The Right Reverend Joseph Horsfall Johnson D.D. | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Los Angeles | |
 Bishop-elect Johnson in 1895 | |
| Church | Episcopal Church |
| Diocese | Los Angeles |
| Elected | December 3, 1895 |
| In office | 1896–1928 |
| Successor | W. Bertrand Stevens |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | June 29, 1873 (deacon) May 29, 1874 (priest) by Horatio Potter |
| Consecration | February 24, 1896[1] by Thomas Frederick Davies |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 7, 1847[2] |
| Died | May 16, 1928 (aged 80)[4] Pasadena, California, United States |
| Buried | San Gabriel Cemetery, San Gabriel, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
| Parents | Stephen H. Johnson & Eleanor Horsfall |
| Spouse |
Isabel Green Davis (m. 1881) |
| Children | Reginald Davis Johnson |
| Alma mater | Williams College |
Joseph Horsfall Johnson (June 7, 1847- May 16, 1928) was the first Bishop of Los Angeles in The Episcopal Church.[5][6]
- ^ "PURPLE CASSOCK AND A ROCHET: Consecration of Dr. Johnson as First Bishop of Los Angeles". San Francisco Call. 79 (87). 25 February 1896.
- ^ Herringshaw's American Blue Book Of Biography. American Publishers' Association. 1915. p. 696.
- ^ McGroarty, John Steven (1921). Los Angeles from the Mountains to the Sea: With Selected Biography of Actors and Witnesses to the Period of Growth and Achievement, Volume 2. Los Angeles, California: American Historical Society. pp. 171–173.
- ^ "Bishop Johnson Called by Death in Pasadena". Los Angeles Times. May 17, 1928.
- ^ Stevens, William Bertrand (1936). A Bishop Beloved: Joseph Horsfall Johnson, 1847-1928. New York: Morehouse Publishing.
- ^ "To Confirm Bishop Williams: The Diocese of Western Michigan Votes Unanimously in His Favor" (PDF). The New York Times. 18 January 1896. Retrieved 1 October 2015.