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D. Todd Christofferson

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D. Todd Christofferson

David Todd Christofferson (born January 24, 1945) is an American religious leader and former lawyer who serves as second counselor in the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He served as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles from 2008 to 2025. He has been a church general authority since 1993. Christofferson is currently the seventh most senior apostle in the church. Christofferson grew up in Utah and New Jersey, and after high school served an LDS Church mission in Argentina. He then studied English literature at Brigham Young University (BYU) before attending law school at Duke University. After graduating from law school in 1972, Christofferson was a law clerk to Judge John Sirica of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia while Sirica presided over much of the legal proceedings stemming from the Watergate scandal. Christofferson then entered private practice and eventually became an in-house corporate lawyer.

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Called by
Ezra Taft Benson
Predecessor
Henry B. Eyring
End reason
Called to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
Reason
Death of Gordon B. Hinckley; reorganization of First Presidency
Born
David Todd Christofferson (1945-01-24) January 24, 1945 (age 80)American Fork, Utah, U.S.
Education
Brigham Young University (BA)Duke University (JD)
Spouse(s)
mw- Katherine Jacob (m. 1968)
Children
5

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Preceded byHenry B. Eyring
Preceded byHenry B. Eyring
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints titles
Preceded byHenry B. Eyring
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Second Counselor in the First Presidency October 14, 2025 - present
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Succeeded byIncumbent
Preceded byQuentin L. Cook
Preceded byQuentin L. Cook
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints titles
Preceded byQuentin L. Cook
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints titles
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles April 5, 2008 – October 14, 2025
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints titles
Succeeded byNeil L. Andersen
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints titles
Preceded byHenry B. Eyring
Second Counselor in the First Presidency October 14, 2025 - present
Succeeded byIncumbent
Preceded byQuentin L. Cook
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles April 5, 2008 – October 14, 2025
Succeeded byNeil L. Andersen

References

  1. Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought
    https://www.dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/Dialogue_V20N02_46.pdf
  2. Liahona
    https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/liahona/2008/08/elder-d-todd-christofferson-prepared-to-serve-the-lord
  3. Deseret Morning News
    https://web.archive.org/web/20100825160500/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/695267789/Elder-D-Todd-Christofferson-named-new-apostle-other-leaders-called.html
  4. Deseret News
    https://www.deseret.com/2017/6/15/20614392/mormon-apostle-at-oxford-lessons-learned-from-watergate-scandal
  5. ChurchofJesusChrist.org
    https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/prophets-and-apostles/what-are-prophets/bio/d-todd-christofferson?lang=eng
  6. www.churchofjesuschrist.org
    https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/liahona/2008/08/elder-d-todd-christofferson-prepared-to-serve-the-lord?lang=eng
  7. Ensign
    https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1993/05/news-of-the-church/elder-d-todd-christofferson-of-the-seventy
  8. 2005 Deseret News Church Almanac (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret News, 2004) p. 29
  9. Ensign
    https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1993/05/the-sustaining-of-church-officers
  10. Church News
    https://www.thechurchnews.com/archive/1998-08-29/three-called-to-the-presidency-of-seventy-13920
  11. Newsroom
    https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/first-presidency-sustained,-new-apostle-and-other-leaders-named
  12. Dallin H. Oaks Named 18th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Newsroom, churchofjesuschrist.or
    https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/president-oaks-new-first-presidency
  13. Deseret News
    https://web.archive.org/web/20170814235907/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865686764/World-Peace-Prize-presented-in-India-to-Mormon-leader.html
  14. The Times of India
    http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/saint-dnyaneshwara-world-peace-prize-to-christofferson/articleshow/59929040.cms
  15. Never a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
  16. Term ended by excommunication.
  17. Term ended by resignation.
  18. Term ended by removal of apostleship; was later excommunicated.
  19. Term ended by suspension of priesthood.
  20. In 1837 the callings of Church Historian and Church Recorder were separated, but in 1842 these callings were again merge
  21. Starting in 1978, the duties of Church Historians fell to the Executive director of the historical department.
  22. While Larsen was still technically Church Historian until 1997, others succeeded him as Executive Director of the Histor
  23. In 2005 the callings of Church Historian and Church Recorder was restored.
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