Junius Horner

Junius Moore Horner (July 7, 1859 – April 5, 1933) was the first bishop of the Diocese of Western North Carolina in The Episcopal Church.[1]

The Right Reverend

Junius Moore Horner

D.D.
Bishop of Western North Carolina
ChurchEpiscopal Church
DioceseWestern North Carolina
Elected1922
In office1922-1933
SuccessorRobert E. Gribbin
Orders
OrdinationMay 24, 1891
by Theodore B. Lyman
ConsecrationDecember 28, 1898
by Joseph Blount Cheshire
Personal details
Born(1859-07-07)July 7, 1859
Oxford, North Carolina, United States
DiedApril 5, 1933(1933-04-05) (aged 73)
Asheville, North Carolina, United States
BuriedRiverside Cemetery, Asheville, North Carolina
NationalityAmerican
DenominationAnglican
ParentsJames Hunter Horner & Sophronia Moore
SpouseEva Harker
Children3
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Early Life and Education

Horner was born on July 7, 1859 in Oxford, North Carolina, the son of James Hunter Horner and Sophronia Moore. Horner was a classmate of Woodrow Wilson at the University of Virginia. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Johns Hopkins University in 1885. He then studied at the General Theological Seminary and earned his Bachelor of Divinity in 1890. He was awarded a Doctor of Divinity by the University of the South in 1899.[2]

Ordained Ministry

Horner was ordained deacon on June 1, 1890 and priest on May 24, 1891. He served his priestly ministry as principal of the Oxford School for Boys in Oxford, North Carolina, from 1890 till 1898. Horner married Eva Harker on December 14, 1892, and together had three children.

Bishop

In 1898, the General Convention of The Episcopal Church elected Horner to organize the Missionary District of Asheville. George Vanderbilt personally pledged to pay for the new bishop's position.[3] He was consecrated missionary bishop on December 28, 1898, by the Bishop of North Carolina Joseph Blount Cheshire. When the Missionary District of Ashville was organized into the Diocese of Western North Carolina, Horner became its first diocesan bishop. He the diocese until his death in 1933.

References
  1. Powell, William S. (1988). "Horner, Junius Moore". NCpedia. Government & Heritage Library at the State Library of North Carolina. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
  2. "Prominent North Carolina Bishop Dies in Asheville". Herald-Journal. Spartanburg, South Carolina. April 5, 1933. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
  3. "PROFILE: History". official website. Episcopal Diocese of Western North Carolina. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
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