Carlos H. Amado

Carlos Humberto Amado (born 25 September 1944) has been a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since 1989. He was the first LDS Church general authority from Guatemala.

Amado was born in Guatemala City, Guatemala. His family joined the LDS Church when he was nine. Initially he was most attracted to the church by the Boy Scout program.^[1]

Amado was trained as a technical draftsman, but spent most of his career as an employee of the Church Educational System, including 14 years as the area director for Guatemala. Amado was among the first seminary teachers in Guatemala for the LDS Church.^[1] He also served as a branch president, bishop, counselor in a stake presidency, stake president, and twice as a regional representative. He was president of the church's Guatemala Guatemala City Mission and, in this capacity, was involved in reopening the El Salvador San Salvador Mission in 1984.

Amado was called as a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy in 1989 and transferred to the First Quorum of the Seventy in 1992. Among his assignments as a general authority, he has served in a number of area presidencies, including as president of four different areas (Chile, South America West, South America South and Central America). During the church's October 2014 general conference, Amado was released from the First Quorum of the Seventy and designated an emeritus general authority.^[2]

Amado married Mayavel Pineda in 1971 and they have five children.

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1 2 "Elder Carlos H. Amado of the Second Quorum of the Seventy," Ensign, May 1989, p. 92.
↑ "Releases announced at October general conference", mormonnewsroom.org, 4 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.

References

Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History, p. 20
2005 Deseret Morning News Church Almanac (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Morning News, 2004) p. 31

External links

"General Authorities: Elder Carlos H. Amado", lds.org

Emeritus general authorities¹ of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Abrea Amado Aoyagi Backman Banks Bateman Bradford Brewerton Burton² Busche Carlson Carmack Child Christensen D.R. Clarke J.R. Clarke Coleman Cook Condie Dellenbach Dickson Didier Edgley² Featherstone Groberg Hafen Hammond Hansen Hinckley Howard J. Jensen M. Jensen Johnson Kendrick Kerr Kikuchi Koelliker Kofford Larsen Madsen McMullin² Mickelsen Morrison Neuenschwander Pace Paramore Pinegar Porter Pratt Rector Samuelson Tenorio Tingey Walker Watson Wells Wickman

1. Emeritus general authorities are individuals who have been released from active duties as general authorities. However, they remain general authorities of the church until their death. Except for the three former members of the Presiding Bishopric noted, all living emeritus general authorities are former members of the First or Second Quorums of the Seventy. 2. These former members of the Presiding Bishopric did not serve as a Seventy during their time as a general authority.

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Carlos H. Amado

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