Stokes Sounds Off: UPDATED: Current Apostolic Data

Search This Blog

Sunday, January 29, 2023

UPDATED: Current Apostolic Data

 Hello again, everyone! It has been a tradition on this blog for me to provide updates on apostolic data every 7 weeks. Having last done so on Sunday, December 11, it is time to publish the newest such data. As with every two-part update, the first part contains updated data about the age and tenure length records for all 17 Church Presidents, in addition to updated information on the tenure length records for each of the 28 Presidents of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

The first document likewise notes information on the tenure length rankings for three sets of apostolic groups: the longest-serving First Presidencies (which will not be updated with the current First Presidency until 2024), in addition to the longest-serving groups of members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and groups of all ordained apostles (the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles), in addition to when each of those current groups will move up on the list.

Meanwhile, the second part of today's update shows the long-form and decimal ages for the members of the current First Presidency, Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and the apostolic groups overall, in addition to the average ages of each group and apostolic nonagenarians (with 3 of the current 15 apostles being on that list), and a final table showing the remaining time. Hopefully, this shared data will be of interest to you all. Again, I offer an open invitation to ask anyone who has any questions about those documents to ask them here.

I continue to monitor all temple updates and Church news reports and will be sure to bring word of those to you as I become aware of such updates. In the meantime, that does it for now. All comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated on any post at any time, as long as the offered feedback is made per the established guidelines.

I hope any of you who would like to share anything will take your opportunity to “sound off” in the comments below. Please subscribe if you liked what you read here and would like to be informed of newly-added posts and comments. Thank you for the privilege of your time. Until my next post, I wish you all the best and pray that the Lord will bless you all in everything you do.

By at
Labels: , , , , ,

6 comments:

  1. James G. StokesJanuary 29, 2023 at 8:36 PM

    Hello again, everyone! I had forgotten that this new post was set to publish today. Earlier this afternoon, I shared a new comment about Church News updates from today. Here is a link to that comment:

    https://stokessoundsoff.blogspot.com/2023/01/elder-d-todd-christofferson-observes.html?showComment=1675035213754#c3011020998872782278

    And the Newsroom and the Church News have shared updates on today's youth devotional featuring Elder Gerrit W. Gong of the Quorum of the Twelve Apotles and the Young Men and Young Women General Presidents, Brother Steven J. Lund and Sister Bonnie H. Cordon, respectively:

    https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/2023-youth-theme-devotional-all-things-through-christ

    https://www.thechurchnews.com/members/2023/1/27/23574342/watch-youth-devotional-elder-gong-spiritual-trail-markers-president-cordon-president-lund

    If there are any new temple construction updates, I will share those later tonight as time allows, and I will also have complete coverage of tomorrow's aniticipated new temple construction news as time and circumstances permit. For now, my thanks once again to you all.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. James G. StokesJanuary 30, 2023 at 10:01 AM

      Here are two reports I missed last night:

      https://www.thechurchnews.com/members/2023/1/29/23576682/audience-photo-with-elder-gong-youth-devotional-conference-center

      https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders/2023/1/30/23572946/elder-uchtdorf-weber-institute-young-adults-never-lose-hope-always-believe

      I will be back this afternoon with my analysis on any new major temple news. My thanks once again to you all.

      Delete
    2. James G. StokesJanuary 30, 2023 at 11:26 AM

      Here is one other update:

      https://www.thechurchnews.com/history/2023/1/29/23559702/10-lds-church-history-sites-united-kingdom-canada-mexico-tonga-photo

      Delete
    3. James G. StokesJanuary 30, 2023 at 11:27 AM

      My thanks once again to you all.

      Delete
  2. EricFebruary 2, 2023 at 1:06 PM

    At the top of your first document, you have President Kimball and President Monson both at 7th oldest, and President Hunter and President Young both at 15th oldest.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. James G. StokesFebruary 2, 2023 at 1:28 PM

      Good catch, Eric! You re correct. That has been updated, and it will continue to be reflected correctly in subsequent updates. Thnks.

      Delete

In addition to my life-long love for the subjects which I cover in the posts of this blog, I have long held the belief that we can disagree without becoming disagreeable. Differences of opinion are natural, while being disagreeable in expressing those differences is not. And in that sense, I have no desire to close the door on anyone who earnestly desires to contribute to the ongoing dialogue on subjects covered in the posts on this blog.

At the same time, however, I recognize that we live in a time when incivility, discourtesy, unkindness, and even cyber-bullying has regrettably become part of online interactions. With that in mind, while anyone who wishes can comment on anything if they choose to do so, I hereby reserve the right to immediately delete any comments which are critical, unkind, lack civility, or promote prodcuts, services, and values contrary to either the Church, or to the rules of online etiquette.

I'd also like to remind all who comment here that I try to respond personally to each individual comment as I feel is appropriate. Such replies are not meant to end the conversation, but to acknowledge earnest feedback as it is submitted.

And in order to better preserve the spirit and pure intentions for which this blog was established, I also hereby request that anyone not commenting with a regular user name (particularly those whose comments appear under the "Unknown" or "Anonymous" monikers, give the rest of us a name to work with in addressing any replies. If such individuals do not wish to disclose their actual given names, a pseudonym or nickname would suffice.

Any comments made by individuals who opt to not give a name by which they can ber identified may, depending on the substance and tone of such comments, be subject to deletion as well. I would respectfully ask that all of us do all we can to keep the dialogue positive, polite, and without malice or ill-will. May the Lord bless us all in our discussion of these important matters.

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)