The presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) is almost certain to go to someone regarded as considerably to the right of President Russell Nelson, who died Saturday at age 101.
Although the process to select the 18th LDS president and spiritual leader of 17 million Mormons worldwide is a spiritual one involving consultation among the governing board of the church known as the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, tradition holds that the next-senior Apostle becomes president-prophet.
That means Dallin Oaks, 93 — past president of Church-owned Brigham Young University, onetime Reagan administration official, former Utah Supreme Court justice, ex-professor at the University of Chicago Law School, and an unabashed conservative Republican.
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