William Herbert Johnson was the 5th Anglican Bishop of Ballarat in Australia.[1]
Johnson was born in Brighton, South Australia [2] on 12 May 1889 and educated at St Peter's College, Adelaide and Adelaide University. He was ordained in 1914 and his first ministry position was as a curate at Holy Trinity, Kew in Melbourne. After World War I service as a chaplain to the AIF he was the rector of St Cuthbert’s Prospect, South Australia where he remained until his appointment as the Dean of Newcastle.[3] In 1936 he was ordained to the episcopate and was still in post at his death on 15 July 1960.[4]
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| Preceded by Philip Charles Thurlow Crick |
Bishop of Ballarat 1936 – 1960 |
Succeeded by William Hardie |
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