New LDS Apostle Called and Sustained – D. Todd Christofferson

Elder D. Todd Christofferson was called as the LDS Church’s newest apostle on Saturday, the same day church members sustained the new First Presidency in a solemn assembly.

A bevy of new leaders were also sustained to new positions Saturday. L. Whitney Clayton of the Quorums of the Seventy was called to the replace Elder Christofferson in the Presidency of the Seventy. Several new members of the Quorums of the Seventy were also called, along with a new Young Women General Presidency.

Elaine S. Dalton, formerly first counselor in the Young Women, is now president, with Mary N. Cook (formerly second counselor) as first counselor and Ann M. Dibb as second counselor. Sister Dibb, a former Young Women General Board member, is President Thomas S. Monson’s daughter.

Saturday morning’s solemn assembly was the first in 13 years and the first such assembly in the new Conference Center.

A solemn assembly is a unique opportunity for Latter-day Saints to sustain their top leaders by priesthood quorums and auxiliary groups, followed by a vote of the entire congregation.

President Monson was sustained as the 16th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, along with his first counselor, President Henry B. Eyring, and second counselor, President Dieter F. Uchtdorf.