Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (original) (raw)

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Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, commonly shortened to Assistant to the Twelve or Assistant to the Twelve Apostles, was a priesthood calling in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1941 and 1976. As the title of the calling suggests, men who held this position assisted the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in fulfilling their priesthood responsibilities. Assistants to the Twelve were general authorities, and were generally assigned by the Twelve Apostles to preside over and speak at stake conferences; re-organize stakes; tour missions; and assist in the direction of worldwide missionary work. Like counselors in the First Presidency, Assistant to the Twelve was not a distinct priesthood office—rather, it was a calling that any worthy high priest could be asked to fill. In April 1941, church president Heber J. Grant called five men to serve as Assistants to the Twelve. No more Assistants to the Twelve were called until 1951; the church continued to call Assistants to the Twelve throughout the 1950s, 1960s, and the first half of the 1970s. Of the 38 men who held the calling of Assistant to the Twelve, thirteen later became members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles: Marion G. Romney, George Q. Morris, Hugh B. Brown, Gordon B. Hinckley, N. Eldon Tanner, Boyd K. Packer, Marvin J. Ashton, L. Tom Perry, David B. Haight, James E. Faust, Neal A. Maxwell, Robert D. Hales, and Joseph B. Wirthlin. Additionally, a former Assistant to the Twelve (Alvin R. Dyer) was ordained to the office of apostle without being made a member of the Quorum of the Twelve. Seven Assistants to the Twelve (Romney, Brown, Dyer, Isaacson, Hinckley, Tanner, and Faust) later served in the church's First Presidency, with one (Hinckley) later becoming the church's president. In 1976, church president Spencer W. Kimball announced that the calling of Assistant to the Twelve would be discontinued, and that the 22 men then serving in that calling would be ordained to the priesthood office of seventy and assigned to the First Quorum of the Seventy, which had been organized in 1975.The following individuals held the calling of Assistant to Twelve: (en)

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Photograph of Alma Sonne (en)
Photo of Boyd K. Packer (en)
Photo of Clifford E. Young (en)
Photo of John Longden (en)
Photo of L. Tom Perry (en)
Photo of Marion D. Hanks (en)
Photo of Stayner Richards (en)
Photo of William J. Critchlow Jr. (en)
Photograph of Adney Y. Komatsu (en)
Photograph of Bernard P. Brockbank (en)
Photograph of Franklin D. Richards (en)
Photograph of Henry D. Taylor (en)
Photograph of J. Thomas Fyans (en)
Photograph of James A. Cullimore (en)
Photograph of Joseph Anderson (en)
Photograph of O. Leslie Stone (en)
Photograph of Sterling W. Sill (en)
Photograph of Theodore M. Burton (en)
Photograph of Thomas E. McKay (en)
Photograph of Thorpe B. Isaacson (en)
Photograph of William H. Bennett (en)
Photograph of Wm. Grant Bangerter (en)

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David O. McKay (en)
Howard W. Hunter (en)
Joseph Fielding Smith (en)
Spencer W. Kimball (en)

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Simpson in 1962, while First Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric (en)
Brockbank in 1962 (en)
Richards in 1953 (en)
Christiansen while president of the Texas–Louisiana Mission (en)

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One of the first five individuals selected as Assistants to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. (en)
Brother of Stephen L Richards and grandson of Willard Richards. (en)
Grandson of Franklin D. Richards. Was a national commissioner of the United States Federal Housing Administration (en)
Member of and Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. (en)
Longest-lived quorum member, aged 97. (en)
Nephew of Alonzo A. Hinckley. (en)
Played with the Utah Symphony Orchestra. (en)
Parents were American. One of the first five individuals selected as Assistants to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1941. (en)
Also worked as a professor of religion at Brigham Young University from 1946 to 1949. (en)
Also worked for the treasury attache at the U.S. embassies in both Vienna and Berlin. (en)
Member of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports and Citizens Advisory Committee on Children and Youth (en)
Elder brother of former Utah governor Norman H. Bangerter. (en)

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Alma Sonne (en)
Alvin R. Dyer (en)
Adney Y. Komatsu (en)
Bernard P. Brockbank, Sr. (en)
Boyd K. Packer (en)
Clifford E. Young (en)
David B. Haight (en)
ElRay L. Christiansen (en)
Franklin D. Richards (en)
George Q. Morris (en)
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Marion D. Hanks (en)
Marion G. Romney (en)
Marvin J. Ashton (en)
N. Eldon Tanner (en)
Neal A. Maxwell (en)
Nicholas G. Smith (en)
O. Leslie Stone (en)
Robert D. Hales (en)
Robert L. Simpson (en)
Stayner Richards (en)
Sterling W. Sill (en)
Theodore M. Burton (en)
Thomas E. McKay (en)
Thorpe B. Isaacson (en)
William H. Bennett William H. Bennett (en)
William J. Critchlow Jr. (en)
Wm. Grant Bangerter (en)

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Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, commonly shortened to Assistant to the Twelve or Assistant to the Twelve Apostles, was a priesthood calling in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1941 and 1976. As the title of the calling suggests, men who held this position assisted the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in fulfilling their priesthood responsibilities. Assistants to the Twelve were general authorities, and were generally assigned by the Twelve Apostles to preside over and speak at stake conferences; re-organize stakes; tour missions; and assist in the direction of worldwide missionary work. Like counselors in the First Presidency, Assistant to the Twelve was not a distinct priesthood office—rather, it was a calling that any worthy high priest could be asked (en)

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