Walter F. González
Walter Fermín González (born 1952-11-18) is a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 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 of the LDS Church.
In the church, González has been a 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. During his tenure, the mission was divided, and González served until 1992 as the president of the Ecuador Guayaquil South Mission. In 1997, González became an area seventy and 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 and is the father of four children.
References
- “Elder Walter F. González of the Seventy,” Ensign, May 2001, 105
- "New Presidency of the Seventy Sustained", News Release, 2007-10-06