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Kristin Murphy, Deseret News Elder Gérald Caussé of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles speaks during a recording of the Church News podcast in the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. Elder Caussé had served as the Church’s presiding bishop since 2015 before being called as an Apostle.
Laura Seitz, Deseret News Elder Clark G. Gilbert of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles speaks during an interview on Feb. 13, 2026, the day after being ordained an Apostle.
Getting to know Elder Caussé and Elder Gilbert
By Joel Randall Church News
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heir journeys though life have been quite different — Elder Gérald Caussé was the Church’s presiding bishop born in France, while Elder Clark G. Gilbert was the commissioner of Church education born in
California. Yet they’ve come to many of the same conclusions as recently called members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles: Jesus Christ lives, He guides His Church through His prophets, and their new assignments cannot be fulfilled without divine help. In the upcoming April 2026 general conference, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have the opportunity to sustain these two new Apostles as they begin lifelong missions to testify the Savior lives. “I felt the love of God for me,” said Elder Caussé about being called, “and it was evident that I should accept this
calling — and did it with great joy, actually, although I felt totally shocked and overwhelmed.” Said Elder Gilbert: “We know we have things to improve and work on. And yet, I felt really confident that the Lord would make up the difference, that the keys were bigger than any one person and that I would be magnified in that calling.” Elder Caussé, born in Bordeaux, France, was ordained on Nov. 6, 2025, filling the vacancy in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles created by the death of Church President Russell M. Nelson. And Elder Gilbert — born in Oakland, California, and raised in Phoenix, Arizona — was ordained on Feb. 12, 2026, after the death of President Jeffrey R. Holland, president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. These new prophets, seers and revelators joined episodes 269 and 282 of the Church News podcast to acknowledge the people and experiences that have made it all possible. APOSTLES D3