Jorge F. Zeballos
| Jorge F. Zeballos | |
|---|---|
| First Quorum of the Seventy | |
| 5 April 2008 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Jorge Fernando Zeballos 19 July 1955 Ovalle, Chile |
Jorge Fernando Zeballos (born 19 July 1955) has been a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since 2008. He is the first Chilean to be a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy and the second Chilean to serve as a general authority of the LDS Church (the first was Eduardo Ayala).
Zeballos was born in Ovalle, Chile. He joined the LDS Church when he was twelve and later served as a missionary for the church in Concepción.[1] Zeballos and his wife, Carmen Gloria Valenzuela, traveled to São Paulo, Brazil to marry in the São Paulo Brazil Temple.[1] They are the parents of five children.
Zeballos holds a degree in civil engineering from Federico Santa María Technical University and an MBA from Brigham Young University.
In his professional life, Zeballos worked as a manager of corporate affairs for a mining company. He managed corporate affairs for Minera Escondida, which was at that point the biggest copper-producing mine in the world. He also managed the church's physical facilities in Chile.
Zeballos has served in a number of assignments in the LDS Church, including bishop, high councilor, stake president, regional representative and area authority.
At the time of his call as a general authority, Zeballos was serving as president of the church's Chile Concepción South Mission. He served as a counselor in the presidency of the church's Chile Area from August 2008 to August 2012.[2][3] When the church consolidated the Chile Area into the South America South Area in 2012, Zeballos became a counselor in the South America South Area presidency. He served in that assignment from August 2012 to August 2015.[3][4]
Notes
- 1 2 "Area Authority in Chile", Ensign, March 1999, pp. 68–69.
- ↑ News of the Church, Ensign, August 2008, pp. 76-80; see especially pp. 77-78, which features the announcement specific to area leadership changes.
- 1 2 2012 Area Leadership Assignments, Church News, 5 May 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ↑ Area Leadership Assignments, 2015, Deseret News, 2 May 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
References
- "Elder Jorge A. Zeballos," Liahona, May 2008, p. 140
- Jason Swensen, Faith preceded blessings in gospel-filled life, Church News, 19 July 2008. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- Called to Seventy, Church News, 12 April 2008. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- New mission presidents (announces Zeballos' call as a mission president) 25 March 2006. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- Church names area authorities, 5 August 1995. Retrieved 26 August 2015.