Thomas S. Monson
Thomas S. Monson - President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Thomas S. Monson was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on August 21, 1927. He served in the United States Navy near the close of World War II. In 1950, at age 22, he was called as bishop of the Sixth-Seventh Ward in Salt Lake City. Five years later he was called as a counselor in the presidency of the Temple View Stake. From 1959 to 1962, he served as president of the Church’s Canadian Mission, headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. Shortly after his return from Canada, at the age of 36, he was sustained to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on October 4, 1963. He has served as a counselor in the First Presidency since 1985, serving with President Ezra Taft Benson, President Howard W. Hunter, and President Gordon B. Hinckley.
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