Hello again, everyone! While I continue to welcome
comments on any previous posts (particularly any feedback you have on the list
of potential locations for which I have felt a temple could be
announced in October), per the new schedule I am observing, it is time once
again to bring you all updated information on the latest apostolic statistics. This
data will again be published in two posts. Again, all data is current as of
today (Sunday June 16, 2019). As always, it is my sincere hope that most of you
will find this information interesting and enlightening. With that said, I am
fully aware that some of you may not be interested in this update. Consequently,
I will not in any way be offended or bothered if any of you skip over this post
and the next one.
This first post, as has been the case for previous
updates, will address President Dallin H. Oaks’ tenure as President of the
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, then shift to explore where Church President
Russell M. Nelson currently stands in terms of his age and tenure length among
his prophetic predecessors. That will be followed by some observations about
the tenure lengths of our current First Presidency, Quorum of the Twelve
Apostles, and all currently-living ordained apostles as a group. The more
specific data about upcoming apostolic birthdays, the long-form and decimal
ages of our 15 current apostles, and details about current and future apostolic
nonagenarians will then follow in a second post, which will be published a few
minutes after this one is.
My last such update was posted on Sunday April 28. In
keeping with my new 7-week schedule for these updates, I plan to share the next
one here on Sunday August 4. There is a lot to get to, so let’s jump right in. President
Oaks has now served as President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles for a
period of 1 year, 5 months, and 2 days. As I noted previously, his next two
milestones will be observed on July 7 and 9 of this year. On July 7, the length
of his service as Quorum President will be equal to that of Spencer W. Kimball.
Then, two days later, his tenure will be equal to the second (and shortest)
non-consecutive tenure of Brigham Yong Jr., by which time, President Oaks will
then be the 22nd longest-serving Quorum President. His next three
milestones will be observed over the 3-month period of November and December
2019 and January 2020. I will detail each of those milestones closer to the
time.
Turning now to President Nelson, who was ordained and set
apart as Church President on the same day he set apart President Oaks as President
of the Quorum of the Twelve, his prophetic tenure has spanned 1 year, 5 months,
and 2 days as well. He is also now 94 years, 9 months, and 7 days old. He will
observe his only 2019 tenure-length and age-length milestones two days apart on
July 3 and 5 respectively with subsequent milestones more spread out in the
years following that. The first milestone will see his tenure length match that
of Harold B. Lee, and he (President Nelson) will thus become the 15th
longest-serving Church President. And the second will mark the day when the
length of President Nelson’s lifespan will match that of President Ezra Taft
Benson, with President Nelson thus becoming the 4th oldest Church
President.
In the meantime, as also noted previously, I have been
keeping lists of the longest-continuously serving First Presidencies, Quorums
of the Twelve Apostles, and apostolic groups as a whole. Those lists include 13
of each of those groups that have served together for the longest continuous periods
of time. The current First Presidency will only be joining the list of other
First Presidencies on Saturday April 20, 2024, so I will be outlining their
future milestones on that list closer to the time. As for the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, the
current members 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 closer to that time.
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 comments are, as always,
welcome and appreciated, on any post at any time, as long as such comments are
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