Mask was born and raised in El Paso, Texas. Although his mother was a member of the Latter- Day Saints (Mormons) Church and his grandfather had been the first native Mexican to serve as a missionary for the church, Mask"s father was not a member of the church when Mask was young.
Brigham Young University.
Mask is also the first American general authority of Mexican descent in the church"s history. However after returning from his time in the United States. Army during World World War II, the elder Clate Mask did join the church. He later served in the United States military and then studied at Brigham Young University.
Mask married Paula Carol Garns, whom he had first met when they were both missionaries.
Foreign a short time after earning a bachelor"s degree in English and Spanish, Mask was involved in construction sales. However, after serving for a time as an early-morning seminary teacher, he became a full-time employee of the Church Educational System, where he was employed for 30 years.
He later earned a master"s degree in education from California State University, Northridge. Among other things that Mask did while employed by Certificate in Superior Studies was the establishment of institute classes in Spanish in both Southern California and Arizona.
Mask served for three years as president of the Spain Barcelona Mission from 1997 to 2000.
He served as a bishop, a branch president, a stake Sunday School president and in several other callings in the church prior to his becoming a general authority. From 2009 to 2012, Mask was the president of the Guatemala City Guatemala Temple. The Masks are the parents of six children.
Mask was a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy and was the president of the Caribbean Area of the church from 2006 to 2009.
