Succession in the Presidency (LDS Church)

Succession in the Presidency in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) is the procedure that is followed between the death of one church president and the appointment of another. == Summary == === Established protocol === At the head of the LDS Church are fifteen men: three of them, the church president and his two counselors, form the church's highest council, the First Presidency.

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