Joseph L. Wirthlin

Joseph L. Wirthlin


Presiding Bishop
April 6, 1952 (1952-04-06) – September 30, 1961 (1961-09-30)
End reason	Honorably released

First Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric
December 12, 1946 (1946-12-12) – April 6, 1952 (1952-04-06)
End reason	Reorganization (LeGrand Richards called to Quorum of the Twelve)

Second Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric
April 6, 1938 (1938-04-06) – December 12, 1946 (1946-12-12)
End reason	Called as First Counselor in Presiding Bishopric

Personal details
Born	Joseph Leopold Wirthlin (1893-08-14)August 14, 1893 Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, United States
Died	January 25, 1963(1963-01-25) (aged 69) St. George, Utah, United States

Joseph Leopold Wirthlin (August 14, 1893 – January 25, 1963) was the eighth presiding bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

Wirthlin was born in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory. He served as a missionary in the church's Swiss–German Mission in 1913 and 1914. He served as bishop of the Salt Lake 33rd Ward in the Liberty Stake from 1928 to 1935. On October 27, 1935 the Liberty Stake was split and the Bonneville Stake was organized with Wirthlin as its first president.^[1] He was set apart by Joseph Fielding Smith.

Wirthlin became a general authority in 1938 when he was called as a counselor to LeGrand Richards in the presiding bishopric. In 1952, LDS Church president David O. McKay called Wirthlin to be the church's eighth presiding bishop. Wirthlin called Thorpe B. Isaacson and Carl W. Buehner as his counselors. Wirthlin and his counselors served until 1961.

Wirthlin and his wife, Madeline Bitner, were the parents of five children, including Joseph B. Wirthlin, who served as a member of the church's Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Their other children were Judith Wirthlin Parker, Gwendolyn Wirthlin McConkie, Richard B. Wirthlin, a former general authority, and David Bitner Wirthlin, a former president of the church's Nauvoo Illinois Temple.

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints titles
Preceded by LeGrand Richards	Presiding Bishop April 6, 1952 – September 30, 1961	Succeeded by John H. Vandenburg
Preceded by Marvin O. Ashton	First Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric December 12, 1946 – April 6, 1952	Succeeded by Thorpe B. Isaacson
Preceded by John Wells	Second Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric April 6, 1938 – December 12, 1946	Succeeded by Thorpe B. Isaacson

Members of the Presiding Bishopric of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Presiding Bishops	Partridge (1831–40) Whitney (1847–50) Hunter (1851–83) Preston (1884–1907) Nibley (1907–25) Cannon (1925–38) Richards (1938–52) Wirthlin (1952–61) Vandenberg (1961–72) Brown (1972–85) Hales (1985–94) Bateman (1994–95) H.D. Burton (1995–2012) Stevenson (2012–15) Caussé (2015–)

First Counselors	Morley (1831–40) G. Miller (1844–46) Hardy (1856–84) R.T. Burton (1884–1907) O.P. Miller (1907–18) Smith (1918–38) Ashton (1938–46) Wirthlin (1946–52) Isaacson (1952–61) Simpson (1961–72) Peterson (1972–85) Eyring (1985–92) H.D. Burton (1992–95) Edgley (1995–2012) Caussé (2012–15) Davies (2015–)

Second Counselors	Corrill (1831–37) Billings (1837–40) Little (1856–74) R.T. Burton (1874–83) Cannon (1884–86) Winder (1887–1901) O.P. Miller (1901–07) Smith (1907–18) Wells (1918–38) Wirthlin (1938–46) Isaacson (1946–52) Buehner (1952–61) Brown (1961–72) Featherstone (1972–76) Clarke (1976–85) Pace (1985–92) Edgley (1992–95) McMullin (1995–2012) Davies (2012–15) Waddell (2015–)

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