Ralph Johnson (bishop)

Edward Ralph Johnson (1828 – 11 September 1912) was an Anglican priest^[1] in the second half of the 19th century.^[2]
He was born in 1828, educated at Wadham College, Oxford and ordained in 1850. His first post was a curacy in Farnborough, Warwickshire^[3] after which he was a Minor Canon at Chester Cathedral.^[4] He was Rector of Northenden and then collated Archdeacon of Chester in 1871 before being elevated to the episcopate as Bishop of Calcutta in 1876 and Metropolitan of India. He retired in 1898^[5] and died on 11 September 1912.^[6]

Bishop Ralph Johnson
Edward Ralph Johnson (by Frederick Elwyn Calderon, 1897)
Born	1828 (1828)
Died	11 September 1912(1912-09-11) (aged 83–84)
Alma mater	Wadham College, Oxford
Church	Anglican
Ordained	1850
Congregations served	Northenden St Wilfrid
Offices held	Archdeacon of Chester Bishop of Calcutta Metropolitan bishop of India