Patriarch emeritus

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Patriarch Emeritus is a priesthood calling in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It was created in October 1979, when the then-Patriarch to the Church, Eldred G. Smith, was released from his duties and given general authority emeritus status.^[1] Unlike the position of Presiding Patriarch, the Patriarch Emeritus is not sustained by the church as a "prophet, seer, and revelator".

Smith is the only Presiding Patriarch in Church history to have been designated Patriarch Emeritus. It is unknown what the status of the position of Patriarch to the Church will be after Smith's death.

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• Patriarch (Latter Day Saints)

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v • d • e Priesthood of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Priesthood Priesthood • Aaronic priesthood • Melchizedek priesthood Aaronic priesthood offices Deacon • Teacher • Priest • Bishop Melchizedek priesthood offices Elder • Seventy • High priest • Patriarch • Apostle Priesthood quorums and bodies Quorum • First Presidency • Quorum of the Twelve Apostles • Quorums of the Seventy • Presiding Bishopric • Council on the Disposition of the Tithes • Common Council of the Church • Council of the Church • Council of Fifty • High council • Disciplinary council Priesthood callings President of the Church • President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles • Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles • Prophet, seer, and revelator • General authority • Presiding Patriarch • Patriarch emeritus • Presiding Bishop • Temple president • Mission president • Church Historian and Recorder • High councillor • Branch president Defunct priesthood callings Assistant President of the Church • Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles • Regional representative of the Twelve