Dallin H. Oaks Official Portrait 2018
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Dallin Harris Oaks
12 Aug 1932
Provo, Utah, United States
Calling(s)
TitleFirst Counselor
OrganizationFirst Presidency
Call Date14 Jan 2018
Calling(s)
TitlePresident
OrganizationQuorum of the Twelve Apostles
Call Date14 Jan 2018
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Dallin H. Oaks was sustained and set apart as first counselor in the First Presidency and president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Sunday, January 14, 2018.

How do you #HearHim? President Dallin H. Oaks says that the Lord can bless us and bless others if we #HearHim.
Elder Dallin H. Oaks bears his testimony about the sacrament.
The official portrait of Dallin H. Oaks. 2018.
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Dallin H. Oaks: Biography
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Dallin H. Oaks: Biography
Dallin H. Oaks: Biography
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General Conference. 2013 April
Dallin H. Oaks: Becket Fund Reception
England: Dallin H. Oaks
England: Dallin H. Oaks
England: Dallin H. Oaks
Dallin H. Oaks Official Portrait 2018
Dallin H. Oaks smiles as he sits in an audience at Brigham Young University (BYU). September 13, 2016.
President Dallin H. Oaks of the First Presidency receives the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday, January 19, 2021, in Salt Lake City.
Eight senior leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints received the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday morning in Salt Lake City. These leaders qualify for the vaccine in Utah because they are over the age of 70. Health care workers, first responders and other high-priority recipients in the state had the opportunity to be vaccinated in recent weeks. Pictured here are President Russell M. Nelson and his wife, Wendy, and President Dallin H. Oaks and his wife, Kristen.
President Dallin H. Oaks of the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints speaks to students in the Marriott Center at Brigham Young University on October 27, 2020.
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Apostle Dallin H Oaks - Q & A
North Carolina: Dallin H. Oaks
North Carolina: Dallin H. Oaks
North Carolina: Dallin H. Oaks
North Carolina: Dallin H. Oaks
Dallin H. Oaks attends the Tuxtla Gutierrez stake conference in Mexico in February 2016.
Dallin H. Oaks attends the Tuxtla Gutierrez stake conference in Mexico in February 2016.
President Dallin H. Oaks of the First Presidency stands with Ruth Todd, emcee for the Freedom Awards Gala, an event of America’s Freedom Festival at Provo, Utah, a local nonprofit, on Thursday, July 1, 2021. He received the award for his lifelong work to promote the values of God, family, freedom and country.
President Dallin H. Oaks of the First Presidency at the Freedom Awards Gala, an event of America’s Freedom Festival at Provo, Utah, on July 1, 2021.
President Dallin H. Oaks and Rick Turley sit together in President Oaks' office.
Dallin H. Oaks visits the United Kingdom Parliament in Westminster, London, United Kingdom.
Dallin H. Oaks visits the United Kingdom Parliament in Westminster, London, United Kingdom.
Dallin H. Oaks visits the United Kingdom Parliament in Westminster, London, United Kingdom.
Dallin H. Oaks meets with church members in Panama in October 2016.
Face to Face event with President and Sister Oaks
Dallin H. Oaks: Family Portrait
Dallin H. Oaks: Family Portrait
Peru: Dallin H. Oaks
Peru: Dallin H. Oaks
Peru: Dallin H. Oaks
Peru: Dallin H. Oaks
Colombia: Dallin H. Oaks
Colombia: Dallin H. Oaks
Colombia: Dallin H. Oaks
Colombia: Dallin H. Oaks
Colombia: Dallin H. Oaks
Dallin H. Oaks and Kristen M. Oaks in Virginia
Dallin H. Oaks Greets People
Dallin H. Oaks Lecture in Virginia
Dallin H. Oaks and Kristen Oaks: Oakland (California) Temple
Dallin H. Oak Speaking with North Carolina Resident
Dallin H. Oaks Greets People
Dallin H. Oaks at the Japan nationwide member devotional in May 2017.
Dallin H. Oaks visits the Brazil Porto Alegre South PLC in June 2017.
Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit
Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit
Samoan Prime Minister Meets with Members of the First Presidency of the Church
All the members of the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles are seated or standing with the Christus Statue and statues of the Original Twelve at the Visitors' Center in Rome, Italy.  Front Left to Right: Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Jeffrey R. Holland, M. Russell Ballard, Dallin H. Oaks, Russell M. Nelson, Henry B. Eyring, David A. Bednar, Quentin L. Cook, D. Todd Christofferson, Gary E. Stevenson, Ronald A. Rasband, Neil L. Andersen, Dale G. Renlund, Gerrit W. Gong, Ulisses Soares

Personal Life

Elder Oaks is a native of Provo, Utah, and was born August 12, 1932. He and his late wife, June Dixon Oaks, are the parents of six children. She died July 21, 1998. On August 25, 2000, he married Kristen M. McMain in the Salt Lake Temple.

He is a graduate of Brigham Young University (1954) and of the University of Chicago Law School (1957). He practiced law and taught law in Chicago. He was president of Brigham Young University from 1971 to 1980, and a justice of the Utah Supreme Court from 1980 until his resignation in 1984 to accept his calling to the apostleship.

Professional Life

Elder Oaks has been an officer or member of the board of many business, educational, and charitable organizations. He is the author or co-author of many books and articles on religious and legal subjects. In May 2013, the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty awarded him the Canterbury Medal for “courage in the defense of religious liberty.”