Background
Kopischke was born in Elmshorn, West Germany.
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Erich Willi Kopischke
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In December 1978, Kopischke married Christiane Glück in the Swiss Temple and they are the parents of seven children. He was president of Nuremberg Germany Stake from 1994 to 2003. During this time, the English-speaking stake, composed primarily of United States military personnel, and the German-speaking Nuremberg District were combined.
Since Kopischke had learned English while working in the mission office on his mission, he was able manage matters of the stake in both languages used by its members.
Kopischke spent most of the 1980s and early 1990s working in the insurance industry. In 1996, he became the Church Educational System area director in the church"s Europe Central Area.
From 2003 to 2006, he served as president of the Germany Berlin Mission. After returning from this assignment, he became an area seventy and served as second counselor in the presidency of the church"s Europe Central Area.
He then served first as a counselor, then from 2009 to 2012 as president of the church"s Europe Area.
Membership
He was called as a general authority and member of the First Quorum of the Seventy in 2007.
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints