Apostle
Apostles are ordained to the Melchizedek Priesthood office of Apostle and serve as special witnesses of Jesus Christ. The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles is the second-highest governing body of the Church.
113 church leaders have held this role (14 currently serving)
Current Apostles
Dallin H. Oaks
1932 (93 years)
President since 2025 (1 years)
Henry B. Eyring
1933 (92 years)
Apostle since 1995 (31 years)
Dieter F. Uchtdorf
1940 (85 years)
Apostle since 2004 (22 years)
David A. Bednar
1952 (73 years)
Apostle since 2004 (22 years)
Quentin L. Cook
1940 (85 years)
Apostle since 2007 (19 years)
D. Todd Christofferson
1945 (80 years)
Apostle since 2008 (18 years)
Neil L. Andersen
1951 (74 years)
Apostle since 2009 (17 years)
Ronald A. Rasband
1951 (74 years)
Apostle since 2015 (11 years)
Gary E. Stevenson
1955 (70 years)
Apostle since 2015 (11 years)
Dale G. Renlund
1952 (73 years)
Apostle since 2015 (11 years)
Gerrit W. Gong
1953 (72 years)
Apostle since 2018 (8 years)
Ulisses Soares
1958 (67 years)
Apostle since 2018 (8 years)
Patrick Kearon
1961 (64 years)
Apostle since 2023 (3 years)
Gérald Caussé
1963 (62 years)
Apostle since 2025 (1 years)
Past Apostles
Joseph Smith
1805–1844 (38 years)
President from 1830 to 1844 (14 years)
Sidney Rigdon
1793–1876 (83 years)
Apostle from 1832 to 1844 (12 years)
Lyman E. Johnson
1811–1859 (48 years)
Apostle from 1835 to 1838 (3 years)
Heber C. Kimball
1801–1868 (67 years)
Apostle from 1835 to 1868 (33 years)
Brigham Young
1801–1877 (76 years)
President from 1847 to 1877 (30 years)
William Smith
1811–1893 (82 years)
Apostle from 1835 to 1845 (10 years)
William E. McLellin
1806–1883 (77 years)
Apostle from 1835 to 1838 (3 years)
Orson Hyde
1805–1878 (73 years)
Apostle from 1835 to 1878 (43 years)
Luke S. Johnson
1807–1861 (54 years)
Apostle from 1835 to 1838 (3 years)
John F. Boynton
1811–1890 (79 years)
Apostle from 1835 to 1837 (2 years)
David W. Patten
1799–1838 (38 years)
Apostle from 1835 to 1838 (3 years)
Parley P. Pratt
1807–1857 (50 years)
Apostle from 1835 to 1857 (22 years)
Thomas B. Marsh
1800–1866 (65 years)
Apostle from 1835 to 1839 (4 years)
Orson Pratt
1811–1881 (70 years)
Apostle from 1835 to 1881 (46 years)
John E. Page
1799–1867 (68 years)
Apostle from 1838 to 1846 (8 years)
John Taylor
1808–1887 (78 years)
President from 1880 to 1887 (7 years)
George A. Smith
1817–1875 (58 years)
Apostle from 1839 to 1875 (36 years)
Wilford Woodruff
1807–1898 (91 years)
President from 1889 to 1898 (9 years)
Willard Richards
1804–1854 (49 years)
Apostle from 1840 to 1854 (14 years)
Hyrum Smith
1800–1844 (44 years)
Apostle from 1841 to 1844 (3 years)
Lyman Wight
1796–1858 (61 years)
Apostle from 1841 to 1848 (7 years)
Amasa Lyman
1813–1877 (63 years)
Apostle from 1842 to 1867 (25 years)
Ezra T. Benson
1811–1869 (58 years)
Apostle from 1846 to 1869 (23 years)
Franklin D. Richards
1821–1899 (78 years)
Apostle from 1849 to 1899 (50 years)
Erastus Snow
1818–1888 (69 years)
Apostle from 1849 to 1888 (39 years)
Charles C. Rich
1809–1883 (74 years)
Apostle from 1849 to 1883 (34 years)
Lorenzo Snow
1814–1901 (87 years)
President from 1898 to 1901 (3 years)
Jedediah M. Grant
1816–1856 (40 years)
Apostle from 1854 to 1856 (2 years)
John Willard Young
1844–1924 (79 years)
Apostle from 1855 to 1924 (69 years)
Daniel H. Wells
1814–1891 (76 years)
Apostle from 1857 to 1891 (34 years)
George Q. Cannon
1827–1901 (74 years)
Apostle from 1860 to 1901 (41 years)
Joseph Angell Young
1834–1875 (40 years)
Apostle from 1864 to 1875 (11 years)
Brigham Young Jr.
1836–1903 (66 years)
Apostle from 1864 to 1903 (39 years)
Joseph F. Smith
1838–1918 (80 years)
President from 1901 to 1918 (17 years)
Albert Carrington
1813–1889 (76 years)
Apostle from 1870 to 1885 (15 years)
Moses Thatcher
1842–1909 (67 years)
Apostle from 1879 to 1896 (17 years)
John Henry Smith
1848–1911 (63 years)
Apostle from 1880 to 1911 (31 years)
Francis M. Lyman
1840–1916 (76 years)
Apostle from 1880 to 1916 (36 years)
George Teasdale
1831–1907 (75 years)
Apostle from 1882 to 1907 (25 years)
Heber J. Grant
1856–1945 (88 years)
President from 1918 to 1945 (27 years)
John W. Taylor
1858–1916 (58 years)
Apostle from 1884 to 1905 (21 years)
Marriner W. Merrill
1832–1906 (73 years)
Apostle from 1889 to 1906 (17 years)
Anthon H. Lund
1844–1921 (76 years)
Apostle from 1889 to 1921 (32 years)
Abraham H. Cannon
1859–1896 (37 years)
Apostle from 1889 to 1896 (7 years)
Matthias F. Cowley
1858–1940 (81 years)
Apostle from 1897 to 1905 (8 years)
Abraham O. Woodruff
1872–1904 (31 years)
Apostle from 1897 to 1904 (7 years)
Rudger Clawson
1857–1943 (86 years)
Apostle from 1898 to 1943 (45 years)
Reed Smoot
1862–1941 (79 years)
Apostle from 1900 to 1941 (41 years)
John R. Winder
1821–1910 (88 years)
Apostle from 1901 to 1910 (9 years)
Hyrum M. Smith
1872–1918 (45 years)
Apostle from 1901 to 1918 (17 years)
George Albert Smith
1870–1951 (81 years)
President from 1945 to 1951 (6 years)
Charles W. Penrose
1832–1925 (93 years)
Apostle from 1904 to 1925 (21 years)
Orson F. Whitney
1855–1931 (75 years)
Apostle from 1906 to 1931 (25 years)
George F. Richards
1861–1950 (89 years)
Apostle from 1906 to 1950 (44 years)
David O. McKay
1873–1970 (96 years)
President from 1951 to 1970 (19 years)
Anthony W. Ivins
1852–1934 (82 years)
Apostle from 1907 to 1934 (27 years)
Joseph Fielding Smith
1876–1972 (95 years)
President from 1970 to 1972 (2 years)
James E. Talmage
1862–1933 (70 years)
Apostle from 1911 to 1933 (22 years)
Stephen L. Richards
1879–1959 (79 years)
Apostle from 1917 to 1959 (42 years)
Richard R. Lyman
1870–1963 (93 years)
Apostle from 1918 to 1943 (25 years)
Melvin J. Ballard
1873–1939 (66 years)
Apostle from 1919 to 1939 (20 years)
John A. Widtsoe
1872–1952 (80 years)
Apostle from 1921 to 1952 (31 years)
Joseph F. Merrill
1868–1952 (83 years)
Apostle from 1931 to 1952 (21 years)
Charles A. Callis
1865–1947 (81 years)
Apostle from 1933 to 1947 (14 years)
J. Reuben Clark
1871–1961 (90 years)
Apostle from 1934 to 1961 (27 years)
Alonzo A. Hinckley
1870–1936 (66 years)
Apostle from 1934 to 1936 (2 years)
Albert E. Bowen
1875–1953 (77 years)
Apostle from 1937 to 1953 (16 years)
Sylvester Q. Cannon
1877–1943 (65 years)
Apostle from 1938 to 1943 (5 years)
Harold B. Lee
1899–1973 (74 years)
President from 1972 to 1973 (1 years)
Spencer W. Kimball
1895–1985 (90 years)
President from 1973 to 1985 (12 years)
Ezra Taft Benson
1899–1994 (94 years)
President from 1985 to 1994 (9 years)
Mark E. Petersen
1900–1984 (83 years)
Apostle from 1944 to 1984 (40 years)
Matthew Cowley
1897–1953 (56 years)
Apostle from 1945 to 1953 (8 years)
Henry D. Moyle
1889–1963 (74 years)
Apostle from 1947 to 1963 (16 years)
Delbert L. Stapley
1896–1978 (81 years)
Apostle from 1950 to 1978 (28 years)
Marion G. Romney
1897–1988 (90 years)
Apostle from 1951 to 1988 (37 years)
LeGrand Richards
1886–1983 (96 years)
Apostle from 1952 to 1983 (31 years)
Adam S. Bennion
1886–1958 (71 years)
Apostle from 1953 to 1958 (5 years)
Richard L. Evans
1906–1971 (65 years)
Apostle from 1953 to 1971 (18 years)
George Q. Morris
1874–1962 (88 years)
Apostle from 1954 to 1962 (8 years)
Hugh B. Brown
1883–1975 (92 years)
Apostle from 1958 to 1975 (17 years)
Howard W. Hunter
1907–1995 (87 years)
President from 1994 to 1995 (1 years)
Gordon B. Hinckley
1910–2008 (97 years)
President from 1995 to 2008 (13 years)
N. Eldon Tanner
1898–1982 (84 years)
Apostle from 1962 to 1982 (20 years)
Thomas S. Monson
1927–2018 (90 years)
President from 2008 to 2018 (10 years)
Alvin R. Dyer
1903–1977 (74 years)
Apostle from 1967 to 1977 (10 years)
Boyd K. Packer
1924–2015 (90 years)
Apostle from 1970 to 2015 (45 years)
Marvin J. Ashton
1915–1994 (78 years)
Apostle from 1971 to 1994 (23 years)
Bruce R. McConkie
1915–1985 (69 years)
Apostle from 1972 to 1985 (13 years)
L. Tom Perry
1922–2015 (92 years)
Apostle from 1974 to 2015 (41 years)
David B. Haight
1906–2004 (97 years)
Apostle from 1976 to 2004 (28 years)
James E. Faust
1920–2007 (87 years)
Apostle from 1978 to 2007 (29 years)
Neal A. Maxwell
1926–2004 (78 years)
Apostle from 1981 to 2004 (23 years)
Russell M. Nelson
1924–2025 (101 years)
President from 2018 to 2025 (7 years)
M. Russell Ballard
1928–2023 (95 years)
Apostle from 1985 to 2023 (38 years)
Joseph B. Wirthlin
1917–2008 (91 years)
Apostle from 1986 to 2008 (22 years)
Richard G. Scott
1928–2015 (86 years)
Apostle from 1988 to 2015 (27 years)
Robert D. Hales
1932–2017 (85 years)
Apostle from 1994 to 2017 (23 years)
Jeffrey R. Holland
1940–2025 (85 years)
Apostle from 1994 to 2025 (31 years)