David Waters writes for The Commercial Appeal:
The Episcopal bishop in Memphis plans to resign in 2019 when he turns 70, two years before his mandatory retirement age.
“I’m in good health and I love what I do, but it’s time,” Bishop Don Johnson said [June 16]. “This will give the diocese time to start the search process for a new leader.”
The Rt. Rev. Don Johnson has been bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of West Tennessee since 2001.
… Johnson was one of 52 candidates and five finalists to succeed Bishop James Coleman as bishop of West Tennessee. He was elected on the 15th ballot.
Matthew Townsend is a Halifax-based freelance journalist and volunteer advocate for survivors of sexual misconduct in Anglican settings. He served as editor of the Anglican Journal from 2019 to 2021 and communications missioner for the Anglican Diocese of Quebec from 2019 to 2022. He and his wife recently entered catechism class in the Orthodox Church in America.
