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Johnson, Thomas
d. 1884
Anglican (CMS)
Sierra Leone/Nigeria


Of Sierra Leone, West Africa. Native Christian of the Ibo Tribe. At Church Missionary Society Day School at Regent. 1861, Schoolmaster at Akassa and Onitsha; 1868, Catechist at Brass. 1871, March 12, ordained a deacon and 1872, May 26, ordained a priest by Bishop Crowther. Stationed at Brass, Niger. 1884, April 11, died. 1872, engaged in translating a portion of Book of Common Prayer into the Idso language.


Source:

Church Missionary Society, Register of Missionaries (Clerical, Lay and Female) and Native Clergy from 1804 to 1904.