President Dallin Harris Oaks was announced as the 18th president and prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. The announcement was made during a live broadcast from Salt Lake City, Utah. President Oaks was sustained and set apart earlier in the day.
In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the prophet is chosen through a divinely inspired process. When the prophet passes away, the First Presidency is dissolved. The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, led by the longest-serving Apostle, assumes leadership, confirming the new prophet through revelation and priesthood authority. Learn more about how a prophet is chosen.
President Oaks, 93, succeeds President Russell M. Nelson, who passed away September 27, 2025.
The new leader of a global faith of more than 17 million members has called President Henry B. Eyring, 92, and President D. Todd Christofferson, 80, to serve with him as First and Second Counselors in the First Presidency, the Church’s highest governing body. Jeffrey R. Holland, 84, will serve as President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
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The new First Presidency: President Dallin H. Oaks (middle), President Henry B. Eyring (left), and President D. Todd Christofferson (right).2025 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.
President Dallin H. Oaks
President Dallin H. Oaks has served as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles since May 1984. He was president of Brigham Young University from 1971 to 1980, and a justice of the Utah Supreme Court from 1980 until his resignation in 1984 to accept his calling to the apostleship. Read more about President Oaks.
President Henry B. Eyring, First Counselor
President Henry B. Eyring served as a counselor to President Russell M. Nelson from 2018 to 2025, to President Thomas S. Monson from 2008 to 2018, and to President Gordon B. Hinckley from 2007 to 2008. He was sustained as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on April 1, 1995. Prior to full-time Church service, President Eyring was president of Ricks College in Rexburg, Idaho, from 1971 to 1977. He was on the faculty at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University from 1962 to 1971. Read more about President Eyring.
President D. Todd Christofferson, Second Counselor
President D. Todd Christofferson was called to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on April 5, 2008, and previously served in the Presidency of the Seventy. Before full-time Church service, he was associate general counsel of NationsBank Corporation (now Bank of America) in Charlotte, North Carolina. Previously he was senior vice president and general counsel for Commerce Union Bank of Tennessee in Nashville, where he was also active in community affairs and interfaith organizations. From 1975 to 1980, Elder Christofferson practiced law in Washington, D.C. Read more about President Christofferson.
President Jeffrey R. Holland, President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
President Jeffrey R. Holland served as Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles from November 15, 2023, to September 27, 2025. He was sustained as an Apostle on June 23, 1994. Prior to his call as a General Authority in 1989, President Holland served as the ninth president of Brigham Young University and has been active in professional educational activity throughout his life. Read more about President Holland.
