(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) President Dallin H. Oaks and President Henry B. Eyring arrive at General Conference in April 2024. All eyes will be on Oaks in coming days as he is expected to become the church's 18th president. In the 20th and 21st centuries, no new president was announced before the funeral of the previous president. Apostle Jeffrey R. Holland was serving as acting president of the Quorum of the Twelve, making him the most senior after Oaks. “The two of them work well together, they have a lot of overlap (both were educators and both were presidents of Brigham Young University).