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Wirthlin was born in Salt Lake City , Utah . He served as a Missionary in the Swiss German Mission of the church in 1913 and 1914. He served as Bishop of the Salt Lake 33rd Ward in the Liberty Stake from 1928 to 1935. In October 1935 the Liberty Stake was split and the Bonneville Stake was organized with Wirthlin as its first President .''Deseret News Church Almanac'', 2005 ed., p. 244. 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 eighth Presiding Bishop in church history. Wirthlin called Thorpe B. Isaacson and Carl W. Buehner as his counselors. Wirthlin and his counselors served as the presiding bishopric of the church until they were released in 1961. Wirthlin and his wife Madeline Bitner are the parents of Joseph B. Wirthlin , a current member of the LDS Church's Quorum Of The Twelve Apostles . Wirthlin is also the father of Richard B. Wirthlin , another former general authority of the church. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL RESOURCES
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