Douglas J. Martin

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Douglas J. Martin
Photograph of Douglas J. MartinGeorge R. Hill III
Second Quorum of the Seventy
Second Quorum of the Seventy
1 April 1989 (1989-04-01) – 3 October 1992 (1992-10-03)
Called byEzra Taft Benson
End reasonHonorably released
Personal details
BornDouglas James Martin
(1927-04-20)20 April 1927
Napier, New Zealand[1]
Died23 January 2010(2010-01-23) (aged 82)
Hamilton, New Zealand[1]
Spouse(s)Amelia Wati Crawford
Children4

Douglas James Martin (20 April 1927 – 23 January 2010) was a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1987 to 1992. He was the first New Zealand resident to become a church general authority.

Martin was born in Napier, New Zealand. He was introduced to the LDS Church by Amelia Wati Crawford (who was Maori), and he was baptised in 1951 at age 24. He was a missionary for the LDS Church from 1952 to 1954 serving in New Zealand. Crawford was a missionary in New Zealand at the same time.[2] In 1954, he and Crawford travelled to Hawaii and were married in the church's Laie Hawaii Temple.

He worked for a company that made moulds of plastic, rising to the level of manager.[3]

Shortly after the

sealer in the temple
. From 1958 to 1962, he was the temple recorder.

Martin also served in the LDS Church as a

Second Quorum of the Seventy. He was released as a general authority in October 1992. From 1992 to 1995, he was president of the Hamilton New Zealand Temple.[4]

In 2010, Martin died in Hamilton at age 82.[1]

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