The Rt Rev

Right Reverend

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 Edward Ralph Johnson, DD

Doctor of Divinity

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, LLD

Legum Doctor

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, MA  was an eminent Anglican priest

Priest

A priest is a person authorized to perform the sacred rites of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities...

  in the second half of the 19th century.
He was born in 1828, educated at Wadham College, Oxford

Wadham College, Oxford

Wadham College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, located at the southern end of Parks Road in central Oxford. It was founded by Nicholas and Dorothy Wadham, wealthy Somerset landowners, during the reign of King James I...

 and ordained in 1850. His first post was a curacy

Curate

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 in Farnborough, Warwickshire

Farnborough, Warwickshire

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  after which he was a Minor Canon at Chester Cathedral

Chester Cathedral

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. He was Rector

Rector

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 of Northenden

Northenden

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 and then Archdeacon of Chester before being elevated to the Episcopate as Bishop of Calcutta

Bishop of Calcutta

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 in 1876 and Metropolitan of India

India

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. He retired in 1898 and died on September 11, 1912.