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Eduardo Balderas was a Mexican immigrant to Texas whose family joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the 1920s. Almost immediately after joining the church, the Balderas family became deeply involved in Church service. His father became one of the first Mexican branch presidents in Texas, Eduardo served a mission in the southwest, and later his brother became the first Spanish-speaking bishop in the United States. In 1939, Eduardo became the Church’s first official translator, translating the Doctrine and Covenants, Pearl of Great Price, Jesus the Christ, and many other classic works of Mormon literature. He also translated the Temple ceremonies into Spanish which marked the beginning of translating the ceremony into all the other languages in the Church. He was also the founding editor of the Liahona magazine.
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