John S. Thornton

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John S. Thornton
Bishop of Idaho
Church Episcopal Church
Diocese Idaho
Elected1990
In office1990–1998
Predecessor David Birney (bishop)
Successor Harry Brown Bainbridge III
Orders
Ordination1962
ConsecrationSeptember 1, 1990
by  Bill Stough
Personal details
Born1932
Nationality American
Denomination Anglican
SpouseJanylee Thornton

John Stuart Thornton (born in 1932) was bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Idaho, serving from 1990 to 1998. He was consecrated on September 1, 1990.

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Biography

Thornton was initially ordained a minister in the Congregational Church, the present day United Church of Christ. He joined the Episcopal Church in 1960. Ordained deacon and priest in the Episcopal Diocese of Wyoming in 1962, he served as curate of St. Peter's Church in Sheridan. In 1964, he was called to be rector of Christ Church in Sausalito, California, and, in 1969, was called to be rector of St. Stephen's Church in Belvedere-Tiburon, California. In 1982, he and his wife, Jan, moved to a small farm near Scio, Oregon, from which he served as vicar of Christ the King on the Santiam in Stayton.

In 1990, he was elected bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Idaho and retired in 1998. While serving as bishop, he founded St. Francis of the Tetons in the Teton Valley of Idaho and Wyoming. In 1997, he and his wife founded the Lillian Vallely School, a day school for children living on the Fort Hall Reservation in eastern Idaho.

In his retirement, Thornton has written four books and served churches in Arizona, Idaho, North Dakota, Oregon, and Washington.

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