John H. Taylor (bishop)

The Right Reverend John H. Taylor
Bishop of Los Angeles
Church	Episcopal Church
Province	Province 8 of the Episcopal Church
Diocese	Los Angeles
See	St. John's Cathedral (Los Angeles)
Elected	December 3, 2016
In office	2017 to present
Predecessor	J. Jon Bruno
Previous post(s)	Coadjutor Bishop of Los Angeles (2016)
Orders
Ordination	June 7, 2003 (deacon) January 24, 2004 (priest) by J. Jon Bruno
Consecration	July 8, 2017 by Michael Bruce Curry
Personal details
Born	John Harvey Taylor (1954-10-26) October 26, 1954 (age 69) Detroit, Michigan, United States
Denomination	Anglicanism
Residence	Pasadena, CA
Spouse	Kathleen H. O'Connor ​ ​ (m. 2002)​
Children	2
Alma mater	Claremont School of Theology University of California, San Diego

John Harvey Taylor (born October 26, 1954) is the Bishop of Los Angeles in the Diocese of Los Angeles of the Episcopal Church.

Taylor was a chief of staff to former U.S. President Richard Nixon and served as the executive director of the Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace Foundation. Taylor had served as director of the privately owned and funded Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace prior to it joining the federal presidential libraries system, and becoming the Richard Nixon Presidential Library.

Taylor was ordained as an Episcopal priest and served as the vicar of St. John's Episcopal Church and School, located in Rancho Santa Margarita, Orange County, California.^[1] In December 2016, he was elected to serve as bishop coadjutor of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. In 2017 he succeeded J. Jon Bruno as diocesan bishop.