Frederick Foote Johnson

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The Right Reverend

Frederick Foote Johnson
Anglican
ParentsEzra Levan Johnson, Jane Eliza Camp
Spouse
Susan Lynn Beers
(m. 1899)

Elizabeth L. Beers
(m. 1915)
Children1
Previous post(s)Assistant Bishop of South Dakoda (1905-1910)
Missionary Bishop of South Dakoda (1910-1911)
Coadjutor Bishop of Missouri (1911-1923)

Frederick Foote Johnson (April 23, 1866 – May 9, 1943) was fourth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Missouri.

Early life and education

Johnson was born in

University of the South also awarded him a Doctor of Divinity in 1918.[3]

Ordained ministry

Johnson was ordained deacon on November 11, 1896, by Bishop

Denver, Colorado.[4] He served as minister at St Barnabas' Church in Glenwood Springs, Colorado in 1897 and then as curate at St Stephen's Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado from 1897 till 1898. In 1898 he also briefly served as rector at Boulder, Colorado, before becoming rector of Trinity Church in Redlands, California in 1899. Between 1904 and 1905, he was a diocesan Missionary in Western Massachusetts.[5]

Bishop

On June 8, 1905, Johnson was elected Assistant Bishop of South Dakoda, and was consecrated on November 2, 1905, by Presiding Bishop Daniel S. Tuttle.[6] He was elected Missionary Bishop of South Dakota on October 11, 1910. A year later, in May 1911, he was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Missouri, and succeeded as diocesan bishop in 1923. He retired in 1933 and died 10 years later on May 9, 1943.[7]

External links

References

  1. ^ "JOHNSON, Frederick Foote". Who's Who in the Central States: 494. 1929.
  2. ^ "JOHNSON, FREDERICK FOOTE: Protestant Episcopal bishop coadjutor of South Dakota". The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: 220. 1977.
  3. ^ "JOHNSON, FREDERICK FOOTE". Religious Leaders of America. 2: 591. 1942.
  4. ^ "Frederick Foote Johnson, D.D.". Newtown's History and Historian, Ezra Levan Johnson: 85. 1917.
  5. ^ "JOHNSON, FREDERICK FOOTE". Who's Who in the Clergy. 1: 593. 1935.
  6. ^ "Johnson, Frederick Foote D.D. (227)". The Living Church Annual: 35. 1944.
  7. ^ "F.F. Johnson, Bishop". The Living Church. 106 (20): 30. 16 May 1943.