Athos M. Amorím

Athos M. Amorím
Second Quorum of the Seventy
4 April 1998(1998-04-04) (aged 65) – 5 October 2002(2002-10-05) (aged 70)
Called by	Gordon B. Hinckley
End reason	Honorably released
Personal details
Born	Athos Marques de Amorím 14 June 1932 (1932-06-14) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Athos Marques de Amorím (born 14 June 1932) was a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1998 to 2002.

Amorím was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In 1957, he married Maria Alice Ferrao. Amorím joined the Brazilian military. In 1972, he joined the LDS Church. He and his wife were sealed in the Washington D.C. Temple in 1978.

In the military, Amorím eventually received a degree from the Superior War College. He retired with the rank of colonel in the reserve. In 1990, Amorím received the Timbira Order of Labor Judiciary Merit.

Amorím was the president of the LDS Church's Brazil Fortaleza Mission from 1990 to 1993 and was president of the São Paulo Brazil Temple from 1993 to 1996.

From 1998 to 2002, Amorím was a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy. In this capacity, Amorím was the president of the church's Brazil South Area.

References

• 2008 Deseret Morning News Church Almanac (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Morning News, 2007) p. 103
• Church News, March 29, 2003; August 5, 1995; April 18, 1998
• '“Elder Athos M. Amorím Of the Seventy,” Ensign, May 1998, p. 103

External links

• Grampa Bill's G.A. Pages: Athos M. Amorim