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| − | 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 April 2008. He is the first Chilean to be a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy and only the second Chilean to serve as a general authority of the LDS Church. The first was Eduardo Ayala.
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| − | Zeballos was born in Ovalle, Chile. He joined the LDS Church when he was twelve and later served as a missionary for the church.<ref>"Area Authority in Chile", Ensign, Mar. 1999, pp. 68–69. </ref> Zebellos and his wife Carmen Gloria Valenzuela traveled to São Paulo, Brazil to marry in the [[São Paulo Brazil Temple]]. Their marriage occured on June 26th, 1982. At that point this was the only temple in all of South America. The Zeballoses now have five children.
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| − | Zeballos worked as a mining engineer and later as a manager of corporate affairs for a mining company before his call to full-time church service. For a time he mangaged corporate affairs for Minera Escondida Limitada, which was at that point the biggest copper-producing mine in the world.
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| − | Zeballos became an area authority of the Church in 1995. He was released released from this position in October 2004.
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| − | At the time of his call as a general authority, Zeballos was serving as the president of the [[Chile Concepción South Mission]].
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| − | ==Notes==
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| − | ==Sources==
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| − | *“Elder Jorge A. Zeballos,” Liahona, May 2008, p. 140
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| − | *Church News, August 5, 1995; March 25, 2006; April 12, 2008
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| − | [[Category:Chilean Latter-day Saints]]
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