Overview
- Elder Clark G. Gilbert, 55, was called on Feb. 11 and ordained on Feb. 12 by President Dallin H. Oaks and other senior leaders, the Church announced.
- He fills the seat left by Apostle Jeffrey R. Holland’s Dec. 27 death, returning the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles to 12 members in a lifetime role.
- Gilbert previously served as CES commissioner and a General Authority Seventy and earlier led BYU–Idaho, founded BYU–Pathway Worldwide, and headed Deseret News and Deseret Digital Media.
- Initial reaction includes criticism from some BYU faculty and online communities citing his oversight style and emphasis on doctrinal orthodoxy during his CES tenure, according to Newsweek and the Salt Lake Tribune.
- In his first public outreach as an apostle, Gilbert posted a video message to young adults stressing faith in Jesus Christ as a source of peace in anxious times, and he later detailed the timing of his call in a Deseret News interview.