The Reverend Canon David H. Johnson is the retired Canon to the Ordinary for the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi, living in Fairhope, Alabama. In that role, he served as the principal clergy assistant to three Bishops of Mississippi for 16 years.

A native Mississippian and a graduate of the University of Mississippi, he was ordained deacon and priest in 1987.  He has served congregations on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Nashville, TN, and Starkville, MS. He also served as interim rector of a congregation in the Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast. He is a supply priest at various Central Gulf Coast congregations, and serves as a consultant in Mutual Ministry Review processes.

Father David will be our interim for the next 12-18 months as we discern a call for the next Rector of Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church, Foley.