James Vann Johnston, Jr.

James Vann Johnston, Jr. ( born October 16, 1959 in Knoxville, Tennessee) is a bishop of Springfield - Cape Girardeau.

Life

James Vann Johnston received on 9 June 1990, the ordination to the priesthood for the Diocese of Knoxville.

Pope Benedict XVI. appointed him on 24 January 2008 as Bishop of Springfield - Cape Girardeau. The Archbishop of Saint Louis, Raymond Leo Burke, gave him on 31 March of the same year, the episcopal ordination; Co-consecrators were Joseph Edward Kurtz, Archbishop of Louisville, and his predecessor John Joseph body right.

Knoxville (Tennessee) Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau Roman Catholic Diocese of Knoxville Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville
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