Helvecio martins autobiography for kids
Helvecio martins autobiography for kids
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Quick facts for kids Helvécio Martins | |
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Helvécio Martins in 1990 | |
| Second Quorum of the Seventy | |
| 31 March 1990 (1990-03-31) – 30 September 1995 (1995-09-30) | |
| Called by | Ezra Taft Benson |
| End reason | Honorably released |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1930-07-27)27 July 1930 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Died | 14 May 2005(2005-05-14) (aged 74) Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Spouse(s) | Rudá Tourinho de Assis |
| Children | 4 |
Helvécio Martins (27 July 1930 – 14 May 2005) was the first person of Black African descent to be called as a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
Born to descendants of African slaves in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Martins joined the LDS Church in 1972, despite his knowledge that the LDS Church did not then allow members of Black African descent to hold the priesthood or to receive temple ordinances.
On 9 June 1978, Martins and his family heard of the announcement tha