The Mormon Hierarchy
How the LDS church is organized.
Over its nearly two-century history, the LDS church has developed a complicated bureaucracy to oversee what is now a worldwide religion. While every active adult Mormon holds a calling in the church, only those at the very top serve in their positions on a full-time basis. And because only men can receive the LDS priesthood, the top of the hierarchy is entirely male. Read David Haglund's "Case of the Mormon Historian."
Thomas S. Monson - First President
Henry B. Eyring - First Counselor
Dieter F. Uchtdorf - Second Counselor
Boyd K. Packer, President of the Quorum of the Twelve
L. Tom Perry, Assistant to the Twelve
Russell M. Nelson
Dallin H. Oaks
M. Russell Ballard
Richard G. Scott
Robert D. Hales
Jeffrey R. Holland
David A. Bednar
Quentin L. Cook
D. Todd Christofferson
Neil L. Andersen
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Correction, Nov. 1, 2012: This chart originally depicted the general officers for the LDS primary as men. They're women.