Elder Eduardo F. Ortega

Over years of Church service, Elder Eduardo F. Ortega has learned a valuable lesson. In any calling, whether as a bishop or as a ministering brother, knowing that we represent the Lord makes that calling easier.

“If we think how He would do it, it’s easier,” he said, citing Jacob 5:71–72 in the Book of Mormon. “I have felt the Lord serving beside me many times in many callings because it’s His vineyard, not ours.”

Eduardo Francisco Ortega was born in Godoy Cruz, Mendoza, Argentina, on July 10, 1977, to Fernando Daniel Ortega and Irma Elvira Endstorfer. He married Gabriela Alejandra Cappi Franzia in the Montevideo Uruguay Temple on September 13, 2002. They are the parents of five children and were living in Mexico City, Mexico, at the time of his call.

Elder Ortega earned a bachelor’s degree in architecture from John F. Kennedy University, Argentina, in 2008 and a master’s degree from the University of Belgrano in 2016. In 2017 he received a diploma in leadership from Harvard Business School. He worked as a construction project manager, first for SBA Company and then for the Argentine branch of Village Roadshow Entertainment Group. He became a real estate director for American Express Company in 2014, board member for Arch Royale Projects Ltd. in 2023, and board member for CorNet Global in 2024.

At the time of his call, Elder Ortega was serving as an Area Seventy. He has also served as a stake presidency counselor, bishop, bishopric counselor, elders quorum president, high priests group leader, and full-time missionary in the Colombia Cali Mission.