| F. Enzio Busche | |
|---|---|
| Emeritus General Authority | |
| 7 October 2000 – 28 May 2020 | |
| Called by | Gordon B. Hinckley |
| First Quorum of the Seventy | |
| 1 October 1977 – 7 October 2000 | |
| Called by | Spencer W. Kimball |
| End reason | Granted general authority emeritus status |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Friedrich Enzio Busche April 5, 1930 Dortmund, Germany |
| Died | May 28, 2020 (aged 90) Bountiful, Utah, United States |
Friedrich Enzio Busche (April 5, 1930 – May 28, 2020) was the first resident of Germany called as a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).[1]
Busche was born in Dortmund, Germany, and his family left that area after the beginning of the Second World War. Near the end of the war, Busche was drafted at age 14 into the German Army during the Nazi regime's desperate final push. After the war, Busche returned to Dortmund where he lived in a large part on the molasses that had poured out of a supply train American soldiers had attacked.[2]
After the war, Busche completed high school and then studied at universities in Bonn and Freiburg. He then took over a printing business from his father. Under his direction, the company grew to be one of the larger ones in Germany. It was also one of the few companies in Germany at that time that used a participatory style of leadership.[2]
Busche married Jutta Baum in 1955, and they were the parents of four children. Together, they joined the LDS Church in 1958.
- ^ Carl W. Buehner, a German who served before Busche, had lived for a long time in the United States prior to his call as a general authority.
- ^ a b Jan U. Pinborough, "Elder F. Enzio Busche: To the Ends of the Earth," Tambuli, June 1985, p. 17.