Changes to the leadership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since the October 2025 general conference are reflected in an updated chart of general authorities and general officers, available to view or download in English, Spanish and Portuguese below.
Church President Russell M. Nelson died on Saturday, Sept. 27, at the age of 101. The First Presidency was dissolved, and counselors in the First Presidency returned to their positions in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. President Dallin H. Oaks presided at the October 2025 general conference as the president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
President Oaks was announced as the 18th President of the Church on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025, with President Henry B. Eyring as first counselor and President D. Todd Christofferson as second counselor in the First Presidency.
View or download the updated chart in English here.
View or download the updated chart in Spanish here.
View or download the updated chart in Portuguese here.
Elder Gérald Caussé was announced as the newest member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. He was serving as the presiding bishop at the time of his call.
The following week, on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025, Bishop W. Christopher Waddell was announced as the Church’s new presiding bishop. Also serving in presiding bishopric are Bishop L. Todd Budge as first counselor and Bishop Sean Douglas as second counselor.
Bishop Waddell and Bishop Budge served as the first and second counselors, respectively, to then-Bishop Caussé since Oct. 3, 2020. Bishop Waddell served as the second counselor in the Presiding Bishopric from 2015 to 2020. Bishop Douglas has served as a General Authority Seventy since April 2021.
President Jeffrey R. Holland, president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, died Saturday, Dec. 27, at age 85. President Dieter F. Uchtdorf was set apart on Thursday, Jan. 8, to be the acting president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
President Henry B. Eyring, first counselor in the First Presidency, is second-most senior apostle after the President of the Church and is the president of Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. When the apostle who is second in seniority is called to serve as a counselor in the First Presidency, the third-longest-serving apostle becomes the acting president of the Twelve.
Elder Clark G. Gilbert, who was serving as a General Authority Seventy and commissioner of the Church Educational System, was announced as the newest member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on Thursday, Feb. 12.
