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Joseph Horsfall Johnson

The Right Reverend
Joseph Horsfall Johnson
I Los Angeles
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Bishop-elect Johnson in 1895
Province The Episcopal Church
Diocese Los Angeles
Orders
Consecration February 24, 1896
by Thomas Frederick Davies
Personal details
Born June 7, 1847
Schenectady, New York
Died May 16, 1928

Joseph Horsfall Johnson (1847-1928) was the first Bishop of Los Angeles in The Episcopal Church. He founded The Bishop's School in La Jolla, California and served on the Pomona College board of trustees. The Bishop Johnson College of Nursing at Good Samaritan Hospital was named for him.

He was the father of architect Reginald Davis Johnson.



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