Isabel Pavón de Calderón

Isabel Pavón de Calderón
BornOctober 25, 1929
Imbabura, Ecuador
DiedMarch 30, 2000
Ibarra, Imbabura, Ecuador
NSA memberEcuador
1964 - 1977
1991 - 2000
ABMAmericas
1977 - 1983
CounsellorAmericas
1983 - 1990

Isabel Pavón de Calderón (October 25, 1929 - March 30, 2000) was a Bahá’í who served as a Continental Counselor for the Americas.

Biography[edit]

Calderón was born as Isabel Pavón in the Imbabura province of Ecuador in 1929.[1] Her brother Raúl Pavón became a Bahá’í in May 1958, her parents became Bahá’ís in 1960,[2][3] and she declared in 1961.[1]

In 1964 Calderón was elected to the National Spiritual Assembly of Ecuador and she served on the body for thirteen years.[1] As of 1966 she was serving as assistant secretary of the National Assembly,[4][5] and in 1977 she helped the National Spiritual Assembly secure permission to establish an Ecuador Bahá’í radio station from the government.[6] In 1974 she married Gonzalo Elias Calderón Encalada and they remained married until his passing in 1980.[1]

By 1979 Calderón had been appointed as an Auxiliary Board member and was serving as the legal representative of the National Spiritual Assembly of Ecudaor and that year she taught at a Bahá’í Institute in Otavalo.[7] In 1980 she visited Colombia and spoke on the role women were playing in the Bahá’í community of Ecuador.[8] In 1983 the Universal House of Justice appointed Calderón as a Counselor for the Americas following the passing of her brother Raúl,[9] and she was appointed for a full five year term in 1985.[10]

Calderón was re-elected to the National Spiritual Assembly of Ecuador after completing her term as Counselor and served until her passing in 2000.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (2001). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 28 (1999-2000), Pg(s) 305. View as PDF.
  2. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1994). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 19 (1983-1986), Pg(s) 617. View as PDF.
  3. ↑ Kurt John Hein, Radio Baha'i Ecuador, George Ronald: Oxford, 1988, p 45
  4. ↑ Baha'i News (1966). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 419, Pg(s) 5. View as PDF.
  5. ↑ Baha'i News (1966). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 426, Pg(s) 8. View as PDF.
  6. ↑ Baha'i News (1978). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 564, Pg(s) 4. View as PDF.
  7. ↑ Baha'i News (1979). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 584, Pg(s) 3. View as PDF.
  8. ↑ Baha'i News (1980). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 594, Pg(s) 8. View as PDF.
  9. ↑ 6 December 1983 letter from the Universal House of Justice to all National Spiritual Assemblies
  10. ↑ Baha'i News (December 1985). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 657, Pg(s) 3. View as PDF.
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