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Elder Gérald Caussé, 62, becomes the newest apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

A day later, he recalls feeling peace when President Dallin H. Oaks extended the apostleship call.

Caussé, a native of Bordeaux, France, values music and diverse global church experiences.

SALT LAKE CITY — The newest member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Quorum of the Twelve Apostles says he can't remember a time he didn't have a testimony of Jesus Christ.

"My testimony has grown for sure, but I think a very defining moment in my life was at age 11 when I read the Book of Mormon," Elder Gérald Caussé said in an interview Friday. "I felt the spirit of it, and I knew that it was a true story of the people of God, and

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