- Jorge A. Rojas
Jorge Alfonso Rojas Ornelas (born
27 September 1940 ) was ageneral authority ofThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1991 to 1996.Rojas was born in Delicias,
Chihuahua ,Mexico . He was raised in Chihuahua City. Rojas convinced his parents, though none of them wereLatter-day Saint s, to send him to the LDS Church-ownedAcademia Juárez in Colonia Juárez so he could learn English. Rojas lived with Willard and Bertha Shupe while in Colonia Juárez, and they convinced him to attend English-language LDS Church meetings in order to assist him in learning English.Rojas was baptized a member of the LDS Church in 1959. he received degrees in education and physical education from the
University of Chihuahua and also studied atNew Mexico State University .Rojas was a teacher at the LDS Church-owned Benermerito School in
Mexico City when it opened in 1964. Rojas married Marcella Burgos, a recent Benemerito graduate, in 1969 in theMesa Arizona Temple .Rojas continued to work for the
Church Educational System and later in area administrative offices. In 1988, Rojas and his wife set up a business translating technical manuals from English for American companies with factories in Mexico.Rojas and his wife Marcella have five children.
Rojas served on two occasions as a
stake president of the LDS Church. He also served two terms as a Regional Representative. [ [http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=58f7fd758096b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1 “Report of the Regional Representatives Seminar,”] "Ensign", Nov. 1976, pp. 140–141.] Rojas was president of the Mexico Guadalajara Mission.Rojas became a member of the church's
Second Quorum of the Seventy in 1991. He was released as a member of the quorum and as a general authority of the church in October 1996. [ [http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=ae9cdbdcc370c010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1 “The Sustaining of Church Officers,”] "Ensign", Nov. 1996, p. 20.]Rojas was called as an
Area Seventy of the church in 2004. [ [http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=534ed9cbdb01c010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1 “The Sustaining of Church Officers,”] "Ensign", May 2004, p. 24.] He has since served in the presidency of the Mexico North Area of the church. [ [http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=b1e5dcac73a8d010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1 “New Area Leadership Assignments,”] "Ensign", Aug. 2006, pp. 74–75.] In 2008, Rojas was made the president of theGuayaquil Ecuador Temple . ["Church News ",July 12 ,2008 , p. 12]Notes
References
* [http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=0e51b850e318b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1 “Elder Jorge A. Rojas of the Seventy,”] "Ensign", May 1991, p. 101
External links
* [http://gapages.com/rojasja1.htm Grampa Bill's G.A. Pages: Jorge A. Rojas]
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