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Dallin H. Oaks Sustained as Latter-day Saint President in Global Solemn Assembly

The worldwide sustaining vote reaffirmed the church’s practice of common consent that anchors leadership succession.

Latter-day Saints give a sustaining vote during the solemn assembly as part of the Saturday morning session of the 196th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, held at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 4, 2026.
Conferencegoers and church leaders give sustaining votes during the Saturday afternoon session of the 196th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, held at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 4, 2026.
Men give a sustaining vote during the solemn assembly as part of the Saturday morning session of the 196th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, held at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 4, 2026.
A young man gives a sustaining vote during the solemn assembly held during the Saturday morning session of the 196th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on April 4, 2026.

Overview

  • Church members sustained President Dallin H. Oaks on Saturday at the opening of the 196th Annual General Conference in an eight‑minute solemn assembly.
  • The vote moved in a set order by quorums and groups and ended with the entire church standing, with about 20,000 in the Conference Center and many more joining worldwide.
  • The assembly also recognized new apostles Gérald Caussé and Clark G. Gilbert, who filled vacancies tied to the recent deaths of President Russell M. Nelson and President Jeffrey R. Holland.
  • The First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve were publicly sustained as leaders, with President D. Todd Christofferson conducting and President Oaks thanking members for their support.
  • Solemn assemblies date to Joseph Smith’s 1836 Kirtland Temple gathering and have marked each new church president since 1880, and this was the first full‑church sustaining since Oaks’s October 14, 2025 ordination.