Walter F. González

Walter Fermín González Núñez (born 1952-11-18) is a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and has been one of the seven presidents of the seventy of the church since October 2007.

González was born in Montevideo, Uruguay in a Roman Catholic family. He converted to the LDS Church in 1973.

González earned a law degree from the University of the Republic in Montevideo and later studied economics at the Universidad de las Fraternidades y Agrupaciones Santo Tomás de Aquino in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He also earned a business administration degree from Instituto CEMLAD in Ecuador and a distance learning degree from Indiana University.

Beginning in 1975, González was employed by the Church Educational System (CES) of the LDS Church. In 1989 when he was called as a mission president, he was serving as the CES associate area director for Ecuador. ["Church News", January 28, 1989] After serving as a mission president, González served as area director for the CES in Ecuador. ["Church News", September 25, 1993.]

In the church, González has been a member of a stake high council, stake president and was a regional representative of the Twelve. He was also the president of the Ecuador Guayaquil Mission of the church from 1989 to 1991. [ [http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=5de127cd3f37b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1 "New Mission Presidents Called"] , "Ensign", May 1989, pp. 104–105.] During his tenure, the mission was divided, and González served until 1992 as the president of the Ecuador Guayaquil South Mission. During his tenure, the mission was divided, and González served until 1992 as the president of the Ecuador Guayaquil South Mission. In 1995, González became an area authority. ["Church News", August 5, 1995.] In 1998, Gonzalez became the second counselor in the presidency of the South America North Area of the church. ["Church News", July 4, 1998.] In 2001 he became a general authority and a member of the First Quorum of Seventy of the church.

In October 2007, González was made a member of the Presidency of the Seventy to replace Quentin L. Cook, who was called from the Presidency of the Seventy to be a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. In this capacity, González's primary duty is to supervise the work of the area seventies in the North America Southeast Area of the church.

González is married to Zulma Anahir Núñez ["Church News", August 5, 1995; her mother's surname is Núñez, just like his mother's.] and is the father of four children.

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* [http://lds.org/portal/site/LDSOrg/menuitem.b12f9d18fae655bb69095bd3e44916a0/?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=8611759235d0c010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1 “Elder Walter F. González of the Seventy,”] "Ensign", May 2001, 105
* [http://www.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=03a85dee63675110VgnVCM100000176f620aRCRD&vgnextchannel=9ae411154963d010VgnVCM1000004e94610aRCRD "New Presidency of the Seventy Sustained"] , "News Release", 2007-10-06

External links

* [http://gapages.com/gonzawf1.htm Grampa Bill's G.A. Pages: Walter F. González]