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Dallin H. Oaks, former Utah Supreme Court justice, is selected to lead Mormon church
Dallin H. Oaks, 93, succeeds Russell M. Nelson as LDS Church president and leads with two counselors, overseeing 17 million members worldwide during a time of growth and doctrinal continuity.
- Dallin H. Oaks, a former Utah Supreme Court justice, was ordained Tuesday, Oct. 14 as the 18th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, leading more than 17 million members.
- By tradition the longest-tenured apostle becomes president; the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles met to reorganize the First Presidency, sustaining and ordaining Oaks after a 17-day apostolic interregnum, the longest since 1889.
- Oaks, 93, will lead the First Presidency with two counselors, having served as President Nelson's first counselor for seven-and-a-half years.
- As president and prophet, Oaks will guide the church by seeking divine revelation alongside his counselors and has announced a slowdown in new temple announcements amid rising global church membership and humanitarian efforts.
- Oaks has stressed religious liberty and civil public discourse, though his opposition to same-sex marriage has unsettled LGBTQ+ members and allies amid contemporary challenges including the Michigan congregation attack and assassination in Utah.
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Dallin Oaks, Former Utah Supreme Court Justice, Tapped to Lead Mormon Church
Dallin Oaks, a former Utah Supreme Court justice and longtime official of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), is the church’s 18th president, officials said Tuesday. The 93-year-old succeeds the late Russell M. Nelson, a 101-year-old who took the office of “prophet, seer, and revelator” in 2017. Nelson died on the evening of Sept. 27 and was buried last week. A tragic shooting and arson attack at a Grand Blanc, Michigan, LDS m…
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‘His calling is not by chance’ — Scholars, members respond to Dallin Oaks as new LDS leader and new First Presidency
Scholars, historians, observers and Latter-day Saints react to news of Dallin Oaks as the newly minted LDS Church president, with Henry Eyring and D. Todd Christofferson as his counselors in the First Presidency.
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