Jorge Fuentes

Jorge Fuentes, an electrical engineer by profession, is the fourth president of FFRGOC. As a leader, prior to becoming president, Jorge was treasurer and vice president of FFRGOC. He was very active in religious and civic organizations in Orange County and: • Involved in the Diocese of Orange Capital Campaign; • Did liaison work for the Filipino community at St. Martin de Porres Parish; • Co-founded the Yorba Linda Investment Club as well as the Tee Bird.

Jorge also expressed that for the past 20 years, FFRGOC achieved a lot as a prayer group by promoting the prayer of the rosary in our community plus uniting the Fil-Am community in the Diocese of Orange through our rosary groups and earning the trust of our pastors and bishops who have been dependent to reach out to the Filipino community and that is a big accomplishment!

On a personal level, Jorge is married to Gecila Samontes and they have two children: Joseph Francis and Jennifer Anne and one grandson, Brayden Fuentes.

After his tenure as president, Jorge continued to be active with FFRGOC and chaired the FFRGOC's Seminarian Scholarship Program from 2008-2012. During this period, the program has provided support to 16 scholarship recipients and in 2000 and 2001, financial grants were given to 13 poor seminary schools.

Jorge's wish is for every FFRGOC members to preserve the trust of our Diocese of Orange and its parishes and to continue to be a good steward of God's gifts in our respective community.