William Johnson (bishop)

William Herbert Johnson (12 May 1889-15 July 1960) was the 5th Anglican Bishop of Ballarat in Australia.[1]

Johnson was born in Brighton, South Australia,[2] on 12 May 1889. He was educated at St Peter's College, Adelaide, Adelaide University and St John's Theological College, Melbourne.[3] 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.[4] In 1936 he was ordained to the episcopate and was in post at his death on 15 July 1960.[5]

References
  1. National Library of Australia
  2. "Who was Who" 1897–1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  3. "Australian Virtual War Memorial: William Herbert Johnson". Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  4. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1940–41, OUP, 1941.
  5. "Obituary: Bishop of Ballarat", The Times, 18 July 1960, p. 12.


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