Bishop John Thomas Walker

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Bishop_John_Thomas_Walker

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater	gptkb:Oberlin_College gptkb:Virginia_Theological_Seminary
gptkbp:birthDate	1925-11-16
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Birmingham,_Alabama,_United_States
gptkbp:children	one son
gptkbp:consecrationDate	1971
gptkbp:deathDate	1989-09-30
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:Washington,_D.C.,_United_States
gptkbp:denomination	gptkb:Episcopal_Church_(United_States)
gptkbp:fullName	gptkb:John_Thomas_Walker
gptkbp:honor	Walker-Whitman Health Center named in his honor
gptkbp:notableFor	first African American Bishop of Washington
gptkbp:notableWork	advocacy for social justice and civil rights
gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:bishop
gptkbp:ordinationDate	1954
gptkbp:positionHeld	gptkb:Bishop_of_Washington
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:William_F._Creighton
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Sara_Walker
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Ronald_H._Haines
gptkbp:termEnd	1989
gptkbp:termStart	1977
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Episcopal_Church_(United_States)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Bishop John Thomas Walker