventy?lang=eng">“First Presidency Announces Creation of the Sixth Quorum of the Seventy”</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Ensign_(LDS_magazine)" title="Ensign (LDS magazine)">Ensign</a></i>, July 2004, p. 74.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/2005/07/news-of-the-church/seventh-and-eighth-quorums-of-the-seventy-announced?lang=eng">“Seventh and Eighth Quorums of the Seventy Announced"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Ensign_(LDS_magazine)" title="Ensign (LDS magazine)">Ensign</a></i>, July 2005, p. 74.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-New_Quorums_2020-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-New_Quorums_2020_20-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thechurchnews.com/global/2020-05-19/area-seventies-four-more-quorums-geographic-realignment-184407">First Presidency announces the creation of 4 additional quorums of Area Seventies</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Church_News" title="Church News">Church News</a></i>, 19 May 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The creation of this area was announced through <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://news-za.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/africa-southeast-area-to-be-divided-into-two-areas">this article</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The division of Europe Areas was announced <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/first-presidency-announces-2022-area-leadership-assignments#:~:text=Area%20leadership%20assignments%20have%20been,North%2C%20which%20are%20effective%20immediately">here</a> in April 2022.</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">See the section below in this article as to why De Feo's current quorum affiliation is not being made public.</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"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ksl.com/?sid=45338970&nid=148&title=lds-church-leaders-release-excommunicate-elder-james-j-hamula">LDS Church leaders release, excommunicate Elder James J. Hamula</a>, ksl.com, 8 August 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.</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"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thechurchnews.com/2000/4/15/23246687/new-area-authority-seventies-11">New Area Authority Seventies, April 2000</a></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 href="/wiki/Helv%C3%A9cio_Martins" title="Helvécio Martins">Helvécio Martins</a>, who was a general authority between 1990 and 1995, was the first general authority of black African descent. Martins was of <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazilian</a> nationality.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Tingey2002-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Tingey2002_29-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Tingey2002_29-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">"When they are ordained, members of the Seventy do receive apostolic authority to bear witness that Jesus is the Christ and to go forth in all the world as the Twelve may send them." Earl C. Tingey, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/liahona/2002/10/area-authority-seventies-to-bear-record-of-my-name-in-all-the-world?lang=eng">"Area Authority Seventies: 'To Bear Record of My Name in All the World'"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Liahona_(magazine)" title="Liahona (magazine)">Liahona</a></i>, October 2002, pp. 50–55.</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">“Likewise, the Seventy, who serve under the direction of the Twelve, would become equal in authority only in the event that the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve were somehow destroyed.” <a href="/wiki/Gordon_B._Hinckley" title="Gordon B. Hinckley">Gordon B. Hinckley</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/2005/12/the-quorum-of-the-first-presidency?lang=eng">"The Quorum of the First Presidency"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Ensign_(LDS_magazine)" title="Ensign (LDS magazine)">Ensign</a></i>, December 2005, pp. 46–50.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-tingey-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-tingey_31-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-tingey_31-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-tingey_31-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-tingey_31-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Earl C. Tingey, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/liahona/2005/08/the-quorums-of-the-seventy?lang=eng">“The Quorums of the Seventy”</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Liahona_(magazine)" title="Liahona (magazine)">Liahona</a></i>, August 2005, pp. 30–32.</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.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/2004/08/news-of-the-church/new-area-leadership-assignments?lang=eng">“New Area Leadership Assignments”</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Ensign_(LDS_magazine)" title="Ensign (LDS magazine)">Ensign</a></i>, August 2004, pp. 76–77.</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.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/handbook-2-administering-the-church/priesthood-principles/priesthood-principles?lang=eng">"Priesthood Keys"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Handbook_(LDS_Church)" class="mw-redirect" title="Handbook (LDS Church)">Handbook 2: Administering the Church</a></i> (2010, Salt Lake City, Utah: LDS Church) § 2.1.1.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Apr_2018_changes-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Apr_2018_changes_34-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/new-general-authority-seventies-called-released-april-2018-general-conference">[1]</a>, <i>Mormon Newsroom</i>, 31 March 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-70_Pres_Jan_2024-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-70_Pres_Jan_2024_35-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-70_Pres_Jan_2024_35-1"><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/presidency-of-the-seventy-leadership-2024">New Leadership Assignments in the Presidency of the Seventy</a>, <i>Newsroom</i>, churchofjesuschrist.org, 17 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2024.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Aug_2018_changes-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Aug_2018_changes_36-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/church/news/church-adds-area-presidencies-for-us-and-canada-announces-other-2018-assignments?lang=eng">Church Adds Area Presidencies for U. S. and Canada, Announces Other 2018 Assignments</a>, churchofjesuschrist.org, 5 April 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Oaks_Apr_2018-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Oaks_Apr_2018_37-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">In an unusual move, President <a href="/wiki/Dallin_H._Oaks" title="Dallin H. Oaks">Dallin H. Oaks</a> led the Church in sustaining these changes during the April 2018 General Conference, 4 months before they would go into effect, marking perhaps the first time this occurred in Church history. That can be verified <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2018/04/the-sustaining-of-church-officers?lang=eng">here</a>).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Aug_2021_changes-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Aug_2021_changes_38-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/first-presidency-announces-2021-area-leader-assignments">First Presidency Announces 2021 Area Leadership Assignments</a>, <i>Newsroom</i>, churchofjesuschrist.org, 19 April 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2024.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Aug_2024_changes-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Aug_2024_changes_39-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Aug_2024_changes_39-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Aug_2024_changes_39-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/first-presidency-announces-2024-area-leadership-assignments">First Presidency Announces 2024 Area Leadership Assignments</a>, <i>Newsroom</i>, churchofjesuschrist.org, 19 April 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2ndQuorumEmeritus-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-2ndQuorumEmeritus_40-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-2ndQuorumEmeritus_40-1"><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 cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/releases-announced-at-october-2015-general-conference">"Releases Announced at October 2015 General Conference"</a>, <i>Newsroom</i>, <a href="/wiki/LDS_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="LDS Church">LDS Church</a>, 3 October 2015</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=Releases+Announced+at+October+2015+General+Conference&rft.date=2015-10-03&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnewsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Farticle%2Freleases-announced-at-october-2015-general-conference&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASeventy+%28LDS+Church%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-41">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Dieter F. 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Retrieved 6 April 2016.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-42">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1986/05/solemn-assembly-and-sustaining-of-church-officers?lang=eng">"Solemn Assembly and Sustaining of Church Officers,”</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Ensign_(LDS_magazine)" title="Ensign (LDS magazine)">Ensign</a></i>, May 1986, p. 73.</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"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1994/11/the-solemn-assembly-sustaining-of-church-officers?lang=eng">“The Solemn Assembly Sustaining of Church Officers,”</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Ensign_(LDS_magazine)" title="Ensign (LDS magazine)">Ensign</a></i>, Nov 1994, p. 4.</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"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTaylor2020" class="citation web cs1">Taylor, Scott (2020-05-19). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thechurchnews.com/global/2020-05-19/area-seventies-four-more-quorums-geographic-realignment-184407">"First Presidency announces the creation of 4 additional quorums of Area Seventies"</a>. <i>The Church News</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2020-09-20</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Church+News&rft.atitle=First+Presidency+announces+the+creation+of+4+additional+quorums+of+Area+Seventies&rft.date=2020-05-19&rft.aulast=Taylor&rft.aufirst=Scott&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thechurchnews.com%2Fglobal%2F2020-05-19%2Farea-seventies-four-more-quorums-geographic-realignment-184407&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASeventy+%28LDS+Church%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <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=Seventy_(LDS_Church)&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTurley2005" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Richard_E._Turley_Jr." title="Richard E. Turley Jr.">Turley, Richard E. Jr.</a> (2005), "The Calling of the Twelve Apostles and the Seventy in 1835", <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://rsc.byu.edu/archived/joseph-smith-and-doctrinal-restoration/23-calling-twelve-apostles-and-seventy-1835"><i>Joseph Smith and the Doctrinal Restoration: the 34th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium</i></a>, Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-59038-489-X" title="Special:BookSources/1-59038-489-X"><bdi>1-59038-489-X</bdi></a>, <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/60589119">60589119</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=The+Calling+of+the+Twelve+Apostles+and+the+Seventy+in+1835&rft.btitle=Joseph+Smith+and+the+Doctrinal+Restoration%3A+the+34th+Annual+Sidney+B.+Sperry+Symposium&rft.place=Provo%2C+UT&rft.pub=Religious+Studies+Center%2C+Brigham+Young+University&rft.date=2005&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F60589119&rft.isbn=1-59038-489-X&rft.aulast=Turley&rft.aufirst=Richard+E.+Jr.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Frsc.byu.edu%2Farchived%2Fjoseph-smith-and-doctrinal-restoration%2F23-calling-twelve-apostles-and-seventy-1835&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASeventy+%28LDS+Church%29" class="Z3988"></span>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seventy_(LDS_Church)&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCowan2011" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Richard_O._Cowan" title="Richard O. Cowan">Cowan, Richard O.</a> (2011), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://rsc.byu.edu/es/archived/firm-foundation/26-seventies-role-worldwide-church-administration">"The Seventies' Role in Worldwide Church Administration"</a>, in <a href="/w/index.php?title=David_J._Whittaker&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="David J. Whittaker (page does not exist)">Whittaker, David J.</a>; <a href="/wiki/Arnold_K._Garr" title="Arnold K. Garr">Garr, Arnold K.</a> (eds.), <i>A Firm Foundation: Church Organization and Administration</i>, Provo, UT: <a href="/wiki/Religious_Studies_Center" title="Religious Studies Center">Religious Studies Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young_University" title="Brigham Young University">Brigham Young University</a>, pp. 573–593, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8425-2785-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8425-2785-9"><bdi>978-0-8425-2785-9</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=The+Seventies%27+Role+in+Worldwide+Church+Administration&rft.btitle=A+Firm+Foundation%3A+Church+Organization+and+Administration&rft.place=Provo%2C+UT&rft.pages=573-593&rft.pub=Religious+Studies+Center%2C+Brigham+Young+University&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-0-8425-2785-9&rft.aulast=Cowan&rft.aufirst=Richard+O.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Frsc.byu.edu%2Fes%2Farchived%2Ffirm-foundation%2F26-seventies-role-worldwide-church-administration&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASeventy+%28LDS+Church%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPorter2000" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/L._Aldin_Porter" class="mw-redirect" title="L. Aldin Porter">Porter, L. Aldin</a> (Aug 2000), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/2000/08/a-history-of-the-latter-day-seventy?lang=eng">"A History of the Latter-day Seventy"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Ensign_(LDS_magazine)" title="Ensign (LDS magazine)">Ensign</a></i>: 15</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Ensign&rft.atitle=A+History+of+the+Latter-day+Seventy&rft.pages=15&rft.date=2000-08&rft.aulast=Porter&rft.aufirst=L.+Aldin&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Fstudy%2Fensign%2F2000%2F08%2Fa-history-of-the-latter-day-seventy%3Flang%3Deng&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASeventy+%28LDS+Church%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTingey2009" class="citation cs2">Tingey, Earl C. (Sep 2009), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/liahona/2009/09/the-saga-of-revelation-the-unfolding-role-of-the-seventy?lang=eng">"The Saga of Revelation: The Unfolding Role of the Seventy"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Liahona_(magazine)" title="Liahona (magazine)">Liahona</a></i>: 18–24</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=The+Saga+of+Revelation%3A+The+Unfolding+Role+of+the+Seventy&rft.pages=18-24&rft.date=2009-09&rft.aulast=Tingey&rft.aufirst=Earl+C.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Fstudy%2Fliahona%2F2009%2F09%2Fthe-saga-of-revelation-the-unfolding-role-of-the-seventy%3Flang%3Deng&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASeventy+%28LDS+Church%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFYoung1975" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/S._Dilworth_Young" title="S. Dilworth Young">Young, S. Dilworth</a> (December 1975), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1975/12/keeping-pace?lang=eng">"The First Quorum of the Seventy: A Conversation with Elder S. Dilworth Young"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Ensign_(LDS_magazine)" title="Ensign (LDS magazine)">Ensign</a></i>, pp. 58–59</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Ensign&rft.atitle=The+First+Quorum+of+the+Seventy%3A+A+Conversation+with+Elder+S.+Dilworth+Young&rft.pages=58-59&rft.date=1975-12&rft.aulast=Young&rft.aufirst=S.+Dilworth&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Fstudy%2Fensign%2F1975%2F12%2Fkeeping-pace%3Flang%3Deng&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASeventy+%28LDS+Church%29" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <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=Seventy_(LDS_Church)&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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council</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#013058; color:#FFFFFF;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Melchizedek_priesthood_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Melchizedek priesthood (Latter Day Saints)"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">Melchizedek priesthood</span></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/Apostle_(Latter_Day_Saints)#Apostles_in_The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Apostle (Latter Day Saints)">Apostle</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Seventy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patriarch_(Latter_Day_Saints)#Patriarch_in_The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Patriarch (Latter Day Saints)">Patriarch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_priest_(Latter_Day_Saints)#High_priests_in_The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="High priest (Latter Day Saints)">High priest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elder_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Elder (Latter Day Saints)">Elder</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#013058; color:#FFFFFF;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Aaronic_priesthood_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Aaronic priesthood (Latter Day Saints)"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">Aaronic priesthood</span></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/Bishop_(Latter_Day_Saints)#Bishops_in_The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Bishop (Latter Day Saints)">Bishop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priest_(Latter_Day_Saints)#Priests_in_The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Priest (Latter Day Saints)">Priest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teacher_(Latter_Day_Saints)#Teachers_in_The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" class="mw-redirect" title="Teacher (Latter Day Saints)">Teacher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deacon_(Latter_Day_Saints)#Deacons_in_The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" class="mw-redirect" title="Deacon (Latter Day Saints)">Deacon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#013058; color:#FFFFFF;width:1%"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">Defunct</span></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/Assistant_President_of_the_Church" title="Assistant President of the Church">Assistant President of the Church</a></li> <li><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></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regional_representative_of_the_Twelve" title="Regional representative of the Twelve">Regional representative of the Twelve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presiding_Patriarch#Duties_within_The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Presiding Patriarch">Presiding Patriarch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patriarch_emeritus#Patriarch_emeritus" class="mw-redirect" title="Patriarch emeritus">Patriarch emeritus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background:#013058; color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;"><div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Symbol_portal_class.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Portal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e2/Symbol_portal_class.svg/16px-Symbol_portal_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e2/Symbol_portal_class.svg/23px-Symbol_portal_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e2/Symbol_portal_class.svg/31px-Symbol_portal_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" 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style="background: #002E5D; color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints"><span style="background-color: #003058; color:white;">History</span></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/1838_Mormon_War" title="1838 Mormon War">1838 Mormon War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1890_Manifesto" title="1890 Manifesto">1890 Manifesto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthon_Transcript" title="Anthon Transcript">Anthon Transcript</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young" title="Brigham Young">Brigham Young</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Christ_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)">Church of Christ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Vision" title="First Vision">First Vision</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Good_Neighbor_policy_(LDS_Church)" title="Good Neighbor policy (LDS Church)">Good Neighbor policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_historic_sites_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="List of historic sites of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Historic sites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Smith" title="Joseph Smith">Joseph Smith</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Killing_of_Joseph_Smith" title="Killing of Joseph Smith">Death</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Succession_crisis_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Succession crisis (Latter Day Saints)">Succession crisis</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_LGBT_Mormon_history" title="Timeline of LGBT Mormon history">LGBT Mormon timeline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_handcart_pioneers" title="Mormon handcart pioneers">Handcart companies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_Battalion" title="Mormon Battalion">Mormon Battalion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Name_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Name of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Name of the church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_pioneers" title="Mormon pioneers">Pioneers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormonism_and_violence" title="Mormonism and violence">Mormonism and violence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Utah_War" title="Utah War">Utah War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Securities_and_Exchange_Commission_charges_against_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_and_Ensign_Peak_Advisors" title="2023 Securities and Exchange Commission charges against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Ensign Peak Advisors">2023 SEC case</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #002E5D; color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Standard_works" title="Standard works"><span style="background-color: #003058; color:white;">Sacred texts</span></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/LDS_edition_of_the_Bible" title="LDS edition of the Bible">Holy Bible</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Mormon" title="Book of Mormon">Book of Mormon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doctrine_and_Covenants" title="Doctrine and Covenants">Doctrine and Covenants</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pearl_of_Great_Price_(Mormonism)" title="Pearl of Great Price (Mormonism)">Pearl of Great Price</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Moses" title="Book of Moses">Book of Moses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Abraham" title="Book of Abraham">Book of Abraham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Smith%E2%80%93Matthew" title="Joseph Smith–Matthew">Joseph Smith–Matthew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Smith%E2%80%93History" title="Joseph Smith–History">Joseph Smith–History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Articles_of_Faith_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Articles of Faith (Latter Day Saints)">Articles of Faith</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #002E5D; color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Beliefs_and_practices_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Beliefs and practices of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints"><span style="background-color: #003058; color:white;">Beliefs<br />and practices</span></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/Apostolic_succession_(LDS_Church)" title="Apostolic succession (LDS Church)">Apostolic succession</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Restoration_(Mormonism)" title="Restoration (Mormonism)">Apostasy and restoration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religious_calling#Latter-day_Saints" class="mw-redirect" title="Religious calling">Calling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_cosmology" title="Mormon cosmology">Cosmology</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adam_and_Eve_in_Mormonism" title="Adam and Eve in Mormonism">Adam and Eve</a></li> <li><a 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Family: A Proclamation to the World">Family Proclamation</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gender_minorities_and_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Gender minorities and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Transgender</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/God_in_Mormonism" title="God in Mormonism">God in Mormonism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heavenly_Mother_(Mormonism)" title="Heavenly Mother (Mormonism)">Heavenly Mother</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministering" title="Ministering">Ministering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marriage_in_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Marriage in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Marriage</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Celestial_marriage" title="Celestial marriage">Celestial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interracial_marriage_and_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Interracial marriage and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Interracial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormonism_and_polygamy" title="Mormonism and polygamy">Polygamy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ordinance_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Ordinance (Latter Day Saints)">Ordinances</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baptism_for_the_dead" title="Baptism for the dead">Baptism for the dead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sealing_(Mormonism)" title="Sealing (Mormonism)">Marriage sealing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_anointing" title="Second anointing">Second anointing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Endowment_(Mormonism)" title="Endowment (Mormonism)">Temple endowment</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Temple_garment" title="Temple garment">Temple garment</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priesthood_(LDS_Church)" title="Priesthood (LDS Church)">Priesthood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_teachings_on_skin_color" title="Mormon teachings on skin color">Race</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Black_people_and_Mormonism" title="Black people and Mormonism">Black people</a></li> <li><a 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Mormonism">Revelation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reformed_Egyptian" title="Reformed Egyptian">Reformed Egyptian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sexuality_and_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Sexuality and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Sexuality</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Views_on_birth_control_in_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Views on birth control in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Birth control</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_of_chastity" title="Law of chastity">Law of chastity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homosexuality_and_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Homosexuality and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Homosexuality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sexual_orientation_change_efforts_and_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Sexual orientation change efforts and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Sexual orientation change efforts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Views_on_masturbation_in_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Views on masturbation in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Masturbation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soaking_(sexual_practice)" title="Soaking (sexual practice)">Soaking</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_spectrums_of_orthodoxy_and_practice" title="Mormon spectrums of orthodoxy and practice">Spectrums of orthodoxy and practice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Views_on_suicide_in_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Views on suicide in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Suicide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tithing_in_Mormonism" title="Tithing in Mormonism">Tithing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Word_of_Wisdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Word of Wisdom">Word of Wisdom</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #002E5D; color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Culture of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints"><span style="background-color: #003058; color:white;">Culture<br />and worship</span></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/Latter_Day_Saints_in_popular_culture" title="Latter Day Saints in popular culture">Cultural depictions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Especially_for_Youth" title="Especially for Youth">Especially for Youth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LDS_Family_Services" title="LDS Family Services">Family Services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_feminism" title="Mormon feminism">Feminism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_cinema" title="Mormon cinema">Films</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_films_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="List of films of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">List</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_foodways" title="Mormon foodways">Foodways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Conference_(LDS_Church)" title="General Conference (LDS Church)">General Conference</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_Helping_Hands" title="Mormon Helping Hands">Helping Hands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LDS_Humanitarian_Services" title="LDS Humanitarian Services">Humanitarian services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hymns_in_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Hymns in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Hymns</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hymns_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_(1985_book)" title="Hymns of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1985 book)">Book</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latter-day_Saints_Channel" title="Latter-day Saints Channel">Latter-day Saints Channel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liahona_(magazine)" title="Liahona (magazine)"><i>Liahona</i> magazine</a></li> <li><a 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