First Presidency

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governing council leadership body religious organization office

The First Presidency is the highest governing council and chief leadership body of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, typically composed of the church president and his counselors.

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All labels observed (16)

Label	Occurrences
First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	5
First Presidency canonical	4
First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	4
President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	3
Counselor in the First Presidency	2
First Presidency (LDS Church)	2
First Counselor in the First Presidency	1
First Counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	1
First Counselor in the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	1
First Counselor in the First Presidency of the LDS Church	1
First Presidency (Latter Day Saint movement)	1
First Presidency (early Latter Day Saint movement)	1
First Presidency of the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)	1
First Presidency of the LDS Church	1
President of the Church	1
President of the Church and his counselors	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5296718 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: First Presidency
Context triple: [Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, governingBody, First Presidency]

A. First Presidency
The First Presidency is the highest executive leadership council of the Community of Christ, responsible for providing spiritual direction and administrative oversight for the denomination.
B. President of the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)
The President of the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints) is the founding prophetic and administrative leader of the early Latter Day Saint movement established by Joseph Smith in 1830.
C. Presiding Bishop
The Presiding Bishop is the highest-ranking spiritual and administrative leader of the Church of God in Christ, overseeing its global ministries and governance.
D. Presiding Bishop
The Presiding Bishop is the chief pastor and primate who provides spiritual and administrative leadership for The Episcopal Church.
E. Brigham Young
Brigham Young was a 19th-century American religious leader who led the Latter-day Saints to the American West and served as the second president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: First Presidency
Target entity description: The First Presidency is the highest governing council and chief leadership body of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, typically composed of the church president and his counselors.

A. First Presidency
The First Presidency is the highest executive leadership council of the Community of Christ, responsible for providing spiritual direction and administrative oversight for the denomination.
B. President of the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)
The President of the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints) is the founding prophetic and administrative leader of the early Latter Day Saint movement established by Joseph Smith in 1830.
C. Presiding Bishop
The Presiding Bishop is the highest-ranking spiritual and administrative leader of the Church of God in Christ, overseeing its global ministries and governance.
D. Presiding Bishop
The Presiding Bishop is the chief pastor and primate who provides spiritual and administrative leadership for The Episcopal Church.
E. Brigham Young
Brigham Young was a 19th-century American religious leader who led the Latter-day Saints to the American West and served as the second president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	governing council ⓘ leadership body ⓘ religious organization office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ linked to: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
composition	President of the Church and his counselors ⓘ linked to: First Presidency
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
dateOfEstablishment	1832 ⓘ
denomination	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ linked to: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
doctrineStatus	presiding high council of the Church ⓘ
foundedIn	Kirtland, Ohio, United States ⓘ linked to: Kirtland, Ohio
founder	Joseph Smith ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	administrative matters in the Church ⓘ doctrinal matters in the Church ⓘ policy decisions in the Church ⓘ
hasMemberRank	apostle ⓘ
hasPart	First Counselor in the First Presidency ⓘ linked to: First Presidency President of the Church ⓘ Second Counselor in the First Presidency ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Salt Lake City, Utah, United States ⓘ linked to: Salt Lake City
hierarchicalLevel	highest governing council ⓘ
influences	global policies of the Church ⓘ
issues	letters and directives to Church leaders ⓘ official statements and proclamations ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
leaderTitle	Counselor in the First Presidency ⓘ President of the Church ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Salt Lake County ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America Utah ⓘ
meetingPlace	Church Administration Building ⓘ linked to: Church Office Building The Church Office Building ⓘ linked to: Church Office Building
memberOf	general authorities of the Church ⓘ
oversees	Quorum of the Twelve Apostles ⓘ linked to: Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church) general auxiliary organizations of the Church ⓘ worldwide administration of the Church ⓘ
parentOrganization	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ linked to: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
partOf	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ linked to: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
publicAddressesVenue	general conference of the Church ⓘ
religion	Latter-day Saint movement ⓘ linked to: Latter-day Saint movement churches
role	chief leadership body of the Church ⓘ ultimate decision-making council in the Church ⓘ
selectionProcess	President chooses counselors, subject to sustaining vote ⓘ
significantEvent	reorganization after the death of each Church president ⓘ
subsidiary	Quorum of the Twelve Apostles ⓘ linked to: Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church)
successionPrinciple	on death of the president, the First Presidency is dissolved ⓘ senior apostle typically becomes next president ⓘ
sustainedBy	general membership of the Church ⓘ
tradition	members are usually apostles ⓘ
typicalNumberOfMembers	3 ⓘ

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Referenced by (30)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints → governingBody → First Presidency ⓘ

Salt Lake Temple → governingBody → First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ

linked to: First Presidency

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints general conference → keySpeaker → President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ

linked to: First Presidency

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints general conference → governedBy → First Presidency ⓘ

Hyrum Smith → memberOf → First Presidency (Latter Day Saint movement) ⓘ

linked to: First Presidency

Church of the Latter Day Saints → hasLeaderTitle → First Presidency ⓘ

Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church) → subordinateTo → First Presidency (LDS Church) ⓘ

linked to: First Presidency

First Presidency → hasPart → First Counselor in the First Presidency ⓘ

linked to: First Presidency

First Presidency → composition → President of the Church and his counselors ⓘ

linked to: First Presidency

Relief Society → reportsTo → First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ

linked to: First Presidency

Heber C. Kimball → positionHeld → First Counselor in the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ

linked to: First Presidency

LDS Church headquarters → housesOfficeOf → First Presidency of the LDS Church ⓘ

linked to: First Presidency

Lorenzo Snow → office → President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ

linked to: First Presidency

George Q. Cannon → positionHeld → First Counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ

linked to: First Presidency

Henry B. Eyring → memberOf → First Presidency (LDS Church) ⓘ

linked to: First Presidency

Henry B. Eyring → religiousTitle → Counselor in the First Presidency ⓘ

linked to: First Presidency

Temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints → governedBy → First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ

linked to: First Presidency

Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (early Latter Day Saint movement) → subordinateTo → First Presidency (early Latter Day Saint movement) ⓘ

linked to: First Presidency

Sidney Rigdon → memberOf → First Presidency of the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints) ⓘ

linked to: First Presidency

Church Historian and Recorder → appointedBy → First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ

linked to: First Presidency

Church Historian and Recorder → reportsTo → First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ

linked to: First Presidency

LDS Church leadership → hasComponent → First Presidency ⓘ

LDS Church leadership → includesRole → President of the Church ⓘ

linked to: First Presidency

LDS Church leadership → includesRole → Counselor in the First Presidency ⓘ

linked to: First Presidency

Joseph F. Smith → positionHeld → President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ

linked to: First Presidency

Joseph F. Smith → affiliation → First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ

linked to: First Presidency

Heber C. Kimball → positionHeld → First Counselor in the First Presidency of the LDS Church ⓘ

subject linked to: Kimball

linked to: First Presidency

Jedediah Morgan Grant → memberOf → First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ

linked to: First Presidency

Church Educational System of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints → supervisedBy → First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ

linked to: First Presidency

Board of Trustees of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints → subjectTo → First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ

linked to: First Presidency

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