- Augusto A. Lim
Augusto Alandy Lim (born
May 4 ,1934 ) was ageneral authority ofThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) between1992 and1997 . He was the first FilipinoLatter-day Saint to become a general authority of the LDS Church. It was not until the 2007 call ofMichael J. Teh to the First Quorum of the Seventy that there was another Filipino who served as a general authority.Lim was born in
Santa Cruz, Marinduque ,Philippines , the first of seven sons of Leon B. Lim and Beatriz R. Alandy Lime.A convert to the LDS Church, Lim was baptized in October
1964 . Prior to his call as ageneral authority , Lim had served as astake president and as the president of the LDS Church's Philippines Naga Mission. He was a practising lawyer in thePhilippines .In July 1992, Lim was ordained to the priesthood office of seventy and became a member of the
Second Quorum of the Seventy . He was honorably released from his duties as a general authority onOctober 4 ,1997 . He later served as president of theManila Philippines Temple .Lim is married to Myrna Garcia Morillo; they have eight children.
References
* [http://lds.org/portal/site/LDSOrg/menuitem.b12f9d18fae655bb69095bd3e44916a0/?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=daf794bf3938b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1 “Elder Augusto A. Lim Of the Seventy”] , "Ensign", Sep. 1992, 77.
External links
* [http://gapages.com/limaa1.htm Grampa Bill's G.A. Pages: Augusto A. Lim]
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