There is an attempt to delete the well researched Wikipedia article on Octaviano Tenorio. I am posting it here to save the contents.

{{Infobox LDS biography
| name                       = Octaviano Tenorio
| birth_name                 = Octaviano Tenorio Domínguez
| birth_date                 = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1942|10|31}}
| birth_place                = Tilapan, [[Veracruz]], [[Mexico]]
| position_or_quorum1        = [[First Quorum of the Seventy]]
| called_by1                 = [[Gordon B. Hinckley]]
| start_date1                = {{start date|df=yes|2007|03|31}}
| end_date1                  = {{end date|2012|10|06}}
| end_reason1                = Designated an [[emeritus]] general authority
| position_or_quorum2        = [[Emeritus]] General Authority
| called_by2                 = [[Thomas S. Monson]]
| start_date2                = {{start date|2012|10|06}}}}
'''Octaviano Tenorio Domínguez''' (born 31 October 1942)<ref name=liahone_bio>[https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/liahona/2007/05/news-of-the-church/elder-octaviano-tenorio?lang=eng "Elder Octaviano Tenorio,"] ''[[Liahona (magazine)|Liahona]]'', May 2007, p.&nbsp;126</ref> 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 [[Seventy (LDS Church)#Area seventies and additional quorums of seventy|area authorities]] called in 1995.

Tenorio was born in Tilapan, [[Veracruz]], [[Mexico]].<ref name=liahone_bio/> Due to this connection Tenorio was latter, while a Regional Representative of the Twevle, involved with David A. Palmer and Robert E. Fisher in a project organized by [[John L. Sorenson]] to investigate the potnetial boundaries of the Book of Mormon land of Bountiful in this general region of Mexico.<ref>[https://stepbystep.alancminer.com/alma_52 article giving in detail history of this investigation]</ref> 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 ''Readers Digest Mexico''. In Mexico City, he met Rosa Elva Valenzuela González, a native of [[Nuevo Casas Grandes]]<ref>[https://www.thechurchnews.com/archive/1990-02-17/new-callings-2764 article on call of Tenorio's to preside over the Tuxla Gutirrez Mission]</ref>, who was largely raised in the [[Mormon colonies in Mexico]].<ref>[https://rsc.byu.edu/archived/colonia-ju-rez-temple-prophet-s-inspiration/appendix-b-leaders-ties-colonies ''The Colonial Juarez Temple: A Prophets Inspiration, Appendix B]</ref> whom he married in December 1973 in [[Colonia Dublán]]; they were [[Sealing (Latter Day Saints)|sealed]] in the [[Mesa Arizona Temple]] in January 1974,<ref name=liahone_bio/> about one week after their marriage. They are the parents of five children.<ref name=Deseret_1/> One of their children, Miguel, served as a mission president.

Initially, Tenorio worked in the publishing industry. He later worked as the manager of the LDS Church's Genealogical Service Center in Mexico.<ref name=liahone_bio/> This was the first international Genealogical Service Center the church set up, with Tenorio as its first supervisor.<ref>Allen, James B., Jessie L. Embry and Kahlile B. Mehr. ''Hearts Turned to the Fathers: A History of the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1894-1994'', (Provo, Utah: BYU Studies, 1995) p. 284</ref> Tenorio supervised the Genealogical Service Center until 1984 when he became the first recorder of the [[Mexico City Mexico Temple|Mexico City Temple]].<ref name=liahone_bio/> He later served in various positions related to running welfare and other church programs at the [[Area (LDS Church)|area]] level.<ref name=liahone_bio/> 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.

Tenorio has served in the LDS Church as a branch president, stake clerk, stake mission president, counselor in a [[stake presidency]], [[stake president]]<ref name=liahone_bio/> and twice as a [[Regional representative of the Twelve|regional representative]] (one time beginning in 1993).<ref>[http://199.104.95.22/articles/23437/New-regional-representatives.html ''LDS Church News'' Dec. 4, 1993 biographies of newly called Regional Representatives]</ref> He was a sealer in the Mexico City Temple when it opened. He also served as [[Mission president|president]] of the Mexico [[Tuxtla Gutiérrez]] [[Mission (LDS Church)|Mission]] from 1990 to 1993.

From 1995 to 2000, Tenorio was an [[area seventy]], serving in the Mexico South Area Presidency for part of that time. While in the later position he was a key figure at the goundbreaking for the [[Veracruz Mexico Temple]].<ref>[https://churchofjesuschristtemples.org/veracruz-mexico-temple/ Article on Veracruz Mexico Temple]</ref> In April 2007, Tenorio became a member of the [[First Quorum of the Seventy]] and served as a counselor in the Mexico Area Presidency from 2007 to 2012.

On 6 October 2012, Tenorio was released from the First Quorum of the Seventy and designated an emeritus general authority at the LDS Church's semi-annual general conference.<ref>[https://www.standard.net/news/local/church-lowers-age-for-members-to-start-missions/article_ff75c3ff-072a-5f3d-b2e4-794e4756937d.html Ogden Standard-Examiner article announcing these changes]</ref>

In November 2014, Tenorio was named as director of the [[Missionary Training Center]] (MTC) in [[Mexico City]].<ref name=Deseret_1>{{citation |url= http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865614338/New-MTC-presidents.html?pg=all |title= New MTC presidents |newspaper= [[Church News]] |publisher=Deseret News |date= November 1, 2014 }}</ref> This is the church's second largest MTC (after the one in [[Provo, Utah]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865641338/Mexico-City-MTC-A-sacred-center-of-learning.html?pg=all |title=Mexico City MTC: A sacred center of learning |author=Jason Swensen |date=November 12, 2015 |work=[[Church News]] |accessdate=July 8, 2016}}</ref> He served in this position until 2017.<ref>[http://www.ldsliving.com/First-Presidency-Calls-7-New-MTC-Presidents-for-2017/s/83774 article on calling of Tenorios successors]</ref>

==See also==

*[[List of general authorities of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/church/leader/octaviano-tenorio "General Authorities: Elder Octaviano Tenorio"], lds.org
*[http://gapages.com/tenoro1.htm Grampa Bill's G.A. Pages: Octaviano Tenorio]
*[http://www.mission.net/mexico/tuxtla-gutierrez/presidentf.htm listing of Tenorio in listing of Mission Presidents of the Tuxla Gutierrez Mission]
*''[[Church News]]'', May 5, 2007;{{full citation needed|date=August 2015}} October 30, 1999;{{full citation needed|date=August 2015}} September 17, 1990{{full citation needed|date=August 2015}}
*[https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=54659757&itype=cmsid Salt Lake Tribune article mentioning Tenorio]

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