Agricol Lozano
Mexican Mormon leader (1927–1999)
Agrícol Lozano Herrera (1927–1999) was a poet, historian, and leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Mexico. He was also an outspoken human rights lawyer once imprisoned by the Mexican government.
Biography
Lozano was born to Mormon parents in Tula, Hidalgo as the eldest of 13 children. His mother had been an employee of Rafael Monroy, who was slain during the Mexican Revolution of 1910 in large part because of his belief in Mormonism. Lozano's father, also named Agricol, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) after learning about Mormonism from his wife.
As a child, Lozano often helped his father in the brick-laying business. He went to Mexico City to become a professional soccer player but never made the team, and instead became a missionary for the LDS Church. After his mission, Lozano worked as a custodian at the Museum of Anthropology and History of Mexico. It was largely because of a sermon he heard from Spencer W. Kimball while on a trip to the Mesa Arizona Temple in the 1940s that Lozano decided to pursue a life as a lawyer and an advocate from the indigenous people of Mexico.
He married Malinche Gómez, a native of Tampico, Tamaulipas; they had six children.
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