Patriarchal Blessing

I have a member who has lost their copy of the blessing.

How does one get a new copy?

I had lost mine, and this gave me an opportunity to get a copy. I miss reading it.

Good answer from RussellHtln. I have a question /comment. A couple of years ago as ward clerk I was asked this question several times from members wanting to know how to get copies of their blessings that they had lost. I told them I would find out and I went through the hand books and FAQ. We didn't have all the awesome online info then that we do now. I wasn't able to find anything so in frustration I went to our Stake Patriarch who conveniently lives in our ward and I asked him what the procedure was. He said to direct the members to him because he had a form that he filled out and sent in for them. Do you know if this is still the case? Should I still direct members who have lost their blessings to him or should I give them the info in your link? Thanks

FltWilliam wrote:Should I still direct members who have lost their blessings to him or should I give them the info in your link? Thanks

Give them the link and let them go directly to Church Headquarters.

The neat thing with this service also is that you can request the blessings of your ancestors. If you have ancestors that received blessings, it is neat to read what their promises were.

FltWilliam wrote:Should I still direct members who have lost their blessings to him or should I give them the info in your link?

You might want to call him up and ask him. My feeling is that I'd direct them to the link so as not to bother the Patriarch. But then again, maybe he wants to be bothered or there's something better about what you'd get from him.

RussellHltn wrote:My feeling is that I'd direct them to the link so as not to bother the Patriarch. But then again, maybe he wants to be bothered or there's something better about what you'd get from him.

Aside from the fact that the patriarch may want company, unless the blessing was given recently, patriarchs send the official copies of their blessings to CHQ on a regular basis and do not keep copies of them after CHQ verifies that they have received them.

So, unless it was a blessing given within the last year or less, the patriarch probably will not even have a copy of it.

lajackson wrote:Aside from the fact that the patriarch may want company, unless the blessing was given recently, patriarchs send the official copies of their blessings to CHQ on a regular basis and do not keep copies of them after CHQ verifies that they have received them.

Can anyone confirm this? I was told by a patriarch back in 2002 that he still had a copy of every blessing he ever gave. He had been a patriarch since at least the early 90's, probably longer.

cannona wrote:Can anyone confirm this? I was told by a patriarch back in 2002 that he still had a copy of every blessing he ever gave. He had been a patriarch since at least the early 90's, probably longer.

Patriarchs are instructed to send all of their blessing to Church Headquarters annually, so that they can be recorded and safely kept there and are available to copy when needed.

I have never known a patriarch to keep a copy of all of the blessings he has given, but I suppose he could if he wanted to. According to the handbook, though, CHQ is the official repository of all patriarchal blessings that are given by ordained stake patriarchs.

My father is a patriarch in our stake since 2008. He's instructed to send the blessings by two years (i believe you understand it). If he desires, he can mantain a copy of your blessings for security (the blessings can not be received in Church Archives). But, a day, when he go out these calling, these copies must be destroyed (or sent to Church Archives if aren't sent before).

This is good information to know concerning this topic.
I found it on the site of Patriarchal Blessing Requests.

Please be aware that the Church History Library will be moving to a new building in 2009. To prepare for the move and to ensure that we have completed the requests in our queue, we will stop accepting duplication requests for patriarchal blessings on 27 February 2009. We will begin accepting requests again on 22 June 2009. We apologize for the inconvenience. We look forward to serving you in the future.

bartonsc wrote:This is good information to know concerning this topic.
I found it on the site of Patriarchal Blessing Requests.

Please be aware that the Church History Library will be moving to a new building in 2009. To prepare for the move and to ensure that we have completed the requests in our queue, we will stop accepting duplication requests for patriarchal blessings on 27 February 2009. We will begin accepting requests again on 22 June 2009. We apologize for the inconvenience. We look forward to serving you in the future.

In my opinion, this information needs to be displayed somewhere very prominent, more-so than just this forum thread. Perhaps the content at the link above could be updated with this information.

bartonsc, are you a Church employee that could get pass this update along to the right people and get it updated somewhere prominently on LDS.org? Or at least have the article you linked to updated?

mkmurray wrote:In my opinion, this information needs to be displayed somewhere very prominent, more-so than just this forum thread. Perhaps the content at the link above could be updated with this information.

bartonsc, are you a Church employee that could get pass this update along to the right people and get it updated somewhere prominently on LDS.org? Or at least have the article you linked to updated?

The linked article already has the information -- that's where the quote was taken from. So it is already on lds.org, in the only place (that I know of) where people are told how to get the copies. I'm not sure it needs to be much more prominent than that, since it is a service that is relatively rarely used.

Please mail me a copy of my Patriatical Blessing. I lost my Patriatical Blessings.

kmalone-p40 wrote:I have a member who has lost their copy of the blessing.

How does one get a new copy?

Please send me a copy of my lost Patriartical
Blessing.

freona wrote:Please mail me a copy of my Patriatical Blessing. I lost my Patriatical Blessings.

You can request a copy of your patriarchal blessing online at lds.org. On the Tools menu, there is a link to "Patriarchal Blessing" where you can fill out a form and request that a copy be mailed to you. Or a direct link is here.

If for some reason the online form doesn't meet your needs, you can see alternate ways to obtain it here.

Can I please get a copy sent to this address..... [address removed]

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susanwoodley003@gmail.com wrote:Can I please get a copy sent to this address.....

Please see the post just before yours.

I can’t find my Patriarchal blessing so I was wondering if you could send it to me please. Here is my address [removed, because the forum is publicly available].

BriannaStokes wrote: Sun Jan 05, 2025 8:28 am I can’t find my Patriarchal blessing so I was wondering if you could send it to me please. Here is my address [removed, because the forum is publicly available].

Because this is a user-to-user discussion forum, nobody here can send you your patriarchal blessing. If you are signed in to your Church Account on the main Church website, you can click on the 9-dot menu near the upper right-hand corner of the page, then select Patriarchal Blessing from the menu. For me, the menu item took me here: https://pb.churchofjesuschrist.org/pbre ... e/personal If that doesn't work, please post details of what you tried and what happened--or ask your ward clerk or other leader in your ward for help.