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Prior to his election as bishop, he served as rector of the Church of the Holy Innocents in Atlanta, Georgia, a post he held for 17 years. In November 1988, Johnson was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Western North Carolina. He was consecrated on March 11, 1989, in the Ashville Civic Center, and he succeeded as diocesan in 1990. He retired in 2004.
Johnson was born on July 18, 1938, in Columbus, Georgia and was raised as a Southern Baptist. He was educated at Mercer College from where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1960. He also studied at Yale Divinity School and graduated with a Master of Divinity in 1964. He also received a Master of Arts from North Carolina State University in 1973.
The 7th and current diocesan bishop is José Antonio McLoughlin, who was ordained and consecrated on October 1, 2016 and is the first bishop of Western North Carolina of Hispanic descent. Prior to his election as bishop of the Diocese of Western North Carolina, McLoughlin served as the canon to the ordinary and chief-of-staff for the Episcopal ...
Christianity portal; The Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina is a diocese of the Episcopal Church within Province IV that encompasses central North Carolina.Founded in 1817, the modern boundaries of the diocese roughly correspond to the portion of North Carolina between I-77 in the west and I-95 in the east, including the most populous area of the state.
Photos and videos captured the "biblical devastation" in Asheville, North Carolina as residents scramble to find resources after flooding and power outages caused gas and water shortages.. Roads ...
Bishop of Western North Carolina: Church: Episcopal Church: Diocese: Western North Carolina: Elected: May 1973: In office: 1975–1990: Predecessor: M. George Henry: Successor: Robert Hodges Johnson: Previous post(s) Coadjutor Bishop of Western North Carolina (1973-1975) Orders; Ordination: October 1951 by James P. deWolfe: Consecration ...
The town is concentrated along North Carolina Highway 108, southeast of Asheville, and a few miles north of the North Carolina-South Carolina border. U.S. Route 74 passes through the northern part of town, and Interstate 26 passes through the eastern section.
In North Carolina, 371,615 homes were without power as of about 7 a.m. Tuesday. That includes 86,042 reported outages in Buncombe County, 54,692 in Henderson County and 27,654 in Rutherford County ...