José L. Alonso

Who is José L. Alonso?

José Luis Alonso Trejo has been a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since 2011.

Alonso was born in Cuautla, Morelos, Mexico. He lived primarily in Mexico City until he was 15 when he moved back to Cuautla to live with his father, Luis Alonso. The older Alonso had joined the LDS Church and through the influence of his father and meeting with the missionaries, Jose Alonso also joined the church. As a youth in Cuautla he met Rebeca Salazar. He served as missionary for the LDS Church in the Mexico Hermosillo Mission. After returning from his mission, Alonso married Rebecca in the Mesa Arizona Temple and they are the parents of two children.

Alonso was trained as a homeopathic physician and surgeon at Escuela Libre de Homeopatia de Mexico and then received a degree in pediatrics from the National Institute of Pediatrics in Mexico City. He worked in medicine and also as an institute director and area director for church's Seminaries and Institutes of Religion.