General Authorities who have served the longest

General Authorities who have served the longest

     Authority               Length of service                Positions held

David O McKay            63 years 09 months 09 days      Church President, apostle

Heber J Grant            62 years 06 months 09 days      Church President, apostle

Joseph Fielding Smith    62 years 02 months 25 days      Church President, apostle

Wilford Woodruff         59 years 04 months 06 days      Church President, apostle

John Smith               56 years 08 months 28 days      Patriarch to the Church

Levi Edgar Young         54 years 07 months 07 days      First Council of the 70

Henry Harriman           53 years 03 months 11 days      First Council of the 70

Lorenzo Snow             52 years 07 months 28 days      Church President, apostle

Joseph F Smith           52 years 04 months 18 days      Church President, apostle

Franklin D Richards      50 years 09 months 27 days      Apostle

Ezra Taft Benson         50 years 07 months 23 days      Church President, apostle

Gordon B Hinckley        49 years 09 months 21 days      Church President, apostle, Asst to 12

Note:  President Thomas S. Monson will complete 48 years of service as a general authority on October 10, 2011.

He was sustained as an Apostle on October 10, 1963.  He has served as an apostle and as the President of the Church.

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