There have been no apostolic birthdays since my last
update (which was posted on Sunday March 10 of this year). The next apostolic
birthday (President Eyring’s 86th) will not occur until the last day
in May. 15 days after that (on June 15) Elder Bednar will observe his 67th
birthday. With this update being posted a week later than planned, and the next
one moved back as a result of that, I am planning to post that next update on
Sunday June 16. The next apostolic birthdays will not take place until August,
and will be detailed more fully closer to the time (in the update which is now
planned for Sunday August 4.)
Having noted that, we now move on to some exact figures
about the ages and average ages of the First Presidency, Quorum of the Twelve
Apostles, and all 15 apostles as a group. In the Church’s leading Quorum, President
Nelson is, as noted towards the end of my previous post, 94 years, 7 months,
and 19 days old, with a resulting decimal age of 94.63 years. First Counselor President
Oaks is now 86 years, 8 months, and 16 days old, or 86.71 years. The junior
member of the First Presidency, President Eyring, is now 85 years, 10 months,
and 28 days old, which is 85.91 in decimal years.
The First Presidency thus now has a combined 267.25 years
of life experience, which results in an average age for each man of 89.08 years.
President Nelson remains 5.55 years older than that average, with President
Oaks closest to it (as he remains 2.37 years younger than that average), which
means that President Eyring remains 3.17 years below it. Unless there is
something of which we are not aware in relation to the health of any of these
Brethren, they will continue to set new records for the oldest-serving First
Presidency in Church history for the foreseeable future.
Next, let’s turn our attention to the members of the Quorum
of the Twelve Apostles. President Ballard’s long-form age now sits at 90 years,
6 months, and 20 days, or 90.55 years. Elder Holland now has a long-form age of
78 years, 4 months, and 25 days, with a resulting 78.40 decimal years. Elder
Uchtdorf (who is a mere 27 days older than his senior apostolic seatmate) is
now 78 years, 5 months, and 22 days old, which works out to 78.47 years. Elder
Bednar has now reached the full age of 66 years, 10 months, and 13 days, which
works out to 66.87 decimal years. Elder Cook, the oldest but least senior of
the 3 apostles born in 1940, has a long-form age of 78 years, 7 months, and 20 days
old, with a resulting decimal age of 78.64 years. Elder Christofferson has now
reached the age of 74 years, 3 months and 4 days, making his decimal age 74.26
years.
Elder Andersen is now 67 years, 8 months, and 19 days old,
and his decimal age is 67.72 years. Elder Rasband is now 68 years, 2 months,
and 22 days old, or 68.22 years. Elder Stevenson, at exactly 4.5 years younger
than Elder Rasband (as both were born on the 6th), has a long-form
age of 63 years, 8 months, and 22 days, or 63.73 in decimal years. Elder
Renlund is now exactly 66 years, 5 months, and 15 days, with a resulting
decimal age of 66.45 years. Elder Gong is now 65 years, 4 months, and 5 days
old, which works out to 65.35 in decimal years. As for Elder Soares, he is now 60
years, 6 months, and 26 days old, which is a resulting 60.57 decimal years.
Based on those numbers, the current members of the Quorum
of the Twelve Apostles now have a combined 859.23 years of life experience,
which results in an average of 71.6 years per member. Elders Christofferson and
Rasband remain respectively above and below that average. Elder Christofferson
is 2.66 years older, while Elder Rasband is 3.38 years below it. With the
information I presented earlier about the First Presidency, the 15 apostles as
a group now have a combined 1,126.48 years of life experience, which is an
average of 75.1 years. As noted previously, Elders Holland and Christofferson
are older and younger than that average, by 3.3 and 6.88 years respectively.
We now move on to the nonagenarians. President Nelson
remains the seventh oldest apostle in Church history, and is set to move up to
the seventh spot on July 5 of this year. In the meantime, President Ballard remains
the the 17th oldest apostle. By the time of my next update (on June
16), he will have moved up two spots on the list to become the 15th
oldest apostle. He will do so when his lifespan matches that of President
Spencer W. Kimball (which will occur on Wednesday May 15), and again, less than
a month later, when on June 9, his lifespan will match that of President Marion
G. Romney. Among the other apostles, President Oaks will join the nonagenarian
list in 3 years, 3 months, and 15 days, while Elder Soares will do so in 29
years, 5 months, and 4 days, with the other apostles doing so at other various
intervals, which will be detailed more fully as they approach.
I hope that many of you found this information to be
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