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Gérald Jean Caussé: Presiding Bishop

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.

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 when he was 16. His Church service includes Elder Quorum President, Bishop’s counselor, Stake President’s counselor, Stake President, and Area Seventy.

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.

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.

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.

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.