Hello again, everyone! On this Friday (following the call of Presiding Bishop Gerald Causse to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles a week ago yesterday), the First Presidency has announced the new Presiding Bishopric. As anticipated, Bishop Causse's First Counselor, Bishop W. Christopher Waddell, is the new Presiding Bishop, and Bishop Causse's Second Counselor, Bishop L. Todd Budge, is the new First Counselor to Bishop Waddell. And current GA Seventy Bishop Sean Douglas has been announced as the new Second Counselor to Bishop Waddell.
Presiding Bishop Waddell served from 2011-2015 as a General Authority Seventy, from 2015-2020 as Second Counselor, and from 2020 to now as First Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric. He will be 70 in 2029, so either this will be a very short-term assignment, or he will continue to serve past his 70th birthday. The same is true for Bishop Budge (that he will be 70 in 2029). Bishop Budge was a General Authority Seventy from 2019-2020, and has served as Second Counselor from 2020 up to now. Bishop Douglas has been a GA Seventy since 2021, and his 70th birthday will occur in 2034, so he will likely be in the Presiding Bishopric until at least that time.
I would just note that Bishop Douglas' call will necessitate his release as a GA Seventy, effective immediately, and that the Mexico Area Presidency will be reorganized in the near term (if that has not already happened), since Bishop Douglas has been serving as the Mexico Area President. Other than these notes, the extensive and impressive biographies of these brethren speak for themselves. I am glad that these changes were announced today. I look forward to this Presiding Bishopric's ministry in the days, weeks, months, and years ahead.
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On this Friday, the Church News has also covered the new Presiding Bishopric and has also posted resources for studying and teaching from the October 2025 General Conference talk by Elder Neil L. Andersen. The Church News also reported on the new Faith & Learning Centre in Preston England. And the latest edition of "This Week on Social" featured posts from the following general Church leaders:
ReplyDeleteChurch President Dallin H. Oaks and his respective First and Second Counselors, Presidents Henry B. Eyring and D. Todd Christofferson; President Jeffrey R. Holland, President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and the following additional members of that Quorum: Quentin L. Cook, Patrick Kearon, and Gerald Causse; Young Women General President Emily Belle Freeman (who posted via Young Women Worldwide); Sister Amy A. Wright, First Counselor in the Primary General Presidency; and Brother Sean R. Dixon, Second Counselor in the Young Men General Presidency.
My thanks once again to you all.
The Church News has also covered the new Presiding Bishopric, while the Newsroom and the Church News have both shared a rare mid-month update on the renovation of the Salt Lake Temple. The Newsroom also reported on Elder Rnelund's South American ministry. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteThe Church News has shared one addiitional report., while the Newsroom shares some tthoghts on environmental stewardship from Elder Gerald Causse. My thanks once again to you all.
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