How do you #HearHim? President Dallin H. Oaks says that the Lord can bless us and bless others if we #HearHim.

How I #HearHim: President Dallin H. Oaks

Elder Dallin H. Oaks bears his testimony about the sacrament.

Special Witnesses of Christ – President Dallin H. Oaks

Photograph of Dallin H. Oaks as a boy with his mother and siblings.

Oaks, Dallin H.

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Oaks, Dallin H. 196?

Portrait photograph of Dallin H. Oaks and his family.

Dallin H. Oaks pushing Jenny in a tire swing, 1978.

Dallin H. Oaks: Biography

Oaks, Dallin H. 1984

Dallin H. Oaks

Dallin H. Oaks as Cosmo at the BYU vs Colorado State basketball game, February 24, 1979.

Douglas H. Driggs, Steven V. White, Dallin H. Oaks, Dean William G. Dyer, Frank Fergusen review the model of the School of Management building, October 25, 1979.

Dallin H. Oaks is sworn in as a Justice of the Utah Supreme Court, January 6, 1981.

Dallin H. Oaks speaking at General Conference.

Oaks, Dallin H. 1985

Former official portrait of Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, 1992.  Replaced in 2004.

Elder Dallin H. Oaks

Former official portrait of Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, 2004.  Replaced in 2012.

Images from the April 2013 general conference.

General Conference. 2013 April

Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles speaks with guests at a reception before the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty Canterbury Medal Dinner in New York City, May 16, 2013.

Dallin H. Oaks: Becket Fund Reception

Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles speaks on religious freedom during a lecture at St. John's College at the University of Oxford in England, Thursday, June 9, 2016.

England: Dallin H. Oaks

Elder Dallin H. Oaks, Kristen Oaks, Robert P. George and Baroness Elizabeth Berridge before attending the meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for International Freedom of Religion or Belief in the UK House of Lords in June 2016.

President Dallin H. Oaks and his wife, Kristen, at a religious freedom conference, where President Oaks was the keynote speaker, at St. John's College at the University of Oxford, in England on June 9, 2016.

Official Portrait of President Dallin H. Oaks taken March 2018.

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.

The First Presidency and Apostles Over Age 70 Receive the COVID-19 Vaccine

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. 

Dallin H. Oaks Devotional: Speaking

Apostle Dallin H Oaks

Apostle Dallin H Oaks - Q & A

Apostle Dallin H Oaks - Q &amp; A

President Dallin H. Oaks, first counselor in the First Presidency of the Church, listens to and comforts a young Latter-day Saint as she describes her experience during Hurricane Florence, October 21, 2018.

North Carolina: Dallin H. Oaks

President Dallin H. Oaks, first counselor in the First Presidency of the Church, and his wife, Kristen, meet with and comfort people impacted by Hurricane Florence, October 21, 2018.

President Dallin H. Oaks of the Church’s First Presidency meets with Latter-day Saints in North Carolina, October 21, 2018.

President Dallin H. Oaks, first counselor in the First Presidency of the Church, and his wife, Kristen, speak to Latter-day Saints in North Carolina in the areas damaged by Hurricane Florence, October 21, 2018.

Dallin H. Oaks attends the Tuxtla Gutierrez stake conference in Mexico in February 2016.

Dallin H. Oaks: Mexico Tuxtla Gutierrez Stake Conference

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.

Dallin H. Oak: Freedom Awards Gala

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. 

President Dallin H. Oaks and Rick Turley sit together in President Oaks' office.

Dallin H. Oaks and Rick Turley

Dallin H. Oaks visits the United Kingdom Parliament in Westminster, London, United Kingdom.

Dallin H. Oaks: United Kingdom Parliament

Dallin H. Oaks meets with church members in Panama in October 2016.

Dallin H. Oaks: Panama Familia

Face to Face event with President and Sister Oaks

On February 23, 2020, President and Sister Oaks participated in a Face to Face event for children, youth, parents, and leaders, where they answered questions from around the world focusing on the Children and Youth program.

Dallin H. Oaks: Family Portrait

Elder Dallin H. Oaks greats members of the Lima Peru Villa Maria Stake September 9, 2017.

Peru: Dallin H. Oaks

Elder Dallin H. Oaks visits with youth of the Lima Peru Villa Maria Stake September 10, 2017.

Elder Dallin H. Oaks greats members of the Lima Peru Villa Maria Stake September 10, 2017.

Elder Dallin H. Oaks greets members of the Church in Cali, Colombia September 16, 2017.

Colombia: Dallin H. Oaks

Front from left: Brother and Sister (Unknown) Bishop Gérald Caussé, the Presiding Bishop; Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and his wife Sister Kristen Oaks; Sister Jan Robbins and Elder Lynn G. Robbins of the Presidency of Seventy; Sister Monica Godoy and Elder Carlos A. Godoy of the Seventy. Taken in Cali, Colombia, September 16, 2017.

Elder Dallin H. Oaks and his wife, Kristin, speak at the adult session of a stake conference in Cali, Colombia, on September 15, 2017.

Elder Dallin H. Oaks greets members of the Church in Cali, Colombia September 15, 2017.

Elder Dallin H. Oaks waves to a group of missionaries in Cali Columbia September 15, 2017.

Dallin H. Oaks and Kristen M. Oaks in Virginia

President Dallin H. Oaks and his wife, Kristen, arrive on the University of Virginia campus on Friday, November 12, 2021.

President Dallin H. Oaks of the First Presidency greets audience members in the Dome Room of the Rotunda at the University of Virginia on Friday, November 12, 2021.

Dallin H. Oaks Greets People

President Dallin H. Oaks of the First Presidency delivers the 2021 Joseph Smith Lecture in the Dome Room of the Rotunda at the University of Virginia on Friday, November 12, 2021.

Dallin H. Oaks Lecture in Virginia

President Dallin H. Oaks

你會怎麼#聽祂說？達林·鄔克司會長說：如果我們#聽祂說，主會祝福我們和其他人。

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鄔克司長老是猶他州普柔浮的本地人，於1932年8月12日出生。他和已故的妻子瓊恩·狄克森·鄔克司育有六名子女，瓊恩於1998年7月21日過世。2000年8月25日，他與蔻絲汀·麥克蔓在鹽湖聖殿結婚。鄔克司長老畢業於楊百翰大學（1954年）和芝加哥大學法學院（1957年）。他曾在芝加哥擔任執業律師和教授法律。他在1971年至1980年間擔任楊百翰大學校長，於1980年起擔任猶他州高等法院法官，直到1984年接受使徒的召喚而請辭。

個人生平

鄔克司長老曾在許多企業、教育機構和慈善組織的理事會擔任幹部或委員。他曾撰寫或與人合著許多有關宗教和法律的書籍和文章。2013年5月，Becket Fund for Religious Liberty（貝克特宗教自由基金會）因為他「勇於維護宗教自由」而頒發「Canterbury Medal」（坎特伯雷獎章）給他。

職業生涯

美國，猶他州，普柔浮

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會長

十二使徒定額組

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達林·鄔克司於2018年1月14日星期日，接受支持和按手選派為耶穌基督後期聖徒教會總會會長團第一諮理和十二使徒定額組會長。