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Following is the complete text of President
Kimball's explanatory remarks in the October Conference of 1976:
"In 1941, five high priests were called
to assist the Twelve Apostles in their heavy work and to fill a role similar
to that envisioned by the revelations for the First Quorum of The Seventy.
The scope and demands of the work at that time did not justify the reconstitution
of the First Quorum of Seventy. In the intervening years, additional Assistants
to the Twelve have been called and today 21 are in service.
"Commencing a year ago, brethren other
than the First Council of Seventy were called into the First Quorum of
Seventy and at present there are 14 in that quorum, including the First
Council.
"Since the functions and responsibilities
of the Assistants to the Twelve and the Seventy are similar and since the
accelerated, worldwide growth of the Church requires a consolidation of
its administrative functions at the general level, the First Presidency
and Quorum of Twelve Apostles, with the concurrence of the Assistants to
the Twelve and the First Quorum of Seventy, have felt inspired to call
all of the Assistants to the Twelve into the First Quorum of Seventy, to
call four new members into that quorum, and to restructure the First Council
of Seventy.
"You will see that these changes, which
are reflected in the list of General Authorities to be read by President
Tanner, bring to 39 the total number of the First Quorum of Seventy, thus
providing a majority for the transaction of quorum business.
"With this move, the three governing
quorums of the Church defined by revelations, the First Presidency, the
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and the First Quorum of Seventy, have been
set in their places as revealed by the Lord.
"This will make it possible to handle
efficiently the present heavy workload and to prepare for the increasing
expansion and acceleration of the work, anticipating the day when the Lord
will return to take direct charge of His Church and Kingdom."
The Seventy are not sustained as Prophets,
Seers, and Revelators.
NAME SELECTOR
Franklin Dewey Richards, 1976-1983)
James Edras Faust, (1976-1978)
John Thomas Fyans, (1976-1989)
Albert Theodore Tuttle, (1976-1986)
Neal Ash Maxwell, (1976-1981)
Marion Duff Hanks, (1976-1992)
Paul Harold Dunn, (1976-1989)
Alma Sonne, (1976-1977)
Sterling Welling Sill, (1976-1978)
Henry Dixon Taylor, (1976-1978)
Alvin Rulon Dyer, (1976-1977)
Theodore Moyle Burton, (1976-1989)
Bernard Park Brockbank, (1976-1980)
James Alfred Cullimore, (1976-1978)
Joseph Anderson, (1976-1978)
William Hunter Bennett, (1976-1978)
John Henry Vandenberg, (1976-1978)
Robert Leatham Simpson, (1976-1989)
Oscar Leslie Stone, (1976-1980)
William Grant Bangerter, (1976-1989)
Robert Dean Hales, (1976-1985)
Adney Yoshio Komatsu, (1976-1993)
Joseph Bitner Wirthlin, (1976-1986)
Seymour Dilworth Young, (1976-1978)
Hartman Rector Jr., (1976-1994)
Loren Charles Dunn, (1976-2000)
Rex Dee Pinegar, (1976-2001)
Gene Raymond Cook, (1975-2007)
Charles Armand Andre Didier,
(1975-present)
William Rawsel Bradford, (1975-2003)
George Patrick Lee, (1975-1989)
Carlos Egan Asay, (1976-1996)
Melvin Russell Ballard, (1976-1985)
John Holbrook Groberg, (1976-2005)
Jacob deJager, (1976-1993)
Vaughn J Featherstone, (1976-2001)
Dean LeRoy Larsen, (1976-1997)
Royden Glade Derrick, (1976-1989)
Robert Earl Wells, (1976-1997)
George Homer Durham, (1977-1985)
James Martin Paramore, (1977-1998)
Richard Gordon Scott, (1977-1988)
Hugh Wallace Pinnock, (1977-1989)
Friedrich Enzio Busche, (1977-October
8, 2000)
Yoshihiko Kikuchi, (1977-present)
Ronald Eugene Poelmam, (1978-1998)
Derek Alfred Cuthbert, (1978-1991)
Robert LeGrand Backman, (1978-1992)
Rex Cropper Reeve, Sr., (1978-1989)
Fred Burton Howard, (1978-2005)
Teddy Eugene Brewerton, (1978-1995)
Jack H. Goasland, Jr., (1978-1998)
Angel Abrea, (1981-2003)
John Kay Carmack, (1984-2001)
Russell Carl Taylor, (1984-1989)
Robert B. Harbertson, (1984-1989)
Devere Harris, (1984-1989)
Spencer Hamlin Osborn, (1984-1989)
Phillip Tadje Sonntag, (1984-1989)
John Sonnenberg, (1984-1989)
Ferrel Arthur Kay, (1984-1989)
Keith Wilson Wilcox, (1984-1989)
Victor Lee Brown, (1985-1989)
Harold Burke Peterson, (1985-1993)
John Richard Clarke, (1985-1997)
Hans Benjamin Ringger, (1985-1995)
Waldo Pratt Call, (1985-1989)
Helio da Rocha Camargo, (1985-1989)
Hans Verlan Andersen, (1986-1989)
George Ivins Cannon, (1986-1989)
Francis Marion Gibbons, (1986-1989)
Gardner Hale Russell, (1986-1989)
George Richard Hill, III, (1987-1989)
John Roger Lasater, (1987-1989)
Douglas James Martin, (1987-1989)
Alexander Baillie Morrison,
(1987-1989, 1991-2000)
Lloyd Aldin Porter, (1987-1989,
1991-2001)
Glen Larkin Rudd, (1987-1989)
Douglas Hill Smith, (1987-1989)
Lynn Andrew Sorensen, (1987-1989)
Robert Edward Sackley, (1988-1989)
Larry Lionel Kendrick, (1988-1989,
1991-2001)
Monte James Brough, (1988-1989,
1991-2007)
Albert Choules, Jr. (1988-1989)
Lloyd Preal George, Jr., (1988-1989)
Gerald Eldon Melchin, (1988-1989)
Joe Junior Christensen, (1989-1999)
Warren Eugene Hansen, Jr.,
(1989-1998)
Jeffrey Roy Holland, (1989-1994)
Marlin Keith Jensen, (1989-present)
Earl Carr Tingey, (1990-present)
Harold Gordon Hillam, (1991-2005)
Carlos Humberto Amado, (1992-present)
Benjamin Berry Banks, (1992-2002)
Spencer Joel Condie, (1992-present)
Robert Kent Dellenbach, (1992-2007)
Henry Bennion Eyring, (1992-1995)
Glenn LeRoy Pace, (1992-present)
Floyd Melvin Hammond, (1993-2005)
Kenneth Johnson, (1993-present)
Lynn Alvin Mickelson, (1993-present)
Neil Linden Andersen, (1993-present)
David Todd Christofferson, (1993-2008)
Cree-L Kofford, (1994-2003)
Dennis Bramwell Neuenschwander,
(1994-present)
Andrew Wayne Peterson, (1994-1999)
Cecil Osborn Samuelson, Jr.,
(1994-present)
John Baird Dickson, (1995-present)
Jay Edwin Jensen, (1995-present)
David Eugene Sorensen, (1995-2005)
William Craig Zwick, (1995-present)
Merrill Joseph Bateman, (1995-2007)
Dallas Nielsen Archibald,
(1996-1999)
Dieter Friedrich Uchtdorf,
(1996-2004)
Bruce Clark Hafen, (1996-present)
Gary Jerome Coleman, (1997-present)
William Rolfe Kerr, (1997-2007)
John Max Madsen, (1997-present)
Carl Barton Pratt, (1997-present)
Sheldon Fay Child, (1998-present)
Quentin Lamar Cook, (1998-2007)
Francisco Jose Viñas,
(1998-present)
Donald L. Hallstron, (2000-Present)
Ronald A. Rasband, (2000-Present)
Lynn G. Robbins, (2000-Present)
Lance B. Wickman, (2000-Present)
Claudio R. M. Costa, (2001-Present)
Richard J. Maynes, (2001-Present)
L. Whitney Clayton, (2001-Present)
Christoffel Golden, Jr., 2001-present
Walter F. González, 2001-present
Steven E. Snow, 2001-present
Bruce D. Porter, 2003-present
Robert C. Oaks, 2004-present
Benjamin De Hoyos, 2005-present
David F. Evans, 2005-present
Cecil Scott Grow, 2005-present
Richard G. Hinckley, 2005-present
Paul Vere Johnson, 2005-present
Paul E. Koelliker, 2005-present
Paul B. Pieper, 2005-present
Ulisses Soares, 2005-present
Kieth K. Hilbig, 2006-present
David S. Baxter, 2006-present
Shayne M. Bowen, 2006-present
Daniel L. Johnson, 2006-present
Marcus B. Nash, 2006-present
Anthony D. Perkins, 2006-present
Enrique R. Falabella, 2007-present
Erich W. Kopischke, 2007-present
Michael J. Teh, 2007-present
Octaviano Tenorio, 2007-present
Claudio D. Zivic, 2007-present
Marcos A. Aidukaitis, 2008-present
Gerald Caussé, 2008-present
Lawrence E. Corbridge, 2008-present
Eduardo Gavarret, 2008-present
Carlos A. Godoy, 2008-present
James J. Hamula, 2008-present
Allan F. Packer, 2008-present
Kevin W. Pearson, 2008-present
Rafael E. Pino, 2008-present
Gary E. Stevenson, 2008-present
José A. Teixeira, 2008-present
F. Michael Watson, 2008-present
Jorge F. Zeballos, 2008-present
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