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The March 2026 chart of General Authorities and General Officers of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints includes the new First Presidency and two recently called members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Graphic courtesy of Church News. Copyright 2026 Deseret News Publishing Company.This story appears here courtesy of TheChurchNews.com. It is not for use by other media.
By Mary Richards, Church News
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 below.
Church President Russell M. Nelson died on Saturday, September 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, October 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.
Elder Gérald Caussé was announced as the newest member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on Thursday, November 6, 2025. He was serving as the Presiding Bishop at the time of his call.
The following week, on Friday, November 14, 2025, Bishop W. Christopher Waddell was announced as the Church’s new presiding bishop. Also serving in the 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 October 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.
An updated chart will also appear in the May 2025 “Liahona” magazine in dozens of languages.
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