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The new First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: President Dallin H. Oaks, middle, President Henry B. Eyring, left, and President D. Todd Christofferson, right.

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President Dallin H. Oaks speaks during the morning session of the 195th semiannual general conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Oct. 4, 2025.

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One week after funeral services for President Russell M. Nelson, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced a new prophet.

Dallin H. Oaks, the senior member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, was named the 18th president and prophet of the church Tuesday at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City.

Oaks also announced a new First Presidency, appointing Henry B. Eyring to be his first counselor and D. Todd Christofferson as his second counselor. Jeffrey R. Holland was named the president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles met earlier Tuesday to consider “reconstituting” the First Presidency, according to Elder Gary E. Stevenson, and Oaks was sustained and set apart as church president Tuesday morning.

“I accept with humility the responsibility that God has placed upon me and commit my whole heart and soul to the service to which I’ve been called,” Oaks said.

Oaks said Tuesday there is “much to be done” for the ministry of “all the children of God on the face of the earth” and said the church seeks to serve all.

“We do not have the answers to all of the world’s problems,” he said. “They have not been revealed. But what we do know is that we are all children of heavenly parents and that we are called to serve all of the children of God in this wonderful, restored Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.”

Oaks, 93, becomes the prophet following the death of Nelson, who died at age 101 on Sept. 27.

He was first appointed to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1984 and was a member of the First Presidency throughout Nelson’s tenure as prophet, which started in January 2018. He was an attorney by trade, served as president of Brigham Young University from 1971 to 1980 and was a Utah Supreme Court justice from 1980 until 1984, when he resigned to become an apostle.

Eyring, 92, has been a counselor in the First Presidency since 2007, working alongside Presidents Gordon B. Hinckley, Thomas S. Monson, Nelson and now Oaks.

He was called to be an apostle in 1995 and served as president of Ricks College, now Brigham Young University-Idaho, from 1971 to 1977.

“I can’t express the gratitude that I feel for the trust,” Eyring said. “The trust from the Lord, and the trust President Oaks has shown to me. I love him and know him and can testify that I know that he is the head of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by inspiration.”

Christofferson, 80, was called to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 2008 following a career in banking and law. He said his new calling as second counselor in the First Presidency was not what he expected when he woke up Tuesday morning but that he was honored by the appointment.

“At the same time, I recognize that I’m not called to be honored but called to serve, and I’m grateful for the opportunity to serve at the side of President Dallin H. Oaks,” Christofferson said.