Joseph L. Wirthlin
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Joseph Leopold Wirthlin (14 August 1893 – 25 January 1965) was a General Authority and the eighth Presiding Bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Wirthlin became a General Authority in 1938, when he was called as a counselor to Presiding Bishop LeGrand Richards. In 1952 Church President David O. McKay called Wirthlin to be the ninth Presiding Bishop in Church history. Wirthlin served in this calling until he was honorably released in 1961.
Wirthlin and his wife Madeline Bitner are the parents of Joseph B. Wirthlin, a current member of the Church's Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and Richard B. Wirthlin, another General Authority of the Church.
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| Preceded by LeGrand Richards |
Presiding Bishop, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1952—1961 |
Succeeded by John H. Vandenburg |
