This article lists the presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The included persons have served as President of the Church and prophet, seer, and revelator of the LDS Church.
No. | Portrait | President of the Church | Birth | Ordination | Death | Length |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Joseph Smith | December 23, 1805 | April 6, 1830 (de facto)[1] January 25, 1832 (de jure)[2] | June 27, 1844 (aged 38) | 14 years, 2 months (de facto) 12 years, 5 months (de jure) | |
Church led by Brigham Young as President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. | 3 years, 6 months | |||||
2 | Brigham Young | June 1, 1801 | December 27, 1847 | August 29, 1877 (aged 76) | 29 years, 8 months | |
Church led by John Taylor as President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. | 3 years, 1 month | |||||
3 | John Taylor | November 1, 1808 | October 10, 1880 | July 25, 1887 (aged 78) | 6 years, 9 months | |
Church led by Wilford Woodruff as President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. | 1 year, 8 months | |||||
4 | Wilford Woodruff | March 1, 1807 | April 7, 1889 | September 2, 1898 (aged 91) | 9 years, 4 months | |
5 | Lorenzo Snow | April 3, 1814 | September 13, 1898 | October 10, 1901 (aged 87) | 3 years, 1 month | |
6 | Joseph F. Smith | November 13, 1838 | October 17, 1901 | November 19, 1918 (aged 80) | 17 years, 1 month | |
7 | Heber J. Grant | November 22, 1856 | November 23, 1918 | May 14, 1945 (aged 88) | 26 years, 5 months | |
8 | George Albert Smith | April 4, 1870 | May 21, 1945 | April 4, 1951 (aged 81) | 5 years, 10 months | |
9 | David O. McKay | September 8, 1873 | April 9, 1951 | January 18, 1970 (aged 96) | 18 years, 9 months | |
10 | Joseph Fielding Smith | July 19, 1876 | January 23, 1970 | July 2, 1972 (aged 95) | 2 years, 5 months | |
11 | Harold B. Lee | March 28, 1899 | July 7, 1972 | December 26, 1973 (aged 74) | 1 year, 5 months | |
12 | Spencer W. Kimball | March 28, 1895 | December 30, 1973 | November 5, 1985 (aged 90) | 11 years, 10 months | |
13 | Ezra Taft Benson | August 4, 1899 | November 10, 1985 | May 30, 1994 (aged 94) | 8 years, 6 months | |
14 | Howard W. Hunter | November 14, 1907 | June 5, 1994 | March 3, 1995 (aged 87) | 9 months | |
15 | Gordon B. Hinckley | June 23, 1910 | March 12, 1995 | January 27, 2008 (aged 97) | 12 years, 10 months | |
16 | Thomas S. Monson | August 21, 1927 | February 3, 2008 | January 2, 2018 (aged 90) | 9 years, 11 months | |
17 | Russell M. Nelson | September 9, 1924 | January 14, 2018 | Living; 99 years, 7 months | Current; 6 years, 3 months |
Timeline
See also
Notes
References
- "Presidents of the Church". LDS Church. Archived from the original on 2004-07-05. Retrieved 2009-05-07.
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