Joseph Horsfall Johnson

Joseph Horsfall Johnson
The Right Reverend; Joseph Horsfall Johnson; D.D.
	Bishop of Los Angeles
	Bishop-elect Johnson in 1895
Province	Episcopal Church
Diocese	Los Angeles
In office	1895-1928
Successor	W. Bertrand Stevens
Orders
Consecration	24 February 1896[1]; by Thomas Frederick Davies
Personal details
Born	June 7, 1847[2]; Schenectady, New York, United States[3]
Died	May 16, 1928 (aged 80)[4]; Pasadena, California, United States
Buried	San Gabriel Cemetery, San Gabriel, California
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Williams College

Joseph Horsfall Johnson (7 June 1847- 16 May 1928) was the first Bishop of Los Angeles in The Episcopal Church.[5][6] He founded The Bishop's School[7] in La Jolla, California[8] and served on the Pomona College board of trustees.[9] The Bishop Johnson College of Nursing at Good Samaritan Hospital was named for him.[10] He was the father of architect Reginald Davis Johnson.[11]

References

"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.
Engstrand, Iris Wilson (2005). San Diego: California's Cornerstone. San Diego, California: Sunbelt Publications. p. 126. ISBN 0932653723.
"BISHOP JOSEPH HORSFALL JOHNSON". HISTORY: FOUNDERS. The Bishop's School. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
"Bishop Joseph Horsfall Johnson". Pomona College Quartery Magazine. VII (3): 88–91. March 1919. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
"Bishop Johnson College of Nursing". Museum of Nursing History. Museum of Nursing History. 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-10-03. Retrieved 2015-10-02.
Leitereg, Neal J. (February 26, 2015). "Reginald Johnson home in Pasadena has ties to Episcopal Church". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 1 October 2015.

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[1] "PURPLE CASSOCK AND A ROCHET: Consecration of Dr. Johnson as First Bishop of Los Angeles". San Francisco Call. 79 (87). 25 February 1896.

[Herringshaw-2] Herringshaw's American Blue Book Of Biography. American Publishers' Association. 1915. p. 696.

[McGroarty-3] 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.

[LA_Times_obit-4] "Bishop Johnson Called by Death in Pasadena". Los Angeles Times. May 17, 1928.

[Stevens-5] Stevens, William Bertrand (1936). A Bishop Beloved: Joseph Horsfall Johnson, 1847-1928. New York: Morehouse Publishing.

[Johnson-6] "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.

[7] Engstrand, Iris Wilson (2005). San Diego: California's Cornerstone. San Diego, California: Sunbelt Publications. p. 126. ISBN 0932653723.

[8] "BISHOP JOSEPH HORSFALL JOHNSON". HISTORY: FOUNDERS. The Bishop's School. Retrieved 1 October 2015.

[9] "Bishop Joseph Horsfall Johnson". Pomona College Quartery Magazine. VII (3): 88–91. March 1919. Retrieved September 29, 2015.

[10] "Bishop Johnson College of Nursing". Museum of Nursing History. Museum of Nursing History. 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-10-03. Retrieved 2015-10-02.

[Leitereg-11] Leitereg, Neal J. (February 26, 2015). "Reginald Johnson home in Pasadena has ties to Episcopal Church". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 1 October 2015.