Latter-day Saint Church President Russell M. Nelson turns 99 on 9/9 – Cache Valley Daily

President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints looks at birthday cards sent to him for his 99th birthday in his office at the Church Administration Building in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Friday, September 8, 2023. (Photo: The Church of Jesus Christ of Lattter-day Saints)

SALT LAKE CITY — President Russell M. Nelson, 17th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, turned 99 Sautrday, September 9, 2023.

According to a press release, on Friday, the day before his birthday, President Nelson participated in meetings and other duties in the Church Administration Building on Temple Square in Salt Lake City. He and his wife, Wendy, then met in his office with his children and their spouses and his counselors in the First Presidency, President Dallin H. Oaks and President Henry B. Eyring, and took pictures. His office includes a display of birthday cards and greetings sent from Latter-day Saints and acquaintances.

In the 60 years following his birth in 1924 in Salt Lake City, President Nelson became a husband and father, raised a family of 10 children, and became a world-renowned heart surgeon and medical researcher. He entered full-time Church service as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1984 and was set apart as president of the Church on January 14, 2018.

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