Fernando R. Gomez is an amateur writer and avid Mormon historian. Born in Monterrey, Mexico now residing in Provo, Utah. He graduated from Brigham Young University (1967 BESEE). His professional life was spent in Mexico and the Philippine Islands where he became President and owner of an electronic company (1975- 1995).
For 24 years, directed The Museum of Mormon Mexican History in Mexico City a non-profit org. (1991- 2014). In 2011 he opened an on-going extension in Provo, Utah.
His bilingual publications include: LaMont Tullis’s book Mormons in Mexico (1997), The LDS Church and the Lamanite Conventions (2005), Benito Juarez and the Mormon Connection of the Nineteenth Century (2007) and Joseph Smith: His Influence in the Mexican Press of the Nineteenth Century (2008). The Museum has also translated Margarito Bautista’s book into English The Evolution of Mexico - Their True Progenitors and their Origin - The Destiny of America and Europe
He served a mission in Mexico (1962-64), and in the Quorum of the Seventy in the Philippines (1985-90). Presided with his wife Enriqueta, over the Mexico Merida Mission, (1992-95), the Santiago Chile MTC (1998-2000), and the Mexico Merida Temple, (2001-04)
The couple has 4 children, 16 grandchildren and three great-grand- children.
For 24 years, directed The Museum of Mormon Mexican History in Mexico City a non-profit org. (1991- 2014). In 2011 he opened an on-going extension in Provo, Utah.
His bilingual publications include: LaMont Tullis’s book Mormons in Mexico (1997), The LDS Church and the Lamanite Conventions (2005), Benito Juarez and the Mormon Connection of the Nineteenth Century (2007) and Joseph Smith: His Influence in the Mexican Press of the Nineteenth Century (2008). The Museum has also translated Margarito Bautista’s book into English The Evolution of Mexico - Their True Progenitors and their Origin - The Destiny of America and Europe
He served a mission in Mexico (1962-64), and in the Quorum of the Seventy in the Philippines (1985-90). Presided with his wife Enriqueta, over the Mexico Merida Mission, (1992-95), the Santiago Chile MTC (1998-2000), and the Mexico Merida Temple, (2001-04)
The couple has 4 children, 16 grandchildren and three great-grand- children.