Appendix B

Leaders with Ties to the Colonies

Virginia Hatch Romney and Richard O. Cowan, The Colonia Juárez Temple: A Prophet’s Inspiration (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009), 185-92.

During his 1997 visit, President Gordon B. Hinckley was impressed by the

large number of Church leaders who had ties to the Mormon colonies in

Mexico. The following lists show that the small group of faithful Saints in

the colonies has continued this pattern. These lists contain some men who themselves

were not from the colonies but whose wives were. The wife is typically an integral part

of the leadership team, such as those who served as matrons when their husbands were

called as temple presidents.

General Authority	Calling	Dates
Spencer W. Kimball¹	Quorum of the Twelve	1943–73
President of the Church	1973–85
Anthony W. Ivins	Quorum of the Twelve	1907–21
Counselor in First Presidency	1921–24
Marion G. Romney	Assistant to the Twelve	1941–51
	Quorum of the Twelve	1951–72
	Counselor in First Presidency	1972–85
	President of Quorum of the Twelve	1985–88
Rey L. Pratt	First Council of the Seventy	1925–31
Antoine R. Ivins	First Council of the Seventy	1931–67
Waldo P. Call	First Quorum of the Seventy	1985–89
	Second Quorum of the Seventy	1989–90
	Daniel L. Johnson First Quorum of the Seventy	2006–present
Octaviano Tenorio²	First Quorum of the Seventy	2007–present
Jorge A. Rojas	Second Quorum of the Seventy	1991–1996
Jerald L. Taylor	Second Quorum of the Seventy	1996–2002
Eran A. Call	Second Quorum of the Seventy	1997–2000
Robert J. Whetten	Second Quorum of the Seventy	1998–2006
1. He was not from the colonies, but his wife, Camilla Eyring, was. 2. He was not from the colonies, but his wife, Rosa Elva Valenzuela González, was.

Mission President	Mission	Year
Pratt, Helaman	Mexican	1877
Ivins, Anthony W.	Mexican	1883
Pratt, Helaman	Mexican	1884
Eyring, Henry	Mexican	1887
Tenney, Ammon M.	Mexican	1887
Tenney, Ammon M.	Mexican	1887
Sears, William G.	Samoan	1899
Tenney, Ammon M.	Mexican	1901
Sanders, Martin	Samoan	1903
Harris, Hyrum S.	Mexican	1903, 1905
Pratt, Ray Lucero	Mexican	1907
Ivins, H. Grant	Japan	1912
Pratt, Ray Lucero	Mexican	1917
Haymore, Kenneth	Mexican	1925
Ivins, Antoine R.	Mexican	1931
Romney, George S.	Northern States	1931
Pratt, Harold Wilcken	Mexicana	1934
Sears, William G.	Samoan	1934
Young, Walter Ernest	Argentine	1935
Williams, Orlando Clement	Spanish American	1936
Anderson, Lorenzo Ami¹	Mexican	1938
Haymore, David Franklin	Spanish American	1940
Pierce, Arwell L.	Mexican	1942
Jones, Lorin Franklin	Spanish American	1943
Romney, Thomas Cottam	Central States	1943
Young, Walter Ernest	Argentine	1944
Brown, Harold	Argentine	1949
Mecham, Lucian M., Jr.	Mexican	1950
Romney, Gordon M.	Central American	1952
Bowman, Claudius C.	Mexican	1953
Bowman, Harold Israel	Spanish American	1953
Valentine, Lee	Argentine	1955
Wagner, Edgar L.	Central America	1955
Bentley, Joseph T.	Northern Mexican	1956
Taylor, Harvey H.	Northern Mexican	1957
Bentley, Israel I.	Northern Mexican	1958
Taylor, Harvey H.	Mexican	1958
Turley, Fredrick A.	Southwest Indian	1958
Call, Ara O.	Northern Mexican	1961
Hatch, E. Leroy	Mexican	1962
Beecroft, Carl J.	Southeast Mexican	1963
Beecroft, Carl J.	Chile	1964
Hatch, E. Seville	Southeast Mexican	1964
Turley, E. Harold W.	West Mexican	1964
Turley, George L.	West Mexican	1964
Green, Vaughn J.	Northern Mexican	1965
McClellan, Jasper R.	Mexican	1965
Romney, Keith West	Spanish American	1965
Romney, Keith	Southeast Mexican	1967
Romney, Gordon M.	Mexican	1968
Call, Eran A.	Mexican	1970
Bentley, Joseph T.	Argentine Rosario	1972
Whetten, Lester B.	Mexican	1973
Ontiveros, Limhi	México Monterrey	1974
Haymore, Lester D.	Chile Concepción	1975
O’Donnal, John F.	Guatemala Guatemala City	1976
Bangerter, Blauer²	México Mexico City	1976
Gibson, Bruce³	Chile Santiago South	1977
Haymore, Lester D.	Chile Osorno	1977
O’Donnal, John F.	Guatemala	1977
Robinson, Marion C.	Uruguay Montevideo	1977
Whetten, Lester B.	México Guadalajara	1977
O’Donnal, John F.	Guatemala Quetzaltenango	1978
Pratt, Harold W., Jr.	Texas San Antonio	1978
Flores, Samuel	El Salvador San Salvador	1979
Wagner, A. Kenyon	Ecuador Quito	1979
Flores, Samuel	Honduras Tegucigalpa	1980
Hatch, E. Leroy	Mexico MTC	1980
Romney, M. Alvin	México Hermosillo	1980
Davis, John A.	Dominican Republic	1981
Call, Waldo P.	Uruguay Montevideo	1982
Fenn, Karl	Venezuela Maracaibo	1982
Keeler, John B.	México Monterrey	1982
Flores, Enoc	Puerto Rico San Juan	1983
Hamblin, Roland⁴	Chile Concepción	1983
Rojas, Jorge	México Guadalajara	1983
Beecroft, Jack T.	México Veracruz	1984
Bluth, Lothaire	México Mexico City South	1985
Cerda, Victor	México Torreón	1985
Farnsworth, Wilford M., Jr.	Puerto Rico San Juan	1986

Mission President	Mission	Year
Fenn, Boyd	Spain Barcelona	1986
Romney, M. Alvin	Peru MTC	1986
Schmidt, Howard G.	Chile Santiago North	1986
Taylor, Jerald L.	Chile Santiago South	1986
Whetten, John J.	Paraguay Asunción	1986
Davis, John A.	Chile MTC	1987
Cerda, Victor	México Chihuahua	1988
Judd, Jesse	Spain Barcelona	1988
Sloan, George G.	México Puebla	1988
Bluth, Oscar Daniel	México Chihuahua	1989
Bluth, Gayle	Argentina Bahia Blanca	1990
Brown, Phil⁵	Portugal Porto	1990
Lunt, C. Gary	Argentina Córdoba	1990
Pinon, Rodolfo “Rudy”	México Torreón	1990
Robinson, John B. III	México Mexico City North	1990
Tenorio, Octaviano	México Tuxtla Gutiérrez	1990
Farnsworth, Wilford M., Jr.	Mexico MTC	1991
Johnson, Daniel L.	Ecuador Guayaquil North	1991
Memmott, J. Larry	Brazil Porto Alegre North	1991
O’Donnal, John F.	Peru MTC	1991
Turley, Fredrick E.	Venezuela Maracaibo	1991
Williams, Frederick G.	Brazil São Paulo Interlagos	1991
Alvarez, Carlos	México Monterrey	1992
Fenn, Boyd	Guatemala MTC	1992
Heywood, D. Evans, Jr.⁶	Chile Concepción	1992
Barron, Francisco⁷	México Hermosillo	1994
Call, Mac	Peru Lima South	1994
Call, Eran A.	Mexico MTC	1995
Cluff, Samuel H.	México Chihuahua	1995
Martineau, Alberto Isaac	México Culiacan	1995
Whetten, Robert J.	Paraguay Asunción	1995

Mission President	Mission	Year
Lunt, C. Gary	Argentina MTC	1996
Ontiveros, Eder L.	Aregentina Rosario	1996
Turley, Kenneth W.	Guatemala City South	1996
Taylor, E. Elwood	Chile Viña Del Mar	1997
Call, Carl L.	México León	1998
Martineau, Alberto Isaac	México Puebla	1998
Taylor, Ashton H.	México Chihuahua	1998
Wagner, H. Arnold	Chile Antofagasta	1998
Call, Owen Dean	Ecuador Quito	1999
Wagner, Wilbur T.	México Tijuana	1999
Brown, David R.	México Tampico	2000
Pratt, Harold W. Jr.	Dominican Republic MTC	2000
Wilson, James	Honduras Tegucigalpa	2002
Ontiveros, Limhi	Columbia MTC	2003
Call, Robert D.	El Salvador San Salvador West	2005
Dalene, Ronald E.	Bolivia Cochabamba	2005
Jones, Ricky D.	El Salvador San Salvador East	2005
Johnson, Lester F.	México Veracruz	2005
Whetten, Clifford L.	México Tuxtla Gutiérrez	2005
Piñon, Rodolfo “Rudy”	México City MTC	2007
1. Not from colonies, but his wife, Leonora Taylor, was. 2. Not from colonies, but his wife, Bessie Brown, was. 3. Not from colonies, but his wife, Rowene Robinson, was. 4. Not from colonies, but his wife, Mae Whetten, was. 5. Not from colonies, but his wife, Antoinette Hatch, was. 6. Not from colonies, but his wife, Sylvia Lunt, was. 7. Not from colonies, but his wife, Adelina García Rivas, was.

MTC Presidents	Mission	Year
Hatch, E. Leroy	Mexico City México	1980
Farnsworth, Joseph	Chile	1981
Romney, M. Alvin	Peru	1986
Davis, John A.	Chile	1987
Fenn, Karl	Mexico City México	1988
Farnsworth, Wilford M., Jr.	Mexico City México	1991
O’Donnal, John F.	Peru	1991
Fenn, Boyd	Guatemala City	1992
Call, Eran A.	Mexico City México	1995
Lunt, Gary	Argentina	1996
Pratt, Harold W., Jr.	Dominican Republic	2000
Ontiveros, Limhi	Colombia	2003
Wagner, Arnold	Chile	2006
Piñon, Rudolfo “Rudy”	Mexico City México	2007

Temple Presidents	Temple	Year
Payne, Harry L.	Mesa Arizona	1944
Pierce, Arwell L.	Mesa Arizona	1953
Edmonds, John K.¹	Salt Lake City	1970
Brown, Harold	Mexico City México	1983
O’Donnal, John F.	Guatemala City Guatemala	1984
Hatch, Ernest Leroy	Guatemala City Guatemala	1987
Call, Waldo P.	Mexico City México	1990
Call, Owen Dean	Guatemala City Guatemala	1993
Romney, Meredith I.	Colonia Juárez México	1999
Call, Mac R.	Caracas Venezuela	2000
Lunt, C. Gary	San José Costa Rica	2000
Schmidt, Howard G.	Oaxaca México	2000
Pratt, Gerald M. Ciudad	Juárez México	2001

Presidents	Temple	Year
Call, Eran	Monterrey México	2002
Taylor, Jerald L.	Mexico City México	2002
Whetten, John J.	Asunción Paraguay	2002
Bowman, Maurice D.	Oaxaca México	2003
Call, Carl	Merida México	2004
Heywood, D. Evans²	Cochabamba Bolivia	2004
Robinson, John B.	Colonia Juárez México	2004
Sandberg, Gilbert I.³	Guatemala City Guatemala	2004
Taylor, Ashton H.	Ciudad Juárez México	2004
Wagner, Wilbur T.	Tuxtla Gutiérrez México	2004
Cerda, Victor M.	Hermosillo México	2006
Memmott, J. Larry	Veracruz México	2006
Ontiveros, Limhi	Oaxaca México	2006
Taylor, E. Elwood	Ciudad Juárez México	2007
Rojas, Jorge Alfonso⁴	Guayaquil Ecuador	2008
1. Not from colonies, but his wife, Jasmine Romney, was. 2. Not from colonies, but his wife, Sylvia Lunt, was. 3. Not from colonies, but his wife, Michelle Hatch, was. 4. Not from colonies, but his wife, Marcela Burgos Perez, was.

The Colonia Juárez Temple: A Prophet’s Inspiration

Virginia Hatch Romney and Richard O. Cowan

Appendix B

Leaders with Ties to the Colonies

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