Octaviano Tenorio | |
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First Quorum of the Seventy | |
31 March 2007 | – October 6, 2012|
Called by | Gordon B. Hinckley |
End reason | Designated an emeritus general authority |
Emeritus General Authority | |
October 6, 2012 | |
Called by | Thomas S. Monson |
Personal details | |
Born | Octaviano Tenorio Domínguez 31 October 1942 Tilapan, Veracruz, Mexico |
Octaviano Tenorio Domínguez (born 31 October 1942)[1] has been a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since 2007. He was one of the original area authorities called in 1995.
Tenorio was born in Tilapan, Veracruz, Mexico.[1] When he was fifteen years old, he and his parents joined the LDS Church while they were living in Río Bravo, Tamaulipas. Tenorio was baptized in the Río Bravo river. A few years later, Tenorio became a branch president in the church. Then he moved to Mexico City with his job with Reader's Digest Mexico.
Initially, Tenorio worked in the publishing industry. He later worked as the manager of the LDS Church's Genealogical Service Center in Mexico.[1] This was the first international Genealogical Service Center the church set up, with Tenorio as its first supervisor.[2] Tenorio supervised the Genealogical Service Center until 1984 when he became the first recorder of the Mexico City Temple.[1]
He later served in various positions related to running welfare and other church programs at the area level.[1] In 1999, as Welfare Services Area manager he was involved in distributing food to flood victims. He later returned to serving as recorder in the Mexico City Temple. He was serving in this position at the time of his call as a general authority. Due to his connection to Tilapan, Tenorio was later, while serving in the church as a regional representative, involved with David A. Palmer and Robert E. Fisher in a project organized by John L. Sorenson to investigate the potential boundaries of the Book of Mormon land of Bountiful in this general region of Mexico.[3]