LDS Church Leadership

Jeffrey R. Holland, 85, president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and next in line under the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ succession rules to lead the church, died early Saturday in Salt Lake City from complications of kidney disease after being hospitalized over the Christmas holiday. A former president of Brigham Young University known for establishing BYU’s Jerusalem Center and for notable sermons on mental health and church teachings, Holland is survived by three children, 13 grandchildren and several great‑grandchildren; his death creates a vacancy in the Quorum of the Twelve that President Dallin H. Oaks will fill and makes Henry B. Eyring the new next in line.