Jorge A. Rojas

Who is Jorge A. Rojas?

Jorge Alfonso Rojas Ornelas was a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 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 were Latter-day Saints, to send him to the LDS Church-owned Academia 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 at New 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 the Mesa 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.