New Delhi, Dec. 27 -- Jeffrey Roy Holland, a senior leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), educator and former president of Brigham Young University (BYU), died on December 27, 2025. He was 85.

The LDS Church announced on X that Holland died from complications related to kidney disease, surrounded by family.

"My total responsibility . is to bear witness of the Lord Jesus Christ," Holland said hours after he was called to be an Apostle in 1994. "As inadequate as I feel, it is the most pleasant and most rewarding and most thrilling assignment a man can have in this world."

Holland had served as President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles since October 14, 2025, one of the highest governing positions in...