James Johnson (bishop of St Helena)

James Nathaniel Johnson (28 April 1932 - 1 December 2022) was Bishop of St Helena from 1986 to 1991.[1]

Johnson was born in 1932.[2]

He trained for ordination at Wells Theological College and was ordained deacon in 1964 and priest in 1965.[3] He served his title at Lawrence Weston (1964-66),[4] after which he was successively Priest-in-Charge of St Paul's Cathedral, St Helena (1966-69) and then Vicar (1969-71) as well as Domestic Chaplain to the Bishop of St Helena (1967-71).[5] He was then in England again as USPG Area Secretary for Exeter and Truro dioceses (1972-74), Rector of Combe Martin (1974-80) and Vicar of Thorpe Bay (1980-85)[6] until being appointed as the first island-born Bishop of St Helena and enthroned on 26 January 1986.[7] He resigned as Bishop in 1991, returning to England once more where he was Assistant Bishop in Peterborough diocese (1991-92), Rector of Byfield with Boddington and Aston le Walls (1991-92), Vicar of Hockley (1992-97); Assistant Bishop in Chelmsford diocese (1992-97), and Canon of Chelmsford Cathedral (1994-97).[8] He retired in 1997.[9]

He died in 2022 aged 90.[10]

References
  1. "70th Anniversary of Victory in Europe", St Helena Government, 12 May 2015
  2. "Who's Who: James Nathaniel Johnson". Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  3. Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1973-74, 85th Edition, p 506.
  4. Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1973-74, 85th Edition, p 506.
  5. "Church Times: "Deaths", 6 January 2023". Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  6. "Church Times: "Deaths", 6 January 2023". Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  7. "Churches of St Helena" - Historical events
  8. "Church Times: "Deaths", 6 January 2023". Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  9. "Church Times: "Deaths", 6 January 2023". Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  10. "Church Times: "Deaths", 6 January 2023". Retrieved 8 January 2023.
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