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Thursday, April 6, 2017

Length of Apostolic Talks for last weekend's General Conference

One thing I do shortly after each General Conference is to track the lengths of the addresses given during each conference by our 15 apostles. This will be the very first time I have posted those times on my blog.

President Dieter F. Uchtdorf (SPH)—20:08
President Dieter F. Uchtdorf (SUM)—19:14
President Henry B. Eyring (SPH)—18:24
President Henry B. Eyring (SAM)—18:01
Elder Quentin L. Cook—16:24
Elder David A. Bednar—16:15
Elder M. Russell Ballard—16:10
Elder Neil L. Andersen—15:52
Elder Ronald A. Rasband—15:43
Elder Gary E. Stevenson—15:28
Elder Dale G. Renlund—15:21
Elder Dallin H. Oaks—15:19
Elder D. Todd Christofferson—15:18
President Russell M. Nelson—14:50
President Henry B. Eyring (GW)—14:39
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland—14:33
Elder Robert D. Hales—11:07
President Dieter F. Uchtdorf (SAA—Sustaining of Church Officers)—8:53
President Thomas S. Monson (SPH)—4:04
President Thomas S. Monson (SUM)—3:28

As you can see, President Uchtdorf's two talks in the main sessions were the longest, followed closely by President Eyring's two talks from the main sessions. All four of those addresses spanned around 20 minutes each, which has been typical for First Presidency members. Most of the talks by members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles spanned 14 minutes at shortest to just over 16 at the longest, and President Eyring's address from the General Women's Session was about the same length. Elder Hales spoke for just over 11 minutes, which has been typical for his talk lengths in the recent past. The Sustaining of Church Officers usually spans between 5 minutes (in October) to 10+ minutes (in April). And President Monson, as before noted, spoke for a combined total of less than 10 minutes between his two addresses, which has also been very typical.

So there you have it. A first for this blog that I hope at least a few of you will find interesting. Thanks for reading this.

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