Before politics, Romney was a Mormon bishop

The Mitt Romney who is on the campaign trail is often depicted as wealthy, wooden and out of touch with the working class. To some, he seems gaffe-prone, detached, even distant.

But that’s not the man that Boston Mormons knew in the late 1980s and early ’90s, when many saw him as an eloquent speaker, a compassionate counselor and a creative problem-solver, generous with his money and quick to help any in need.

Are the two guys related? While Romney was building his career at Bain Capital, he was also a Mormon bishop (equivalent to a pastor) and a stake president (presiding over several area congregations) in suburban Belmont, Massachusetts.