Background
Jensen was born in Payson, Utah, and raised in Mapleton, Utah.
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Jay Edwin Jensen
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Jensen graduated with bachelor"s, master"s, and doctoral degrees from Brigham Young University.
Career
Jensen was designated an emeritus general authority in the October 2012 general conference. From 1961 to 1963, Jensen served as a missionary in the Spanish-American mission, concentrating on teaching the gospel to Spanish-speakers in the southwestern United States. On the November 1, 1963, Jensen married Lona Lee Child in the Manti Temple and they are the parents of six children.
He was the director of scripture coordination for the church"s Curriculum Department at the time of his call as a general authority.
He previously worked for the Church Educational System as a seminary teacher and director of curriculum. Jensen was also the director of training for the church"s Missionary Department for a period of time.
Jensen was called to the Second Quorum of the Seventy in 1992 and transferred to the First Quorum of the Seventy in 1995. As a general authority, he has served in a number of area presidencies in Central and South America, as well as geographical areas covering parts of the United States and Canada.
In 2004, Jensen and Lynn A. Mickelsen, also of the Seventy, were appointed to supervise the formation and publication of a Spanish-language Latter- Day Saints (Mormons) edition of the Bible.
Jensen was released from the Presidency on August 1, 2012 and designated as an emeritus general authority during general conference in October 2012. In November 2013, Jensen began an anticipated three-year term as president of the church"s Cochabamba Bolivia Temple.
Membership
He served as a member of the church"s Presidency of the Seventy from 2008 to 2012. Jensen became a member of the Presidency of the Seventy on August 1, 2008.
