Joseph Fielding Smith was patriarch to the church and a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1942 until 1946.
Presiding Patriarch
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In the Latter Day Saint movement, the Presiding Patriarch is a church-wide leadership office within the priesthood. Among the duties of the Presiding Patriarch are to preside in council meetings, ordain other patriarchs, and administer patriarchal blessings.
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