The length of his tenure as such will then be equal to that of Franklin D. Richards, which will, in view of President Oaks being alive while Franklin D. Richards is no longer living or serving as such, mean President Oaks will then be the 24th longest-serving Quorum President in Church history. Given his relatively good health, he will likely continue to serve as Qorum President for the foreseeable future, barring anything unexpected occurring.
His next two tenure milestones will be observed two days apart in July (on July 7 and 9). President Oaks will observe two other tenure milestones this year, one each in November and December, which I will detail more specifically closer to the time. Quite coincidentally, the two aforementioned milestones President Oaks will observe in July will be the third and fourth apostolic milestones observed during that month.
This is because President Nelson will have observed two milestones as Church President which are likewise just two days apart. President Nelson's first (and only) 2019 tenure milestone will be observed on July 3, followed by the observance of his first (and only) 2019 age-related milestone relating to his place among his 16 predecessors as President of the Church on July 5, which will also coincide with his first and only nonagenarian milestone which will be observed this year. Those will also be detailed more fully closer to the time.
And in the meantime, it is also worth noting that President Ballard will observe 3 other nonagenarian milestones this year as well, with one each coming up in May, June, and July, which I will also be detailing closer to the time. Additionally, the next apostolic birthday will be observed in May as well, with President Eyring set to observe is 86th birthday on the last day of that month.
With that noted, I wanted to share two documents I have updated recently in conjunction with General Conference. The first one shows the lenghts of talks given during this last General Conference from longest to shortest by each of our apostles. Interestingly enough, while there has sometimes been a 24-hour delay between the time General Conference concludes and whenever videos of all addresses are made available, this go-round, that was done relatively more quickly. So here is that list:
April 2019 General Conference—Lengths of Talks Given by
First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
19:05—President Henry B. Eyring (SAM)
17:50—President Russell M. Nelson (SUM)
17:29—Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf
16:27—Elder David A. Bednar
15:58—Elders Jeffrey R. Holland & Ronald A. Rasband
15:27—President Dallin H. Oaks (SUA)
15:23—Elder Quentin L. Cook
15:21—Elder Gary E. Stevenson
15:19—Elder Gerrit W. Gong
15:16—Elder D. Todd Christofferson
15:15—Elder Neil L. Andersen
15:11—Elder Ulisses Soares
15:10—Elder Dale G. Renlund
14:57—President Russell M. Nelson (SPH)
14:28—President M. Russell Ballard
12:57—President Henry B. Eyring (SPH)
11:44—President Dallin H. Oaks (SPH)
10:44—President Dallin H. Oaks (SAA; Sustaining of Church
Officers)
6:40—President Russell M. Nelson (SUA)
I also wanted to provide an update on the total number of talks each of our apostles have given in General Conference, and a new total of all addresses given by apostles. This information includes, where applicable, how many addresses were given by each apostle before his call to the apostleship.
While updating this information following the most recent conference, I realized some of the data as shared previously waa in error,. By that I mean that I discovered through research that, for some of these men, one or two talks they have given were not included in their entries from the speaker index on the General Conference main page. As a result, I have corrected those items. Here is that list:
Number of General Conference talks given by our current
apostles
President Henry B. Eyring—98=93+5 given prior to his
apostolic call
President Russell M. Nelson—82
President M. Russell Ballard—78=70+8 given prior to his
apostolic call
President Dallin H. Oaks—77=76+1 given prior to his
apostolic call
Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf—70=68+2 given prior to his
apostolic call
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland—53=50+3 given prior to his
apostolic call
Elder David A. Bednar—30
Elder D. Todd Christofferson—29=23+6 given prior to his
apostolic call
Elder Quentin L. Cook—26=24+2 given prior to his
apostolic call
Elder Neil L. Andersen—26=21+5 given prior to his
apostolic call
Elder Ronald A. Rasband—14=8+6 given prior to his
apostolic call
Elder Gary E. Stevenson—11=8+3 given prior to his
apostolic call
Elder Dale G. Renlund—10=8+2 given prior to his apostolic
call
Elder Ulisses Soares—8=3+5 given prior to his apostolic
call
Elder Gerrit W. Gong—5=3+2 given prior to his apostolic
call
Total: 618=568+50 given prior to their apostolic calls
I continue to work on updating various other files, information, and data following General Conference, and I will bring you that updated information as I complete such processes. I will also continue to monitor all Church news and temple developments and will bring you word of those changes as well ASAP after I learn about them.
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. 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.
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