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, May 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 lengths 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 (with the current First Presidency now moving up on that list), 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), and an overview of when each of those current groups will move up on the list. As previously noted, the current Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and apostolic group will not join that list until latenext year, assuming no other apostles pass away between now and then.
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 same data for the combined First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, 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 between today and when each of the other 12 apostles will become nonagenarians and join that list.
With these apostolic data updates coming every 7 weeks, the next update will be posted here on the morning of Sunday, February 2, 2025 (which will be the first such update in 2025).
Hopefully, this post is 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 any and all Church News, Newsroom, and Church of Jesus Christ Temples updates and will be sure to pass word of those along to you all as they cross my radar. 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.
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Before this post was published, I published this comment in the threads of the previous post to share some initial Church News reports from this Sabbath morning. Additional reports will be covered here later today. My thanks once again to you all.
ReplyDeleteI just saw an article on history of one of the new hymns. Was one of my favorite hymns when I served my mission in Ecuador. I was praying it would be included in the new hymn book. I'd like to see it referenced in the Wikipedia page. Also the Wikipedia page still does not show the churches official English translation. But I am unable to edit Wikipedia for some reason it says my IP address is blocked.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.thechurchnews.com/members/2025/06/29/andres-gonzalez-oh-how-great-is-our-joy-history-hymnbook-latin-america/
DeleteHey, Chris! Thanks, as always, for sharing your thoughts here. I referenced the article you mentioned in this comment on the threads of the previous post. But I am glad you also mentioned that article here too. I found the history of that hymn to be awe-inspiring.
DeleteI'm sorry to hear that your IP address is blocked from editing Wikipedia. I am not sure why that would be the case either. I thought of a couple of possibilities, but upon further consideration, they didn't make logical sense. I try to add new hymns from the hymnbook to my Wikipedia watchlist as those selections are released by the Church, but I don't know if I got "How Great Is Our Joy" on there yet. I will try to check within this next week, and then I may be able to look over the article in question within the next week or two and add the Church News source to it.
Chris, I greatly appreciate your longtime readership and friendship. And I always appreciate hearing from you, so thanks again for sharing your thoughts here. Hope all is well with you and yours. Stay safe out there.
Continuing my coverage of the Church News reports that have been shared today, two such updates were noted: the latest edition of "In Case You Missed It: Week in Review" covered the top 9 developments reported this week, along with quotes from Church leaders about the "Come, Follow Me" passages for the upcoming week, which will focus on D&C 71-75 inclusive. I hope that these resources are helpful to you all.
ReplyDeleteThe Newsroom has added this report on the groundbreaking for the Singapore Temple, which took place on Saturday as scheduled, to this overview of major temple construction announcements in 2025. Since the Newsroom has already reported on that groundbreaking, I don't think that will be the major temple construction news we get this week. The Church Temples site page shares a new update on the Burley Idaho Temple, to which a road was recently opened up by the city. Since that infrastructure had to be in place before opening arrangements could be announced for that temple, we could see a dedication announcement for the Burley Idaho Temple tomorrow, if not also opening arrangements for the Alabang Philippines and Harare Zimbabwe Temples as well. And if one or more temple dedication announcements are made, I hope that will also not be the sum and total of the temple news for tomorrow. I'm hoping for one or more additional groundbreaking announcements as well, if not also one or more exterior renderings and/or one or more site location confirmations.
But above and beyond that, I am also pleased to report that full-scale construction is getting underway on the Tacloban City Philippines Temple, which has been assigned a general completion estimate of early to mid-2028. Additionally, a few temples have been shifted around in the construction queue again, with their estimates adjusted. This document shows where those estimates previously stood as of June 26, while this one shows where they stand today.
To sum up those changes, the first document shows this:
Late 2025: Miraflores Guatemala City Guatemala, Pago Pago American Samoa, & Port Moresby Papua New Guinea Temples
Late 2025-early 2026: Managua Nicaragua, Cleveland Ohio, & Yorba Linda California Temples
While the second shows this:
Late 2025: Miraflores Guatemala City Guatemala, Pago Pago American Samoa, & Yorba Linda California Temples
Late 2025-early 2026: Managua Nicaragua, Port Moresby Papua New Guinea & Cleveland Ohio Temples
Now that I've finished the above lengthy commentary, my thanks once again to you all.