Current Apostolic Statistics: Part Two—Updated Ages, Averages & Apostolic Nonagenarians

Hello again, everyone! I am back again now with the second part of this apostolic update, in which we will move on to talk specifics regarding the long-form and decimal ages of our current apostles, which will also include updated information on the average ages of the First Presidency, Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, the 15 apostles as a group, and current and future nonagenarians. So let’s get right into all of that. Again, all data is current as of today (Sunday April 28, 2019).

There have been no apostolic birthdays since my last update (which was posted on Sunday March 10 of this year). The next apostolic birthday (President Eyring’s 86^th) will not occur until the last day in May. 15 days after that (on June 15) Elder Bednar will observe his 67^th birthday. With this update being posted a week later than planned, and the next one moved back as a result of that, I am planning to post that next update on Sunday June 16. The next apostolic birthdays will not take place until August, and will be detailed more fully closer to the time (in the update which is now planned for Sunday August 4.)

Having noted that, we now move on to some exact figures about the ages and average ages of the First Presidency, Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and all 15 apostles as a group. In the Church’s leading Quorum, President Nelson is, as noted towards the end of my previous post, 94 years, 7 months, and 19 days old, with a resulting decimal age of 94.63 years. First Counselor President Oaks is now 86 years, 8 months, and 16 days old, or 86.71 years. The junior member of the First Presidency, President Eyring, is now 85 years, 10 months, and 28 days old, which is 85.91 in decimal years.

The First Presidency thus now has a combined 267.25 years of life experience, which results in an average age for each man of 89.08 years. President Nelson remains 5.55 years older than that average, with President Oaks closest to it (as he remains 2.37 years younger than that average), which means that President Eyring remains 3.17 years below it. Unless there is something of which we are not aware in relation to the health of any of these Brethren, they will continue to set new records for the oldest-serving First Presidency in Church history for the foreseeable future.

Next, let’s turn our attention to the members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. President Ballard’s long-form age now sits at 90 years, 6 months, and 20 days, or 90.55 years. Elder Holland now has a long-form age of 78 years, 4 months, and 25 days, with a resulting 78.40 decimal years. Elder Uchtdorf (who is a mere 27 days older than his senior apostolic seatmate) is now 78 years, 5 months, and 22 days old, which works out to 78.47 years. Elder Bednar has now reached the full age of 66 years, 10 months, and 13 days, which works out to 66.87 decimal years. Elder Cook, the oldest but least senior of the 3 apostles born in 1940, has a long-form age of 78 years, 7 months, and 20 days old, with a resulting decimal age of 78.64 years. Elder Christofferson has now reached the age of 74 years, 3 months and 4 days, making his decimal age 74.26 years.

Elder Andersen is now 67 years, 8 months, and 19 days old, and his decimal age is 67.72 years. Elder Rasband is now 68 years, 2 months, and 22 days old, or 68.22 years. Elder Stevenson, at exactly 4.5 years younger than Elder Rasband (as both were born on the 6^th), has a long-form age of 63 years, 8 months, and 22 days, or 63.73 in decimal years. Elder Renlund is now exactly 66 years, 5 months, and 15 days, with a resulting decimal age of 66.45 years. Elder Gong is now 65 years, 4 months, and 5 days old, which works out to 65.35 in decimal years. As for Elder Soares, he is now 60 years, 6 months, and 26 days old, which is a resulting 60.57 decimal years.

           

Based on those numbers, the current members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles now have a combined 859.23 years of life experience, which results in an average of 71.6 years per member. Elders Christofferson and Rasband remain respectively above and below that average. Elder Christofferson is 2.66 years older, while Elder Rasband is 3.38 years below it. With the information I presented earlier about the First Presidency, the 15 apostles as a group now have a combined 1,126.48 years of life experience, which is an average of 75.1 years. As noted previously, Elders Holland and Christofferson are older and younger than that average, by 3.3 and 6.88 years respectively.

           

We now move on to the nonagenarians. President Nelson remains the seventh oldest apostle in Church history, and is set to move up to the seventh spot on July 5 of this year. In the meantime, President Ballard remains the the 17^th oldest apostle. By the time of my next update (on June 16), he will have moved up two spots on the list to become the 15^th oldest apostle. He will do so when his lifespan matches that of President Spencer W. Kimball (which will occur on Wednesday May 15), and again, less than a month later, when on June 9, his lifespan will match that of President Marion G. Romney. Among the other apostles, President Oaks will join the nonagenarian list in 3 years, 3 months, and 15 days, while Elder Soares will do so in 29 years, 5 months, and 4 days, with the other apostles doing so at other various intervals, which will be detailed more fully as they approach.

I hope that many of you found this information to be interesting, informative, and accurate. That does it for this post. Any and all comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated, on any post at any time, as long as such comments are made in accordance with the established guidelines. Thank you for the privilege of your time. If you enjoyed what you read here and would like to stay informed of newly-added content, please feel free to subscribe. Until my next post, I wish each one of you all the best, and pray that the Lord will bless you all in everything you do.