Joseph C. Muren
| Joseph C. Muren | |
|---|---|
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Second Quorum of the Seventy | |
| April 6, 1991 (aged 55) – October 5, 1996 (aged 60) | |
| Called by | Ezra Taft Benson |
| End reason | Honorably released |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Joseph Carl Muren February 5, 1936 Richmond, California, United States |
| Died | July 27, 2009 (aged 73) Layton, Utah, United States |
Joseph Carl Muren (February 5, 1936 – July 27, 2009) was a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1991 to 1996. He also taught institute classes at Weber State College. He authored a soft bound book titled "Causes and affects of inactivity in the Church."
Early life
Muren was born in
As a student at
LDS Church service
Muren then served as a
Muren was an institute instructor for the LDS Church. He first taught at the institute adjacent to El Camino College. After teaching at several institutes, Muren served as president of the Costa Rica San José Mission of the church from 1977 to 1980. This mission covered Nicaragua and Muren was involved in both pulling out missionaries and sending them back in amidst war during the fall of 1978.[1] After this mission Muren served as director of temporal affairs for the church in Peru. Later he held the same position in Argentina and Australia and in 1989, he assumed the same position in England.
Muren was called as member of the church's
In October 1996, Muren was released as a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy and as a general authority of the LDS Church. He died in 2009 in Layton, Utah.
Notes
- ^ “Church Continues Progress in Nicaragua,” Ensign, February 1979, pp. 75–76.
- Tambuli, August 1993, p. 22.
- ^ Life History of Cesar A. Morales, Guatemala Quetzaltenango Mission, mission.net, accessed 2008-03-17.
References
- “Elder Joseph C. Muren Of the Seventy,” Ensign, May 1991, p. 99
- Church News, Aug. 8, 2009, p. 13