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The Church Educational System (CES) of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) consists of several institutions that provide religious and secular education for both Latter-day Saint and non-Latter-day Saint elementary, secondary, and post-secondary students and adult learners. Approximately 1.2 million individuals were enrolled in CES programs in approximately 135 countries during the 2003–2004 school year.






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The Church Educational System (CES) of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) consists of several institutions that provide religious and secular education for both Latter-day Saint and non-Latter-day Saint elementary, secondary, and post-secondary students and adult learners. Approximately 1.2 million individuals were enrolled in CES programs in approximately 135 countries during the 2003–2004 school year. CES courses of study are separate and distinct from religious instruction provided through LDS Church congregations. Paul V. Johnson
Paul V. Johnson

Paul Vere Johnson has been the sixteenth Commissioner of Church Education of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since August 2008 and a general authority of the church since 2005....
, of the First Quorum of Seventy, has been the Commissioner of the Church Educational System since August 1, 2008.

Seminaries and Institutes of Religion


Seminaries

Religious education
Religious education

In secular usage, religious education is the teaching of a particular religion and its varied aspects —its beliefs, doctrines, rituals, customs, rites, and personal roles....
 programs designed for secondary students are called “seminaries." In areas with large concentrations of Latter-day Saints such as Arizona
Arizona

The State of Arizona is a U.S. state located in the Southwestern United States of the United States. The capital and largest city is Phoenix, Arizona....
, Colorado
Colorado

The State of Colorado is a U.S. state located in the Mountain States of the United States of America. Colorado may also be considered to be a part of the Western United States and Southwestern United States regions of the United States....
, Idaho
Idaho

The State of Idaho is a U.S. state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States of America. The state's largest city and Capital is Boise, Idaho....
, Nevada
Nevada

Nevada is a U.S. state located in the Western United States of the United States of America. The capital is Carson City and the largest city is Las Vegas, Nevada....
, New Mexico
New Mexico

New Mexico is a U. S. State located in the Southwestern United States of the United States. Inhabited by Native Americans in the United States populations for many centuries, it has also has been part of the Spanish Empire viceroyalty of New Spain, part of Mexico, and a U.S....
, Oregon
Oregon

Oregon is a U.S. state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The area was inhabited by many indigenous tribes before the arrival of traders, explorers and settlers....
, Utah
Utah

The State of Utah is a western United States U.S. state of the United States. It was the List of U.S. states by date of statehood admitted to the United States on January 4, 1896....
, Washington
Washington

Washington is a U.S. state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Washington was carved out of the western part of Washington Territory which had been ceded by Britain in 1846 by the Oregon Treaty as settlement of the Oregon Boundary Dispute....
, and Wyoming
Wyoming

The State of Wyoming is a sparsely populated U.S. state in the Northwestern United States of the United States. The majority of the state is dominated by the mountain ranges and rangelands of the Rocky Mountains, while the easternmost section of the state is a high altitude prairie region known as the High Plains ....
 in the United States, and in some places in Alberta
Alberta

Alberta is one of Canada Canadian Prairies Provinces and territories of Canada. It became a province on September 1, 1905.Alberta is located in western Canada, bounded by the provinces of British Columbia to the west and Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Territories to the north, and the U.S....
, Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
, instruction is offered on a released time
Released Time

Released Time is a concept used in the United States Education in the United States system wherein pupils enrolled in the public schools are permitted by law to receive religious instruction....
 basis during the normal school day in meetinghouses, or facilities built specifically for seminary programs, adjacent to public schools. Released-time seminary classes are generally taught by full-time employees. In areas with smaller LDS populations early-morning or home-study seminary programs are offered. Early-morning seminary classes are held daily before the normal school day in private homes or in meetinghouses and are taught by volunteer teachers. Home-study seminary classes are offered where geographic dispersion of students is so great that it is not feasible to meet on a daily basis. Home study seminary students study daily, but meet only once a week as a class. Home study classes are usually held in connection with weekly youth fellowship activities on a weekday evening.

The first seminary was established in 1912 adjacent to Granite High School in Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah

Salt Lake City is the Capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC....
, under the supervision of Joseph F. Merrill
Joseph F. Merrill

Joseph Francis Merrill was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from October 8, 1931 until his death....
. Thomas J. Yates
Thomas J. Yates

Thomas J. Yates was the first Church Educational System#Seminaries teacher in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In 1912 the first released-time seminary classes met in a building adjacent to Granite High School in Salt Lake City, Utah....
 was the first seminary teacher.

Institutes of Religion

Religious education
Religious education

In secular usage, religious education is the teaching of a particular religion and its varied aspects —its beliefs, doctrines, rituals, customs, rites, and personal roles....
 is also provided for students who enroll in post-secondary education, or those of student age, through institutes of religion
Institute of Religion

Institutes of Religion provide religious educational classes for young single adult and university students who belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints....
. Many colleges throughout the United States either have institute buildings or active programs near their campuses. Institute classes are offered in leased or owned facilities adjacent to institutions of higher education
Higher education

Higher education refers to a level of education that is provided by university, vocational university, community colleges, liberal arts colleges, Institute of technology and other collegiate level institutions, such as Vocational school, trade schools and career colleges, that award academic degrees or professional certifications....
. Institute buildings are designed to provide a place for institute students to congregate and socialize. The first Institute of Religion was established in Moscow, Idaho adjacent to the University of Idaho
University of Idaho

The University of Idaho is Idaho's flagship and oldest public university, located in the rural city of Moscow, Idaho in Latah County, Idaho. It is the state's land-grant university and primary research university....
. Currently the largest Institute of Religion enrollment is found at the University of Utah
University of Utah

The University of Utah is a public university research university in Salt Lake City, Utah. One of ten institutions that make up the Utah System of Higher Education and Utah's premier research school currently enrolls 21,526 undergraduate and 6,684 graduate student students and has 1,419 regular Faculty members....
 in Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City, Utah

Salt Lake City is the Capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC....
, Utah
Utah

The State of Utah is a western United States U.S. state of the United States. It was the List of U.S. states by date of statehood admitted to the United States on January 4, 1896....
. The largest Institute enrollment outside of the state of Utah is found at Idaho State University
Idaho State University

Idaho State University is a public university operated by Idaho. Its main campus is in Pocatello, Idaho with outreach programs in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, Idaho Falls, Idaho, Boise, Idaho, and Twin Falls, Idaho....
 in Pocatello
Pocatello, Idaho

Pocatello is the county seat and largest city of Bannock County, Idaho, with a small portion on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation in neighboring Power County, Idaho, in the southeastern part of the U.S....
, Idaho
Idaho

The State of Idaho is a U.S. state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States of America. The state's largest city and Capital is Boise, Idaho....
.

Elementary, secondary, and higher education

CES institutions that provide secular education, in addition to religious education, include elementary
Primary education

A primary school is an institution where children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as Primary education. Primary school is the preferred term in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth of Nations, and in most publications of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ....
 and secondary schools in Mexico
Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
 and in the Pacific Islands
Pacific Islands

The Pacific Ocean contains an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 islands . Those islands lying south of the tropic of Cancer but excluding Australia are traditionally grouped into three divisions: Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia....
, Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University , located in Provo, Utah, United States, is a Private education, coeducational research university owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ....
, Brigham Young University–Idaho, Brigham Young University-Hawaii, and LDS Business College
LDS Business College

LDS Business College is a two-year college in Salt Lake City, Utah, focused on training students in business and industry. The college is owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and operates under the Church Educational System or CES and is associated with the Brigham Young University system of universities--Brigham Young Un...
.

Elementary and secondary schools

  • Mexico
    • Academia Juárez
      Academia Juárez

      Begun in 1897, Academia Ju?rez is run under the direction of Church Educational System of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and is an accredited high school in both the Mexico and the United States....
    • Preparatoria Benemérito de las Américas
  • Pacific Islands
    • Moroni High School (Kiribati
      Kiribati

      Kiribati , officially the Republic of Kiribati, is an island nation located in the central tropical Pacific Ocean. It is composed of List of islands belonging to Kiribati and one Tectonic uplift island, dispersed over 3,500,000 square kilometres, straddling the equator, and bordering the International Date Line to the east....
      )
    • Church College of New Zealand
      Church College of New Zealand

      Church College of New Zealand is a private secondary school in Hamilton, New Zealand, New Zealand, that is operated by the Church Educational System of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ....
       (New Zealand
      New Zealand

      New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
      ) (to be closed in November 2009)
    • LDS Primary School (Fiji
      Fiji

      Fiji , officially the Republic of the Fiji Islands , is an island nation in the South Pacific Ocean east of Vanuatu, west of Tonga and south of Tuvalu....
      )
    • LDS Church College (Fiji
      Fiji

      Fiji , officially the Republic of the Fiji Islands , is an island nation in the South Pacific Ocean east of Vanuatu, west of Tonga and south of Tuvalu....
      )
    • Church College of Western Samoa (Samoa
      Samoa

      Samoa , officially the Independent State of Samoa , is a country governing the western part of the Samoan Islands archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean....
      )
    • Sanuniatu Primary School (Samoa
      Samoa

      Samoa , officially the Independent State of Samoa , is a country governing the western part of the Samoan Islands archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean....
      )
    • Vaiola (Fusi) Primary School (Samoa
      Samoa

      Samoa , officially the Independent State of Samoa , is a country governing the western part of the Samoan Islands archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean....
      )
    • Church College of Savaii (Samoa
      Samoa

      Samoa , officially the Independent State of Samoa , is a country governing the western part of the Samoan Islands archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean....
      )
    • (Tonga
      Tonga

      The Kingdom of Tonga in the south Pacific Ocean comprises an archipelago of 171 islands, 48 of them inhabited, stretching over a distance of about 800 kilometres in a north-south line....
      )
    • Saineha High School (Tonga
      Tonga

      The Kingdom of Tonga in the south Pacific Ocean comprises an archipelago of 171 islands, 48 of them inhabited, stretching over a distance of about 800 kilometres in a north-south line....
      )
    • Liahona Middle School (Tonga
      Tonga

      The Kingdom of Tonga in the south Pacific Ocean comprises an archipelago of 171 islands, 48 of them inhabited, stretching over a distance of about 800 kilometres in a north-south line....
      )
    • E'Ua Middle School (Tonga
      Tonga

      The Kingdom of Tonga in the south Pacific Ocean comprises an archipelago of 171 islands, 48 of them inhabited, stretching over a distance of about 800 kilometres in a north-south line....
      )
    • Havelu Middle School (Tonga
      Tonga

      The Kingdom of Tonga in the south Pacific Ocean comprises an archipelago of 171 islands, 48 of them inhabited, stretching over a distance of about 800 kilometres in a north-south line....
      )
    • Saineha Middle School (Tonga
      Tonga

      The Kingdom of Tonga in the south Pacific Ocean comprises an archipelago of 171 islands, 48 of them inhabited, stretching over a distance of about 800 kilometres in a north-south line....
      )
    • Pangai Middle School (Tonga
      Tonga

      The Kingdom of Tonga in the south Pacific Ocean comprises an archipelago of 171 islands, 48 of them inhabited, stretching over a distance of about 800 kilometres in a north-south line....
      )
    • Pakilau Middle School (Tonga
      Tonga

      The Kingdom of Tonga in the south Pacific Ocean comprises an archipelago of 171 islands, 48 of them inhabited, stretching over a distance of about 800 kilometres in a north-south line....
      )


Higher education

  • Brigham Young University
    Brigham Young University

    Brigham Young University , located in Provo, Utah, United States, is a Private education, coeducational research university owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ....
    , Provo, Utah
    Provo, Utah

    Provo is a city in and the county seat of Utah County, Utah, Utah, United States, located about south of Salt Lake City, Utah along the Wasatch Front....
  • Brigham Young University Hawaii
    Brigham Young University Hawaii

    Brigham Young University Hawaii is a private, undergraduate co-educational university in the La'ie, Hawai'i community of the City and County of Honolulu in Hawaii, United States on the windward coast of the island of Oahu that educates approximately 2,400 students from Asia, the Pacific islands, the U.S., and other parts of the world, repre...
    , La'ie, Hawai'i
    La'ie, Hawai'i

    Laie is a community and a census-designated place located in the Koolauloa District on the Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii. In Hawaiian language, laie means "ie leaf" ....
  • Brigham Young University–Idaho, Rexburg, Idaho
    Rexburg, Idaho

    Rexburg is a city in Madison County, Idaho, Idaho, in the United States. As of the 2000 census , the city population was 17,257. The city is the county seat of Madison County, Idaho....
  • LDS Business College
    LDS Business College

    LDS Business College is a two-year college in Salt Lake City, Utah, focused on training students in business and industry. The college is owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and operates under the Church Educational System or CES and is associated with the Brigham Young University system of universities--Brigham Young Un...
    , Salt Lake City, Utah
    Salt Lake City, Utah

    Salt Lake City is the Capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC....


History

After the emigration to and settlement of the mountain west areas of the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, the LDS Church set up a number of "stake academies", which mainly provided secondary education due to the lack of public schools in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. A few of these academies eventually evolved into colleges or universities. Most, however, were closed with the emergence of public school districts. These included:
  • Bannock Stake Academy
    Brigham Young University-Idaho

    Brigham Young University?Idaho is a four-year private college owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints located in Rexburg, Idaho, USA....
  • St. Joseph Stake Academy
    Eastern Arizona College

    Eastern Arizona College , is an Arizona community college located in Graham County, Arizona. The main campus is in Thatcher, Arizona, with satellite locations in Gila County, Arizona, and Greenlee County, Arizona....
  • St. George Stake Academy
    Dixie State College of Utah

    Dixie State College of Utah is a college located in St. George, Utah. The institution was started by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on September 19, 1911, under the name "St....
  • Brigham Young University
  • Cassia Stake Academy
  • Oneida Stake Academy


The LDS Church also established formal colleges and universities:
  • University of Deseret
    University of Utah

    The University of Utah is a public university research university in Salt Lake City, Utah. One of ten institutions that make up the Utah System of Higher Education and Utah's premier research school currently enrolls 21,526 undergraduate and 6,684 graduate student students and has 1,419 regular Faculty members....
  • Brigham Young College
    Brigham Young College

    Brigham Young College was a college and high school in Logan, Utah, Utah. It was founded by Brigham Young on 6 August 1877, 23 days before he died....
     in Logan, Utah
    Logan, Utah

    Logan is a city in Cache County, Utah, Utah, in the United States. As of the United States Census, 2000, the city population was 42,670, a substantial increase over the 1990 figure of 32,771....
  • Latter-day Saints' University


General administration


Church Board of Education and Boards of Trustees

Boards of Trustees/Education Thomas S. Monson
Thomas S. Monson

Thomas Spencer Monson is the 16th and current President of the Church of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . As president of the church, adherents consider him a prophet, seer, and revelator of God's will on earth....

Henry B. Eyring
Henry B. Eyring

Henry Bennion Eyring is an American educational administrator and religious leader who is First Counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ....

Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Dieter Friedrich Uchtdorf , a former Germany aviator and airline executive, is the Second Counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ....

Russell M. Nelson
Russell M. Nelson

Russell Marion Nelson is a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles , one of the governing bodies of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ....

M. Russell Ballard
M. Russell Ballard

Melvin Russell Ballard, Jr. is an United States businessman and a religious leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was called to serve in the church's Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1985....

David A. Bednar
David A. Bednar

David Allan Bednar is a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints .Bednar was Common consent as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve on October 2, 2004, the youngest man named to that body since Dallin H....

Steven E. Snow
Steven E. Snow

Steven E. Snow has been a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since 2001.Snow was born in St. George, Utah, Utah into a Latter-day Saint family....

Julie B. Beck
Julie B. Beck

Julie Bangerter Beck has been the general president of the Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since 31 March 2007....

Elaine S. Dalton
Elaine S. Dalton

Elaine Schwartz Dalton has been the thirteenth president of the Young Women of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since April 2008....



Office of the Commissioner of Church Education

Commissioner, Church Educational System Paul V. Johnson
Paul V. Johnson

Paul Vere Johnson has been the sixteenth Commissioner of Church Education of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since August 2008 and a general authority of the church since 2005....
Assistant to the Commissioner and Secretary to the Boards Roger G. Christensen
Roger G. Christensen

Roger G. Christensen is a high-level executive within The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He is an administrator within the Church Educational System and serves as secretary to the board of the church's educational system, which includes Brigham Young University, Brigham Young University?Idaho, and Brigham Young University Hawaii...


Presidents / Administrator of individual CES units

President / Administrator CES Unit Location
Cecil O. Samuelson, Jr. Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University , located in Provo, Utah, United States, is a Private education, coeducational research university owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ....
 Provo, Utah
Provo, Utah

Provo is a city in and the county seat of Utah County, Utah, Utah, United States, located about south of Salt Lake City, Utah along the Wasatch Front....
Kim B. Clark
Kim B. Clark

Kim B. Clark is President of Brigham Young University?Idaho. Before this appointment in 2005, Clark served as Dean of the Harvard Business School from 1995 to 2005 and as the George F....
 Brigham Young University–Idaho Rexburg, Idaho
Rexburg, Idaho

Rexburg is a city in Madison County, Idaho, Idaho, in the United States. As of the 2000 census , the city population was 17,257. The city is the county seat of Madison County, Idaho....
Steven C. Wheelwright
Steven C. Wheelwright

Steven Charles Wheelwright has been the president of Brigham Young University Hawaii since June 2007. Prior to his current appointment, he was a professor and senior associate dean at Harvard Business School....
 Brigham Young University Hawaii
Brigham Young University Hawaii

Brigham Young University Hawaii is a private, undergraduate co-educational university in the La'ie, Hawai'i community of the City and County of Honolulu in Hawaii, United States on the windward coast of the island of Oahu that educates approximately 2,400 students from Asia, the Pacific islands, the U.S., and other parts of the world, repre...
 Laie, Hawaii
J. Lawrence Richards LDS Business College
LDS Business College

LDS Business College is a two-year college in Salt Lake City, Utah, focused on training students in business and industry. The college is owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and operates under the Church Educational System or CES and is associated with the Brigham Young University system of universities--Brigham Young Un...
 Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah

Salt Lake City is the Capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC....
Chad H Webb Seminaries and Institutes of Religion Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah

Salt Lake City is the Capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC....


Chronology of the Commissioner of Church Education

No. Dates Individual Title
1 1888–1901 Karl G. Maeser
Karl G. Maeser

Karl Gottfried Maeser was a prominent Utah educator and a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . He is most famous for having served 16 years as principal of Brigham Young Academy, now Brigham Young University , where he is seen as the true founder of the institution....
 Superintendent of Church Schools
2 1901–1905 Joseph M. Tanner
Joseph M. Tanner

Joseph Marion Tanner was an American educator and a leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . He has been described as "one of the most gifted teachers and writers in the [LDS] Church in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries"....
 Superintendent of Church Schools
3 1905–1920 Horace H. Cummings
Horace H. Cummings

Horace Hall Cummings was an American educator and a leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints .Born in Provo, Utah, Utah Territory, Cummings attended the University of Utah and taught at a school in Millcreek Township, Utah and at Brigham Young College in Logan, Utah....
 Commissioner of Church Schools
4 1920–1921 David O. McKay
David O. McKay

David Oman McKay was the ninth President of the Church of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , serving from 1951 until his death....
 Commissioner of Church Education
5 1921–1924 John A. Widtsoe
John A. Widtsoe

John Andreas Widtsoe was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1921 until his death....
 Commissioner of Church Education
6 1928–1933 Joseph F. Merrill
Joseph F. Merrill

Joseph Francis Merrill was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from October 8, 1931 until his death....
 Commissioner of Church Education
7 1934–1936 John A. Widtsoe
John A. Widtsoe

John Andreas Widtsoe was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1921 until his death....
 Commissioner of Church Education
8 1936–1953 Franklin L. West
Franklin L. West

Franklin Lorenzo Richards West was an American educator and a leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints .Born and raised in Ogden, Utah, Utah Territory, West was a professor of physics at the Utah Agricultural College, which is today Utah State University....
 Commissioner of Church Education
9 1953–1970 Ernest L. Wilkinson
Ernest L. Wilkinson

Ernest L. Wilkinson was president of Brigham Young University from 1951 to 1971. Previous to becoming president of BYU, Wilkinson had served as a lawyer in Washington and New York....
 Administrator–Chancellor of the Unified Church School System
10 1970–1976 Neal A. Maxwell
Neal A. Maxwell

Neal Ash Maxwell was an Apostle and a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1981 until his death....
 Commissioner of Church Education
11 1976–1980 Jeffrey R. Holland
Jeffrey R. Holland

Jeffrey Roy Holland is a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . As a member of the Quorum of the Twelve, Holland is accepted by the LDS Church as a prophet, seer, and revelator....
 Commissioner of Church Education
12 1980–1986 Henry B. Eyring
Henry B. Eyring

Henry Bennion Eyring is an American educational administrator and religious leader who is First Counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ....
 Commissioner of Church Education
13 1986–1989 J. Elliot Cameron
J. Elliot Cameron

J. Elliot Cameron was an American educator and a leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints .Cameron was born in Panguitch, Utah, Utah....
 Commissioner of Church Education
14 1992–2004 Henry B. Eyring
Henry B. Eyring

Henry Bennion Eyring is an American educational administrator and religious leader who is First Counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ....
 Commissioner of Church Education
15 2005–2008 W. Rolfe Kerr
W. Rolfe Kerr

William Rolfe Kerr is the fifteenth Commissioner of Church Education and an emeritus general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ....
 Commissioner of Church Education
16 2008– Paul V. Johnson
Paul V. Johnson

Paul Vere Johnson has been the sixteenth Commissioner of Church Education of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since August 2008 and a general authority of the church since 2005....
 Commissioner of Church Education


See also

  • LDS Student Association
    LDS Student Association

    LDS Student Association is an organization affiliated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints which offers Latter-day Saint university and college students and others social, religious, and recreational activities....


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