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((See also|Presiding bishop|Bishop (Latter Day Saints)))
((More citations needed|date=December 2010))

The '''Presiding Bishop''' of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (LDS Church) is a [[Priesthood (Latter Day Saints)|priesthood]] [[Calling (LDS Church)|calling]] with church-wide authority. The Presiding Bishop is the highest leadership position within the church's [[Aaronic priesthood (Latter Day Saints)|Aaronic priesthood]], although most of the work in this area is delegated to the church's [[Young Men organization|Young Men]] general presidency.

==Duties== 
The primary duties<ref>((cite web|last=McMullin|first=Keith B.|title=The Presiding Bishopric|url=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/2005/07/the-presiding-bishopric?lang=eng|publisher=The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, [[Ensign (LDS magazine)|Ensign]], July 2005|access-date=27 March 2013))</ref> of the Presiding Bishopric are to oversee the temporal affairs (buildings, properties, commercial corporations, etc.) of the church and to oversee the [[Bishop (Latter Day Saints)|bishoprics]] of congregations throughout the world. Along with the [[First Presidency (LDS Church)|First Presidency]] and [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church)|Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]], the Presiding Bishopric is a part of the [[Council on the Disposition of the Tithes]], a group that oversees and authorizes the expenditure of all [[tithe|tithing]] funds. The Presiding Bishopric is also responsible for overseeing the church's Aaronic priesthood, although most of the work in this area is delegated to the Young Men general presidency.

The Presiding Bishopric holds the power to join with twelve [[High priest (Latter Day Saints)|high priests]] of the church in convening the [[Common Council of the Church]], the only body of the church which may discipline or remove the [[President of the Church (LDS Church)|President of the Church]] or one of his counselors in the First Presidency. However, the Common Council has only been convened twice in the history of the LDS Church, and only once has it disciplined a First Presidency member, when [[Sidney Rigdon]] was [[Excommunication#The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|excommunicated in absentia]], in 1844.

==History==
===Possible other Presiding Bishop===
According to [[Orson Pratt]] and [[John Taylor (Mormon)|John Taylor]], [[Vinson Knight]] was made the Presiding Bishop, with [[Samuel H. Smith (Latter Day Saints)|Samuel H. Smith]] and [[Shadrach Roundy]] as assistants,<ref name="Quinn">((citation |last=Quinn |first=D. Michael |author-link=D. Michael Quinn |department=I Have a Question |title=After Edward Partridge was called to be a bishop there were others who were called to be bishops. Did the Lord call Bishop Partridge to be a presiding bishop? |magazine=[[Ensign (LDS magazine)|Ensign]] |date=December 1973 |page=32 |url=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1973/12/i-have-a-question/did-the-lord-call-bishop-partridge-to-be-a-presiding-bishop.html?lang=eng))</ref> on January 19, 1841.<ref name=LDSOD1>LDS Church, ((LDS|Doctrine and Covenants|dc|124|141)), [[Doctrine and Covenants]].</ref> However, the LDS Church does not include Vinson Knight in its list of presiding bishops but considers Knight the "third general bishop of the Church."<ref name="Quinn"/>

===Chronology of the Presiding Bishopric===
{| class=wikitable 
|- 
! No.
! Dates
! colspan="2" | Presiding Bishop
! colspan="2" | First Counselor
! colspan="2" | Second Counselor
|-
| 1
| width="230" | February 4, 1831 – May 27, 1840
| width="230" | [[Edward Partridge]]<br>("Bishop")
| width="72"  | [[File:Edward Partridge Sr.gif|70px]]
| width="240" | [[Isaac Morley]]<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;(June 6, 1831 – May 27, 1840)
| width="160" | [[File:Isaac Morley.jpg|70px]]
| width="240" | [[John Corrill]]<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;(June 6, 1831 – August 1, 1837)<br>[[Titus Billings]]<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;(August 1, 1837 – May 27, 1840)
| width="230" | <gallery mode="packed" heights="85px">
                 File:Titus Billings Large.jpg|((center|Billings))
                
</gallery>
|-
|
| May 27, 1840 – October 7, 1844
| colspan="6" | None sustained
|-
|
| October 7, 1844 – April 6, 1847
| [[Newel K. Whitney]]<br>("First Bishop of the Church")
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Newel K. Whitney.jpg|70px]]
| [[Reynolds Cahoon]] <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;(1832–?)<ref name="Van Orden">((cite book|last1=Van Orden|first1=Bruce A.|editor1-last=Winder|editor1-first=Michael K.|title=Presiding bishops|date=2003|publisher=Eborn Books|location=Salt Lake City, Utah|isbn=1890718106|chapter=Newel K. Whitney))</ref>((rp|35)) <br> [[George Miller (Latter Day Saints)|George Miller]]<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;("Second Bishop of the Church")<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;(October 7, 1844 – latter end of 1846)<ref>[[George Miller (Latter Day Saints)|George Miller]] was dropped as "Second Bishop of the Church" prior to 1847 due to apostasy .</ref>
| <gallery mode="packed" heights="85px">
File:Reynolds Cahoon.jpg|((center|Cahoon))
</gallery>
|-
| 2
| April 6, 1847 – September 23, 1850
| [[Newel K. Whitney]]<br>("Presiding Bishop")
| colspan="8" | None 
|-
| 3
| April 7, 1851 – October 16, 1883
| [[Edward Hunter (Mormon)|Edward Hunter]]
| [[File:Edward Hunter.jpg|70px]]
| [[Leonard W. Hardy]]<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;(October 6, 1856 – October 16, 1883)
| [[File:Leonard W. Hardy.jpg|70px]]
| [[Jesse C. Little]]<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;(October 6, 1856 – Summer 1874)<br />[[Robert T. Burton]]<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;(October 9, 1874 – October 16, 1883)
| <gallery mode="packed" heights="85px">
   File:Jesse C. Little.jpg|((center|Little))
   File:Robert T. Burton.jpg|((center|Burton))
  
</gallery>
|-
| 4
| April 6, 1884 – December 4, 1907
| [[William B. Preston (Mormon)|William B. Preston]]
| [[File:William B. Preston.jpg|70px]]
| [[Leonard W. Hardy]]<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;(April 6, 1884 – July 31, 1884)<br>[[Robert T. Burton]]<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;(October 5, 1884 – November 11, 1907)
| <gallery mode="packed" heights="85px">
   File:Leonard W. Hardy.jpg|((center|Hardy))
   File:Robert T. Burton.jpg|((center|Burton))
  
</gallery>
| [[Robert T. Burton]]<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;(April 6, 1884 – October 5, 1884)<br>[[John Q. Cannon]]<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;(October 5, 1884 – September 5, 1886)<br>[[John R. Winder]]<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;(April 8, 1887 – October 17, 1901)<br>[[Orrin P. Miller]]<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;(October 24, 1901 – December 4, 1907)
| <gallery mode="packed" heights="85px">
   File:John Q. Cannon.jpg|((center|Cannon))
   File:John R. Winder.jpg|((center|Winder))
   File:Orrin P. Miller.jpg|((center|Miller))
  
</gallery>
|-
| 5
| December 4, 1907 –  May 28, 1925
| [[Charles W. Nibley]]
| [[File:Charles W. Nibley 1931.JPG|70px]]
| [[Orrin P. Miller]]<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;(December 4, 1907 – July 7, 1918)<br>[[David A. Smith (Mormon)|David A. Smith]]<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;(July 18, 1918 – May 28, 1925)
| <gallery mode="packed" heights="85px">
   File:Orrin P. Miller.jpg|((center|Miller))
   File:David A. Smith (Mormon).jpg|((center|Smith))
  
</gallery>
| [[David A. Smith (Mormon)|David A. Smith]]<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;(December 4, 1907 – July 7, 1918)<br>[[John Wells (Mormon)|John Wells]]<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;(July 18, 1918 – May 28, 1925)
| <gallery mode="packed" heights="85px">
   File:David A. Smith (Mormon).jpg|((center|Smith))
   File:John Wells (Mormon).jpg|((center|Wells))
  
</gallery>
|-
| 6
| June 4, 1925 – April 6, 1938
| [[Sylvester Q. Cannon]]
| [[File:Sylvester Q. Cannon.JPG|70px]]
| [[David A. Smith (Mormon)|David A. Smith]]
| [[File:David A. Smith (Mormon).jpg|70px]]
| [[John Wells (Mormon)|John Wells]]
| [[File:John Wells (Mormon).jpg|70px]]
|-
| 7
| April 6, 1938 – April 6, 1952
| [[LeGrand Richards]]
| [[File:LeGrand Richards 1934.JPG|70px]]
| [[Marvin O. Ashton]]<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;(April 6, 1938 – October 7, 1946)<br>[[Joseph L. Wirthlin]]<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;(December 12, 1946 – April 6, 1952)
| <gallery mode="packed" heights="85px">
   File:Marvin O. Ashton.jpg|((center|Ashton))
   File:Joseph L. Wirthlin.jpg|((center|Wirthlin))
  
</gallery>
| [[Joseph L. Wirthlin]]<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;(April 6, 1938 – October 7, 1946)<br>[[Thorpe B. Isaacson]]<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;(December 12, 1946 – April 6, 1952)
| <gallery mode="packed" heights="85px">
   File:Joseph L. Wirthlin.jpg|((center|Wirthlin))
   File:Thorpe B. Isaacson2.jpg|((center|Isaacson))
  
</gallery>
|-
| 8
| April 6, 1952 – September 30, 1961
| [[Joseph L. Wirthlin]]
| [[File:Joseph L. Wirthlin.jpg|70px]]
| [[Thorpe B. Isaacson]]
| [[File:Thorpe B. Isaacson2.jpg|70px]]
| [[Carl W. Buehner]]
| [[File:Carl W. Buehner.jpg|70px]]
|-
| 9
| September 30, 1961 – April 6, 1972
| John H. Vandenberg
| [[File:John H. Vandenburg2.jpg|70px]]
| [[Robert L. Simpson (Mormon)|Robert L. Simpson]]
| [[File:Robert L. Simpson (Mormon).jpg|70px]]
| [[Victor L. Brown]]
| [[File:Victor L. Brown.jpg|70px]]
|-
| 10
| April 6, 1972 – April 6, 1985
| [[Victor L. Brown]]
| [[File:Victor L. Brown.jpg|70px]]
| [[H. Burke Peterson]]
|
| Vaughn J Featherstone<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;(April 6, 1972 – October 1, 1976)<br>[[J. Richard Clarke]]<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;(October 1, 1976 – April 6, 1985)
|
|-
| 11
| April 6, 1985 – April 2, 1994
| [[Robert D. Hales]]
|
| [[Henry B. Eyring]]<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;(April 6, 1985 – October 3, 1992)<br>[[H. David Burton]]<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;(October 3, 1992 – April 2, 1994)
| <gallery mode="packed" heights="85px">
   File:Henry B. Eyring.jpg|((center|Eyring))
  
</gallery>
| [[Glenn L. Pace]]<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;(April 6, 1985 – October 3, 1992)<br>[[Richard C. Edgley]]<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;(October 3, 1992 – April 2, 1994)
|
|-
| 12
| April 2, 1994 – December 27, 1995
| [[Merrill J. Bateman]]
|
| [[H. David Burton]]
|
| [[Richard C. Edgley]]
|
|-
| 13
| December 27, 1995 – March 31, 2012
| [[H. David Burton]]
|
| [[Richard C. Edgley]]
|
| [[Keith B. McMullin]]
|
|-
| 14
| March 31, 2012 – October 9, 2015
| [[Gary E. Stevenson]]
| [[File:Gary E Stevenson.jpg|70px]]
| [[Gérald Caussé]]
|
| Dean M. Davies
|
|-
| 15
| October 9, 2015 – present
| [[Gérald Caussé]]<ref>Though the new Presiding Bishopric was announced after the October 2015 General Conference (see Mormon Newsroom article "[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/new-presiding-bishopric-causse-davies-waddell|New Presiding Bishopric Announced]," 9 Oct 2015), it was not specifically ratified by a [[Common consent (Latter Day Saints)|sustaining vote]] of the church in the April 2016 conference. The general sustaining of the "other General Authorities, Area Seventies, and general auxiliary presidencies as presently constituted" would have included the Presiding Bishopric (see Dieter F. Uchtdorf, "[https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2016/04/the-sustaining-of-church-officers?lang=eng|The Sustaining of Church Officers]," April 2016 General Conference).</ref>
|
| Dean M. Davies (October 9, 2015 – October 3, 2020)
W. Christopher Waddell (October 3, 2020 – present)
|
| W. Christopher Waddell (October 9, 2015 – October 3, 2020)
L. Todd Budge (October 3, 2020 – present)
|
|}

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