Church Leadership
Prophets, apostles, and other leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints today and throughout its history.
Current Leadershipship
The First Presidency
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
Listed in order of seniority
Other General Authorities
SLD
Sheri L. Dew
SDS
Steven D. Shumway
Seventy
Steven E. Snow
Seventy
VVC
Valeri V. Cordón
Seventy
W. Christopher Waddell
Presiding Bishopric
LGR
Lynn G. Robbins
Seventy
LTB
L. Todd Budge
Presiding Bishopric
Glenn L. Pace
Presiding Bishopric, Seventy
H. David Burton
Presiding Bishopric
HHM
Hans H. Mattsson
Seventy
James J. Hamula
Seventy
Keith B. McMullin
Presiding Bishopric
Kevin W. Pearson
Seventy
Bradley R. Wilcox
General Authority
CNJ
Camille N. Johnson
Gene R. Cook
Seventy
Historical Leaders
Past Church Presidents
In chronological order by presidency
Past Apostles
Ordered by ordination date
Jeffrey R. Holland
1940–2025 (85 years)
Apostle from 1994 to 2025 (31 years)
Robert D. Hales
1932–2017 (85 years)
Apostle from 1994 to 2017 (23 years)
Richard G. Scott
1928–2015 (86 years)
Apostle from 1988 to 2015 (27 years)
Joseph B. Wirthlin
1917–2008 (91 years)
Apostle from 1986 to 2008 (22 years)
M. Russell Ballard
1928–2023 (95 years)
Apostle from 1985 to 2023 (38 years)
Russell M. Nelson
1924–2025 (101 years)
President from 2018 to 2025 (7 years)
Neal A. Maxwell
1926–2004 (78 years)
Apostle from 1981 to 2004 (23 years)
James E. Faust
1920–2007 (87 years)
Apostle from 1978 to 2007 (29 years)
David B. Haight
1906–2004 (97 years)
Apostle from 1976 to 2004 (28 years)
L. Tom Perry
1922–2015 (92 years)
Apostle from 1974 to 2015 (41 years)
Bruce R. McConkie
1915–1985 (69 years)
Apostle from 1972 to 1985 (13 years)
Marvin J. Ashton
1915–1994 (78 years)
Apostle from 1971 to 1994 (23 years)
Boyd K. Packer
1924–2015 (90 years)
Apostle from 1970 to 2015 (45 years)
Alvin R. Dyer
1903–1977 (74 years)
Apostle from 1967 to 1977 (10 years)
Thomas S. Monson
1927–2018 (90 years)
President from 2008 to 2018 (10 years)
N. Eldon Tanner
1898–1982 (84 years)
Apostle from 1962 to 1982 (20 years)
Gordon B. Hinckley
1910–2008 (97 years)
President from 1995 to 2008 (13 years)
Howard W. Hunter
1907–1995 (87 years)
President from 1994 to 1995 (1 years)
Hugh B. Brown
1883–1975 (92 years)
Apostle from 1958 to 1975 (17 years)
George Q. Morris
1874–1962 (88 years)
Apostle from 1954 to 1962 (8 years)
Richard L. Evans
1906–1971 (65 years)
Apostle from 1953 to 1971 (18 years)
Adam S. Bennion
1886–1958 (71 years)
Apostle from 1953 to 1958 (5 years)
LeGrand Richards
1886–1983 (96 years)
Apostle from 1952 to 1983 (31 years)
Marion G. Romney
1897–1988 (90 years)
Apostle from 1951 to 1988 (37 years)
Delbert L. Stapley
1896–1978 (81 years)
Apostle from 1950 to 1978 (28 years)
Henry D. Moyle
1889–1963 (74 years)
Apostle from 1947 to 1963 (16 years)
Matthew Cowley
1897–1953 (56 years)
Apostle from 1945 to 1953 (8 years)
Mark E. Petersen
1900–1984 (83 years)
Apostle from 1944 to 1984 (40 years)
Ezra Taft Benson
1899–1994 (94 years)
President from 1985 to 1994 (9 years)
Spencer W. Kimball
1895–1985 (90 years)
President from 1973 to 1985 (12 years)
Harold B. Lee
1899–1973 (74 years)
President from 1972 to 1973 (1 years)
Sylvester Q. Cannon
1877–1943 (65 years)
Apostle from 1938 to 1943 (5 years)
Albert E. Bowen
1875–1953 (77 years)
Apostle from 1937 to 1953 (16 years)
Alonzo A. Hinckley
1870–1936 (66 years)
Apostle from 1934 to 1936 (2 years)
J. Reuben Clark
1871–1961 (90 years)
Apostle from 1934 to 1961 (27 years)
Charles A. Callis
1865–1947 (81 years)
Apostle from 1933 to 1947 (14 years)
Joseph F. Merrill
1868–1952 (83 years)
Apostle from 1931 to 1952 (21 years)
John A. Widtsoe
1872–1952 (80 years)
Apostle from 1921 to 1952 (31 years)
Melvin J. Ballard
1873–1939 (66 years)
Apostle from 1919 to 1939 (20 years)
Richard R. Lyman
1870–1963 (93 years)
Apostle from 1918 to 1943 (25 years)
Stephen L. Richards
1879–1959 (79 years)
Apostle from 1917 to 1959 (42 years)
James E. Talmage
1862–1933 (70 years)
Apostle from 1911 to 1933 (22 years)
Joseph Fielding Smith
1876–1972 (95 years)
President from 1970 to 1972 (2 years)
Anthony W. Ivins
1852–1934 (82 years)
Apostle from 1907 to 1934 (27 years)
David O. McKay
1873–1970 (96 years)
President from 1951 to 1970 (19 years)
George F. Richards
1861–1950 (89 years)
Apostle from 1906 to 1950 (44 years)
Orson F. Whitney
1855–1931 (75 years)
Apostle from 1906 to 1931 (25 years)
Charles W. Penrose
1832–1925 (93 years)
Apostle from 1904 to 1925 (21 years)
George Albert Smith
1870–1951 (81 years)
President from 1945 to 1951 (6 years)
Hyrum M. Smith
1872–1918 (45 years)
Apostle from 1901 to 1918 (17 years)
John R. Winder
1821–1910 (88 years)
Apostle from 1901 to 1910 (9 years)
Reed Smoot
1862–1941 (79 years)
Apostle from 1900 to 1941 (41 years)
Rudger Clawson
1857–1943 (86 years)
Apostle from 1898 to 1943 (45 years)
Abraham O. Woodruff
1872–1904 (31 years)
Apostle from 1897 to 1904 (7 years)
Matthias F. Cowley
1858–1940 (81 years)
Apostle from 1897 to 1905 (8 years)
Abraham H. Cannon
1859–1896 (37 years)
Apostle from 1889 to 1896 (7 years)
Anthon H. Lund
1844–1921 (76 years)
Apostle from 1889 to 1921 (32 years)
Marriner W. Merrill
1832–1906 (73 years)
Apostle from 1889 to 1906 (17 years)
John W. Taylor
1858–1916 (58 years)
Apostle from 1884 to 1905 (21 years)
Heber J. Grant
1856–1945 (88 years)
President from 1918 to 1945 (27 years)
George Teasdale
1831–1907 (75 years)
Apostle from 1882 to 1907 (25 years)
Francis M. Lyman
1840–1916 (76 years)
Apostle from 1880 to 1916 (36 years)
John Henry Smith
1848–1911 (63 years)
Apostle from 1880 to 1911 (31 years)
Moses Thatcher
1842–1909 (67 years)
Apostle from 1879 to 1896 (17 years)
Albert Carrington
1813–1889 (76 years)
Apostle from 1870 to 1885 (15 years)
Joseph F. Smith
1838–1918 (80 years)
President from 1901 to 1918 (17 years)
Brigham Young Jr.
1836–1903 (66 years)
Apostle from 1864 to 1903 (39 years)
Joseph Angell Young
1834–1875 (40 years)
Apostle from 1864 to 1875 (11 years)
George Q. Cannon
1827–1901 (74 years)
Apostle from 1860 to 1901 (41 years)
Daniel H. Wells
1814–1891 (76 years)
Apostle from 1857 to 1891 (34 years)
John Willard Young
1844–1924 (79 years)
Apostle from 1855 to 1924 (69 years)
Jedediah M. Grant
1816–1856 (40 years)
Apostle from 1854 to 1856 (2 years)
Lorenzo Snow
1814–1901 (87 years)
President from 1898 to 1901 (3 years)
Charles C. Rich
1809–1883 (74 years)
Apostle from 1849 to 1883 (34 years)
Erastus Snow
1818–1888 (69 years)
Apostle from 1849 to 1888 (39 years)
Franklin D. Richards
1821–1899 (78 years)
Apostle from 1849 to 1899 (50 years)
Ezra T. Benson
1811–1869 (58 years)
Apostle from 1846 to 1869 (23 years)
Amasa Lyman
1813–1877 (63 years)
Apostle from 1842 to 1867 (25 years)
Lyman Wight
1796–1858 (61 years)
Apostle from 1841 to 1848 (7 years)
Hyrum Smith
1800–1844 (44 years)
Apostle from 1841 to 1844 (3 years)
Willard Richards
1804–1854 (49 years)
Apostle from 1840 to 1854 (14 years)
Wilford Woodruff
1807–1898 (91 years)
President from 1889 to 1898 (9 years)
George A. Smith
1817–1875 (58 years)
Apostle from 1839 to 1875 (36 years)
John Taylor
1808–1887 (78 years)
President from 1880 to 1887 (7 years)
John E. Page
1799–1867 (68 years)
Apostle from 1838 to 1846 (8 years)
Orson Pratt
1811–1881 (70 years)
Apostle from 1835 to 1881 (46 years)
Thomas B. Marsh
1800–1866 (65 years)
Apostle from 1835 to 1839 (4 years)
Parley P. Pratt
1807–1857 (50 years)
Apostle from 1835 to 1857 (22 years)
David W. Patten
1799–1838 (38 years)
Apostle from 1835 to 1838 (3 years)
John F. Boynton
1811–1890 (79 years)
Apostle from 1835 to 1837 (2 years)
Luke S. Johnson
1807–1861 (54 years)
Apostle from 1835 to 1838 (3 years)
Orson Hyde
1805–1878 (73 years)
Apostle from 1835 to 1878 (43 years)
William E. McLellin
1806–1883 (77 years)
Apostle from 1835 to 1838 (3 years)
William Smith
1811–1893 (82 years)
Apostle from 1835 to 1845 (10 years)
Brigham Young
1801–1877 (76 years)
President from 1847 to 1877 (30 years)
Heber C. Kimball
1801–1868 (67 years)
Apostle from 1835 to 1868 (33 years)
Lyman E. Johnson
1811–1859 (48 years)
Apostle from 1835 to 1838 (3 years)
Sidney Rigdon
1793–1876 (83 years)
Apostle from 1832 to 1844 (12 years)
Joseph Smith
1805–1844 (38 years)
President from 1830 to 1844 (14 years)
Other Notable or Historical Figures
ABM
Alexander B. Morrison
1930–2021 (90 years)
Seventy
AS
Alvin Smith
1798–1823 (25 years)
Other
B. H. Roberts
1857–1933 (76 years)
Seventy
Charles W. Nibley
1849–1931 (82 years)
Second Counselor
CW
Christian Whitmer
1798–1835 (37 years)
Eight Witnesses
David Whitmer
1805–1888 (83 years)
Three Witnesses
DLL
Dean L. Larsen
1927–2017 (90 years)
Seventy
DCS
Don Carlos Smith
1816–1841 (25 years)
Other
Frederick G. Williams
1787–1842 (54 years)
Second Counselor
HBP
H. Burke Peterson
1923–2013 (89 years)
Presiding Bishopric, Seventy
Hiram Page
1800–1852 (52 years)
Eight Witnesses
Jacob Whitmer
1800–1856 (56 years)
Eight Witnesses
Jesse Gause
1784–1836 (52 years)
First Counselor
JJC
Joe J. Christensen
1929–2020 (90 years)
Seventy
John Whitmer
1802–1878 (75 years)
Church Historian, Eight Witnesses
Joseph Smith Sr.
1771–1840 (69 years)
Eight Witnesses
Katharine Smith Salisbury
1813–1900 (86 years)
Other
Leonard J. Arrington
1917–1999 (81 years)
Church Historian
Levi Edgar Young
1874–1963 (89 years)
Seventy
Lucy Mack Smith
1775–1856 (80 years)
Other
Martin Harris
1783–1875 (92 years)
Three Witnesses
MW
Mary Whitmer
1778–1856 (77 years)
Other
Oliver H. P. Cowdery
1806–1850 (43 years)
Three Witnesses
PWJ
Peter Whitmer Jr.
1809–1836 (26 years)
Eight Witnesses
Peter Whitmer Sr.
1773–1854 (81 years)
Other
Ronald E. Poelman
1928–2011 (83 years)
Seventy
Samuel H. Smith
1808–1844 (36 years)
Eight Witnesses
SSM
Sophronia Smith McCleary
1803–1876 (73 years)
Other
Warren S. Snow
1818–1896 (78 years)
Other
William Law
1809–1892 (82 years)
Second Counselor
Avraham Gileadi
Other
KSM
Kyle S. McKay
Other
LFA
Lavina Fielding Anderson
Other
LKW
Lynne Kanavel Whitesides
Other
MH
Maxine Hanks
Other
PT
Paul Toscano
Other
RETJ
Richard E. Turley Jr.
Other
Sonia Johnson
1936 (89 years)
Other