Church leaders who serve in a general or Church-wide capacity, including members of the First Presidency, Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, the Quorums of the Seventy, and Presiding Bishopric.
In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a general authority is a member of a select body of approximately 100 men with administrative and ecclesiastical authority in the church. A general authority's responsibility is church wide, in contrast to the responsibility of a local authority, which relates to a particular area, unit, or department of the church. However, not all church leaders with church-wide jurisdiction in the church are considered general authorities.