Benjamin de Hoyos

'''Benjamín De Hoyos Estrada''' (born 20 February 1953) has been a [[general authority]] of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (LDS Church) since 2005.

De Hoyos was born in [[Monterrey]], [[Nuevo León]], [[Mexico]], and grew up in northern Mexico. As a young man, he served a [[Mormon missionary|mission]] in the Mexico [[Hermosillo]] [[Mission (LDS Church)|Mission]], where he first met his wife Evelia Genesta Mendivil, who is a native of [[Ciudad Obregón]], [[Sonora]]. Mendivil had converted to the LDS Church while a teenager and was then serving as a [[Stake missionary]].

Benjamín and Evelia renewed their acquaintance later when he was working as a [[Church Educational System|seminary]] teacher at [[Benemerito De Las Americas]], an LDS Church-owned prep school in [[Mexico City]], and Evelia was working there as a secretary. They were married on 4 June 1975 and are the parents of six children.

De Hoyos received a [[bachelor's degree]] from Normal Superior Benavente and a master's degree from Chapultepec University.

Prior to his call as a general authority, De Hoyos spent his career as a [[Church Educational System]] (CES) employee. He was a [[seminary (LDS Church)|seminary]] teacher, [[Institute of Religion|institute]] director, and CES coordinator at various levels. At the time of his call as a general authority, he was director of the Mexico South [[Area (LDS Church)|Area]] for CES.

De Hoyos has served in the LDS Church as a counselor in a [[stake presidency]], [[stake president]] and as [[Mission president|president]] of the Mexico [[Tuxtla Gutiérrez]] Mission. While in this position he supervised the reopening of missionary work in areas where it had been closed due to civil unrest.<ref>[[Marvin K. Gardner]], [http://www.lds.org/liahona/1997/10/doing-the-lords-work-in-palenque "Doing the Lord’s Work in Palenque,"] ''[[Liahona (magazine)|Liahona]]'', October 1997, p. 34.</ref> From 1999 to 2005, he was an [[area seventy]], which included serving as a counselor in the church's Mexico South Area.<ref>[http://www.lds.org/ensign/1999/05/news-of-the-church/new-seventies-sustained "New Seventies Sustained,"] ''[[Ensign (LDS magazine)|Ensign]]'', May 1999, p. 111.</ref> As a general authority, he has served as a counselor in the presidency of the South America North [[Area (LDS Church)|Area]] and from 2009 to 2014 as a counselor in the church's Mexico [[Area (LDS Church)|Area]].  From 2014 to 2017, he was president of the Mexico Area.<ref name="August 2015 changes">[http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865627718/Area-leadership-assignments-announced.html?pg=all "LDS First Presidency announces area leadership assignments"], ''[[Church News]]'', 2 May 2015.</ref> In May 2016, the Mexico Area Presidency encouraged church members to support the traditional definition of marriage.<ref>[http://www.sltrib.com/home/3957702-155/leaders-urge-mexicos-mormons-to-fight Patty Fletcher Stark. "Leaders urge Mexico’s Mormons to fight against push for same-sex marriage", ''Salt Lake Tribune'', June 1, 2016]</ref>

In 2017, De Hoyos was relocated to Salt Lake City where he served as assistant executive director of the LDS Church's temple department. In August 2018, De Hoyos became president of the church's South America South Area, which covers Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay.<ref>[https://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/2018-area-presidency-assignments announcement of new area presidencies]</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
*''2008 Deseret Morning News Church Almanac'' (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Morning News, 2007) p.&nbsp;43
*[http://www.lds.org/liahona/2005/05/news-of-the-church/elder-benjamin-de-hoyos-of-the-seventy "Elder Benjamin De Hoyos Of the Seventy,"] ''[[Liahona (magazine)|Liahona]]'', May 2005, p.&nbsp;121

==External links==
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*[http://www.lds.org/church/leader/benjamin-de-hoyos "General Authorities: Elder Benjamin De Hoyos"], lds.org
*[http://gapages.com/dehoyb1.htm Grampa Bill's G.A. pages: Benjamin De Hoyos]
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