Julio E. Dávila

Julio Enrique Dávila (born 1932-05-23) was a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1991 to 1996. He was the first person from Colombia to be a general authority of the LDS Church.

Dávila was born in Bucaramanga, Colombia."2008 Deseret Morning News Church Almanac" (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Morning News) p. 100.] Dávila was raised primarily in Cartagena. After graduating from college he moved to Bogotá where he met Mary Zapata, whom he married in 1958. They became the parents of two daughters.

Dávila joined the LDS Church at the age of 36 in 1968. Dávila served as a branch president, and in district presidencies. On 1977-05-23 Dávila became the first president of the Bogotá Stake — the first stake of the LDS Church in Colombia. ["2008 Deseret Morning News Church Almanac" (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Morning News) p. 350.]

In 1972, Dávila began working for the Church Educational System (CES). He became a full-time employee of CES in 1973. ["Ensign", May 1991, p. 102] [ [http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=526a1f26d596b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1 “Colombia,”] "Ensign", Feb. 1977, 27.] From 1981 to 1984, Dávila served as president of the Colombia Cali Mission of the church. ["Ensign". May 1991, p. 102] Dávila was the first Colombian to serve as a mission president in the church. [Javier Tobón Gónima, [http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=7db5dbfdf5b1c010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1 “Colombia Reaches 100,000 Members,”] "Ensign", Aug. 1995, 76–77.]

Dávila served twice as a regional representative, which calling he held when he was called to the Second Quorum of the Seventy. [Bo G. Wennerlund, Han In Sang, and Julio Davila, [http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=38b066ce3a47b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1 “I Have a Question,”] "Ensign", Mar. 1991, 63.] He was called to the Second Quorum of the Seventy in 1991, where he served for five years. Released in 1996, he spent most of his service as a general authority in Latin America. For part of this time, he was in the presidency of the South America North Area of the church. [Jay E. Jensen, Julio E. Dávila, and Eduardo Ayala, [http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=cdc0425e0848b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1 “Conversation with the South America North Area Presidency,”] "Ensign", Mar. 1994, 79–80.]

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* [http://gapages.com/davilje1.htm Grampa Bill's G.A. Pages: Julio E. Dávila]