Days on which two or more brethren were
ordained to the apostleship

 

                        Date          Number ordained                      Apostles

 

                    15 Feb 1835             6            David W Patten, Orson Hyde, William M'Lellin,      

                                                         Luke Johnson, William B Smith, John F Boynton

 

                    12 Feb 1849             4            Charles C Rich, Lorenzo Snow, Erastus Snow,

                                                         Franklin D Richards

 

                    14 Feb 1835             3            Brigham Young, Heber C Kimball, Lyman Johnson

 

                    04 Feb 1864             3            Joseph A Young, Brigham Young Jr, John W Young

 

                    07 Oct 1889             3            Marriner W Merrill, Anthon H Lund, Abraham H Cannon

 

                    09 Apr 1906             3            George F Richards, Orson F Whitney, David O McKay 

 

                    -- May 1829             2            Joseph Smith, Oliver Cowdery

 

                    19 Dec 1838             2            John Taylor, John E Page

  

                    20 Apr 1839             2            Wilford Woodruff, George A Smith

 

                    27 Oct 1880             2            Francis M Lyman, John Henry Smith

 

                    16 Oct 1882             2            George Teasdale, Heber J Grant

 

                    07 Oct 1897             2            Matthias F Cowley, Abraham O Woodruff

 

                    11 Oct 1934             2            J Reuben Clark, Alonzo A Hinckley

 

                    07 Oct 1943             2            Spencer W Kimball, Ezra Taft Benson

 

                    02 Oct 2004             2            Dieter F Uchtdorf, David A Bednar

 

 

(Note: Special mention should be made of October 7, 1943, listed above. This day is unique in church history. It is the only time in this

dispensation that two brethren were ordained apostles on the same day who eventually served as Presidents of the Church.)

 

 

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