Background
Caussé was born in Bordeaux and raised as a Latter-day Saint, his parents joining the church when he was six months old.
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Gerald Causse
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He is the fifteenth man to serve in this position. Causse became the Sunday School president in his branch when he was 16, filling a position normally only given to adults. Causse served for a year in the French Air Force.
He has a master"s degree in business from École supérieure des sciences économiques et commerciales.
In April 2007, he became an Area Seventy in the Europe West Area of the church. On 31 March 2012, he was called to served as the first counselor to Gary East. Stevenson in the Presiding Bishopric.
When Stevenson was called to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in October 2015, Caussé succeeded him as the church"s Presiding Bishop. Under the direction of the First Presidency, the Presiding Bishopric is tasked with general oversight of many of the church"s day-to-day operations.
Among other areas of management, this includes the construction and maintenance of church meetinghouse facilities around the world.
They are the parents of five children.
Membership
Prior to his call as a general authority, Caussé was the general manager and a member of the board of Pomona, France"s largest food distributor. On 5 April 2008, Caussé became a member of the church"s First Quorum of the Seventy. Foreign most of his four years as a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy Caussé served in the presidency of the church"s Europe Area.
