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President Jeffrey R. Holland Dies at 85 After Kidney Disease Complications

The longtime apostle, a former BYU president, had battled serious illness in recent years.

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effrey R. Holland, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, listens to President Russell M. Nelson of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter -Day Saints answer questions at a press conference after Nelson was announced as the 17th president of the Mormon Church on January 16, 2017 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
President Jeffrey R. Holland of The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints poses at his home in Salt Lake City on Thursday, April 14, 2022.
President Jeffrey R. Holland, president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is interviewed in his office in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018.

Overview

  • He died at about 3:15 a.m. MST on Dec. 27, according to the church.
  • The church said he had been hospitalized just before Christmas and passed from complications associated with kidney disease.
  • He had served as an apostle since 1994 after earlier leadership in the Church Educational System and at Brigham Young University.
  • His ministry included organizing the church’s 3,000th stake in Sierra Leone and addressing the British Parliament in 2015.
  • Funeral arrangements are pending, and his passing leaves a vacancy in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles that church leaders will address.