While I hope most of you
will find this information interesting and enlightening, there may be some of
you who are not interested in the data I will present. Consequently, I will not
in any way be offended if any of you skip over this data. The information I
will be presenting is current as of today (Sunday November 4, 2018), and the
data will again be presented in the same order.
After updates on the
tenure of President Dallin H. Oaks as President of the Quorum of the Twelve
Apostles and on the tenure and age of Church President Russell M. Nelson, there
will be some observations about the tenures of our First Presidency, Quorum of
the Twelve Apostles, and all currently-living ordained apostles as a group. At
that point, I will end this post, and publish another a few minutes later to
cover updates on upcoming apostolic birthdays, the long-form and decimal ages
of our apostles, and a discussion on apostolic nonagenarians.
So let’s begin with some
information on President Oaks’ current tenure length as President of the Quorum
of the Twelve Apostles, which will include exploring how soon he will move up
on this list. The length of his service has currently spanned 9 months and 21 days.
Two weeks ago today, the length of President Oaks’ tenure as such became equal
to that of President Gordon B. Hinckley, and the former officially served
longer than the latter by the following day. President Oaks is now the 25th
longest-serving Quorum President. There will be a roughly 5-month hiatus before
President Oaks observes his next milestone (which will occur in April 2019). He
will then observe two additional milestones two days apart in July, followed by
one each in November and December of next year. More specific details on those
milestones will be forthcoming closer to the time.
President Oaks appears, by
all accounts, to be in good health. So I have no doubt he will at least be
around to observe the next 10 milestones which are upcoming for his tenure as
Quorum President. But as previously observed, the length of his tenure will not
just depend on how long he lives, but also on how long President Nelson lives.
Since the prophet is in very good health, as he appears to be 20-30 years
younger than he is when speaking to Church congregations around the world), he
will likely be around for a while. So the health of Presidents Oaks and Nelson
will be something to keep an eye on for sure.
And speaking of President
Nelson, since he was ordained and set apart as Church president on the same day
he set apart President Oaks as Quorum President, his tenure has spanned 9
months and 21 days as well. He is now 94 years, 1 month, and 26 days old.
President Nelson observed the first tenure length milestone of his presidency
on Wednesday October 10, 2018, at which time he had served longer than President
Howard W. Hunter. He will observe both another tenure-related and his first
age-related milestone two days apart in July of 2019, with subsequent
milestones more spread out in the years following that. And again, I will be
detailing those more specifically closer to the time when they will be reached.
In the meantime, as also
noted previously, the current First Presidency will only be joining the list of
longest continuously serving First Presidencies in Church history on Saturday
April 20, 2024, so I will be outlining their future milestones on that list
closer to the time. I am also not aware of any other current apostles having
health issues, so I have no doubt the current members of the Quorum of the
Twelve Apostles will continue to serve together for a while.
Those 12 men (who have
served together since March 31 of this year), will mark 3 years together on
March 31, 2021, at which point they will join the list of the longest-serving
Quorums of the Twelve Apostles in Church history. I will likewise be providing
updates on those future milestones in the near future. And interestingly enough,
less than two months prior to that, the 15 apostles will make the list of the
longest-serving such group (the exact date is February 8, 2021).
With that said, I want to
conclude this portion of the update. That does it for this post. Any and all
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