Horacio A. Tenorio Explained

Horacio A. Tenorio
Birth Name:	Horacio Antonio Tenorio
Birth Date:	6 March 1935
Birth Place:	Mexico City, Mexico
Death Place:	Atizapán de Zaragoza, Edo. de México
Position Or Quorum1:	Second Quorum of the Seventy
Called By1:	Ezra Taft Benson
End Reason1:	Honorably released
Portals:	LDS

Horacio Antonio Tenorio (6 March 1935 – 20 October 2021) was the first general authority in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) of Mexican ancestry.^[1]

Life

Tenorio was born in Mexico City, Mexico. He was trained in business with graduate training in purchasing. He and his wife, Maria, were married in 1957 and are the parents of three children.^[2]

In 1969, he joined the LDS Church. He began service as a stake president in 1975. He later served as a Regional representative and president of the church's Mexico Torreón Mission.

From 1989 until 1994, Tenorio served as a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy. From 2007 to 2010, he was president of the Monterrey Mexico Temple.^[3] He died on October 20, 2021.^[4]

References

• 2008 Deseret Morning News Church Almanac, p. 100
• “Elder Horacio A. Tenorio of the Second Quorum of the Seventy,” Ensign, May 1989, p. 99
• Garr, Cannon and Cowan, Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History, p. 1240

External links

• Grampa Bill's G.A. Pages: Horacio A. Tenorio

Notes and References

1. Garr et al., p. 1240. Although previous general authorities (such as Marion G. Romney) were Americans who had been born in Mexico, they were all of Anglo descent.
2. Web site: Elder Horacio A. Tenorio of the Second Quorum of the Seventy - ensign. 2018-07-08.
3. https://churchofjesuschristtemples.org/monterrey-mexico-temple/presidents/ "Monterrey Mexico Temple: Presidents"
4. See this article for verification of his death.