The Right Reverend Junius Moore Horner | |
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Bishop of Western North Carolina | |
Church | Episcopal Church |
Diocese | Western North Carolina |
Elected | 1922 |
In office | 1922–1933 |
Successor | Robert E. Gribbin |
Previous post(s) | Missionary Bishop of Ashville (1898-1922) |
Orders | |
Ordination | May 24, 1891 by Theodore B. Lyman |
Consecration | December 28, 1898 by Joseph Blount Cheshire |
Personal details | |
Born | Oxford, North Carolina, United States | July 7, 1859
Died | April 5, 1933 Asheville, North Carolina, United States | (aged 73)
Buried | Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, North Carolina |
Nationality | American |
Denomination | Anglican |
Parents | James Hunter Horner & Sophronia Moore |
Spouse | Eva Harker |
Children | 3 Junius Horner JR (Jack) |
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Junius Moore Horner (July 7, 1859 – April 5, 1933) was the first bishop of the Diocese of Western North Carolina in The Episcopal Church.[1]