During a Church News interview in 1985, President Thomas S. Monson, then second counselor in the First Presidency, told of having been called at age 22 to serve as bishop of the Sixth-Seventh Ward, in which he had grown up in Salt Lake City.

"Why I was called as bishop, I can't tell you," he said during the interview. "Only the Lord would know that."

On Monday, Feb. 4, 2008, that former bishop was introduced at a news media briefing as the 16th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

No living person is more acquainted with the office of Church president. He has spent the past 22 years in the First Presidency, serving as a counselor to three presidents: second counselor to President Ezra Taft Benson and President Howard W. Hunter and, for nearly 13 years, first counselor to President Gordon B. Hinckley.

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• Canadian missionaries remember Sister Frances J. Monson

  Sister Frances J. Monson was a 36-year-old mother of two children when her husband, Thomas S. Monson, was called to preside over the Canadian Mission from 1959 to 1962.
  Published: Tuesday, May 21, 2013

• General Authority wives express thoughts concerning Sister Monson

  The Church News invited four women whose husbands are General Authority colleagues of President Thomas S. Monson to share thoughts about Sister Frances J. Monson.
  Published: Tuesday, May 21, 2013

• President Monson often spoke of Sister Monson and of his affection for her

  Sister Frances J. Monson was a quiet, unassuming woman who, in general, lived her life and raised and supported her family away from the public spotlight.
  Published: Tuesday, May 21, 2013

• Sister Frances J. Monson: 'The ideal wife and mother'

  Surrounded by her family, Sister Frances Beverly Johnson Monson, wife of President Thomas S. Monson, died early Friday morning, May 17, in a Salt Lake City hospital.
  Published: Tuesday, May 21, 2013

• Funeral services for Frances J. Monson announced
  
  Published: Monday, May 20, 2013
• Reporter's recollection: Sister Monson found people in need and helped them
  
  Published: Sunday, May 19, 2013
• 2013 Women's Conference: 'Believe, obey, endure'
  
  Published: Saturday, May 18, 2013
• BYU-Idaho devotional: Trials are chances for growth
  
  Published: Saturday, May 18, 2013
• Frances J. Monson, wife of President Thomas S. Monson, passes away
  
  Published: Friday, May 17, 2013
• 'Our prophet: President Monson' -- Five ways to follow his life and teachings
  
  Published: Saturday, May 11, 2013
• Salvation Army lauds LDS liaison to help people in need
  
  Published: Saturday, May 11, 2013
• CES devotional: ‘Our Prophet: President Thomas S. Monson’
  
  Published: Sunday, May 5, 2013
• 'Attractive nuisance'
  
  Published: Saturday, May 4, 2013
• An 'others-centered' life: Seventy honored for years of service
  
  Published: Saturday, May 4, 2013
• Planting hope in Haiti
  
  Published: Saturday, May 4, 2013
• BYU Women's Conference–Primary leaders: 'Building families upon the rock of our Redeemer'
  
  Published: Saturday, May 4, 2013
• BYU Women's Conference–Young Women leaders: ‘Believe, obey and endure’
  
  Published: Friday, May 3, 2013
• 'Spiritual crocodiles'
  
  Published: Sunday, April 28, 2013
• Missionary moments: Serving together
  
  Published: Sunday, April 28, 2013
• Finding happiness
  
  Published: Saturday, April 20, 2013
• Education moments: Education is a key
  
  Published: Saturday, April 20, 2013
• 183rd Annual General Conference: 'Glorious'
  
  Published: Saturday, April 13, 2013
• Message to all the world
  
  Published: Saturday, April 13, 2013
• BYU-Hawaii commencement: Credentials and character
  
  Published: Saturday, April 13, 2013
• Eldred G. Smith is remembered as 'a man of God'
  
  Published: Wednesday, April 10, 2013
• Sister Rosemary M. Wixom: 'The Words We Speak'
  
  Published: Sunday, April 7, 2013
• President Thomas S. Monson: 'Obedience Brings Blessings'
  
  Published: Sunday, April 7, 2013
• President Thomas S. Monson: 'Until We Meet Again'
  
  Published: Sunday, April 7, 2013
• Overcoming pornography through the Atonement of Jesus Christ
  
  Published: Saturday, April 6, 2013
• Service to another
  
  Published: Saturday, April 6, 2013
• President Thomas S. Monson opens conference, announces two new temples
  
  Published: Saturday, April 6, 2013
• New temples announced for Cedar City, Utah, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  
  Published: Saturday, April 6, 2013
• President Thomas S. Monson: 'Come All Ye Sons of God'
  
  Published: Saturday, April 6, 2013
• Patriarch Emeritus Elder Eldred G. Smith dies at 106
  
  Published: Friday, April 5, 2013
• Young Women auxiliary training: 'Encircled with the priesthood power'
  
  Published: Friday, April 5, 2013
• Relief Society auxiliary training: Prepare spiritually
  
  Published: Friday, April 5, 2013
• Church adjusts mission organization to implement 'mission leadership council'
  
  Published: Friday, April 5, 2013
• General Young Women Meeting: President Dieter F. Uchtdorf - ‘Your wonderful journey home’
  
  Published: Thursday, April 4, 2013
• Young Women: Days never to be forgotten
  
  Published: Saturday, March 30, 2013
• Education moments: Skills and training
  
  Published: Saturday, March 30, 2013
• Easter's lasting message
  
  Published: Saturday, March 23, 2013
• Tegucigalpa Honduras Temple: 'Touch lives and hearts' of those seeking the message of truth
  
  Published: Saturday, March 23, 2013
• New Easter web page focuses on Resurrection
  
  Published: Friday, March 22, 2013
• Tegucigalpa Honduras Temple: 'The Church here is in good hands'
  
  Published: Monday, March 18, 2013
• Tegucigalpa Honduras Temple: National motto - 'Libre, Soberana e Independiente'
  
  Published: Monday, March 18, 2013
• Teaching and testifying while visiting the Asia North Area
  
  Published: Saturday, March 16, 2013
• Church celebrates 30 years in Haiti
  
  Published: Saturday, March 2, 2013
• 'Most wonderful time' for missionary service
  
  Published: Friday, Feb. 22, 2013
• Hastening the work
  
  Published: Friday, Feb. 22, 2013
• Young Women: Bridge building, Personal Progress
  
  Published: Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013