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'''Gérald Jean Caussé''' was called to serve as the [[Presiding Bishop]] of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] on 9 October 2015. He is the fifteenth man to serve in this position in the Church’s history. He is the third presiding bishop born outside the United States and the first for whom English is a second language. He has served as a [[General Authority]] of the Church since 2008 and was the first person from France appointed as a General Authority.
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'''Joaquin Estaban Costa''' was born on 8 March 1965, in Concordia, Entre Rios, Argentina, to Graciela M. Fassi and Eduardo J. Costa. He was baptized in 1988 after beginning to date Renée Beatriz Varela who had served as a missionary in Chile. They dated for another year after he was baptized, and were married in the [[Buenos Aires Argentina Temple]] on 29 September 1989. They are the parents of two sons and two daughters.  
  
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Gérald Caussé was born in Bordeaux, France, on 20 May 1963, and raised as a Latter-day Saint. His parents became members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when he was six months old. He became the Sunday School President in his [[Branch|branch]] when he was 16. His Church service includes Elder Quorum President, [[Bishop]]’s counselor, [[Stake President]]’s counselor, Stake President, and Area [[Seventy]].  
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He received his Bachelor Degree in Economics from Universidad de Buenos Aires in 1987, and his Master of Business Administration from [[Brigham Young University]] in1994. He has worked in the banking industry in his native Argentina, the Czech Republic, the Sultanate of Oman in the Middle East, and for a multinational investment banking and financial services corporation (Citibank) in Chicago, Illinois. At the time of his call as a [[General Authority]] [[Seventy]], he was working in Lima, Peru, with MAJ Invest, a Danish investment firm. His duties focused on microfinance.  
  
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Caussé was President of the Paris France Stake of the LDS Church from 2001 to 2007. In April 2007, he became an Area Seventy in the Europe West Area of the Church. On 5 April 2008, he became a member of the church's First [[Quorum of the Seventy]]. For most of his four years as a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy, he served in the presidency of the Church's Europe Area.
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Elder Costa has served in several callings in the Church including [[Bishop]], [[Counselor|counselor]] in a [[Stake President|stake presidency]], counselor in a [[Mission President|mission presidency]], [[High Council]] member, and Area Seventy. He was serving as a member of the Fourth [[Quorum of the Seventy]] of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] in the South America Northwest Area when he was called as a General Authority Seventy. He was sustained as a General Authority Seventy during the Saturday afternoon session of the 186th Annual General Conference on 2 April 2016.
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On 31 March 2012, he was called to serve as the [[First Counselor]] to [[Gary E. Stevenson]] in the Presiding Bishopric. When Stevenson was called to the [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]] on 3 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.
 
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Caussé received a master’s degree in business from École supérieure des sciences économiques et commerciales (ESSEC Business School) in 1987. His career has been in the food industry, where he has worked with several supermarket chains and food distribution companies. He also served for a year in the French Air Force. At the time of his call as a General Authority Seventy, he was the General Manager of Pomona, France's largest food distributor. 
 
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Gérald Caussé and his wife, Valérie Lucienne Babin, were married on 5 August 1986 in the [[Bern Switzerland Temple]]. They are the parents of five children.
 
 
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Joaquin Esteban Costa : General Authority Seventy

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Joaquin Estaban Costa was born on 8 March 1965, in Concordia, Entre Rios, Argentina, to Graciela M. Fassi and Eduardo J. Costa. He was baptized in 1988 after beginning to date Renée Beatriz Varela who had served as a missionary in Chile. They dated for another year after he was baptized, and were married in the Buenos Aires Argentina Temple on 29 September 1989. They are the parents of two sons and two daughters.

He received his Bachelor Degree in Economics from Universidad de Buenos Aires in 1987, and his Master of Business Administration from Brigham Young University in1994. He has worked in the banking industry in his native Argentina, the Czech Republic, the Sultanate of Oman in the Middle East, and for a multinational investment banking and financial services corporation (Citibank) in Chicago, Illinois. At the time of his call as a General Authority Seventy, he was working in Lima, Peru, with MAJ Invest, a Danish investment firm. His duties focused on microfinance.

Elder Costa has served in several callings in the Church including Bishop, counselor in a stake presidency, counselor in a mission presidency, High Council member, and Area Seventy. He was serving as a member of the Fourth Quorum of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the South America Northwest Area when he was called as a General Authority Seventy. He was sustained as a General Authority Seventy during the Saturday afternoon session of the 186th Annual General Conference on 2 April 2016.

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