James Johnson (assistant bishop of Western Equatorial Africa)
James "Holy" Johnson (c. 1836–1917) was a prominent clergyman and one of the first African members of Nigeria's Legislative Council.
Johnson enrolled in a Church Mission Society (CMS) school, then went on to Fourah Bay Institution, located in Freetown, graduating in 1858.
The CMS was impressed by Johnson's potential, and sent him to its Yoruba mission in Nigeria, first in Lagos and then in Abeokuta.
Lagos Colony Governor Alfred Moloney nominated two Africans as unofficial representatives, Johnson and the trader Charles Joseph George.
He believed in a puritan, evangelistic Christianity, but was hostile to other aspects of European culture which he felt were not suitable to Africa.
Back row : W. Morgan, Charles Phillips , J. White, Archdeacon Hamilton, Nathaniel Johnson, Isaac Oluwole , R.E. Willoughby
Middle row : Rev. V.S. Wright, Mrs. Ingham, Bishop Ernest Graham Ingham , Mrs. Darwin Fox, Rev. James Johnson, Rev. J.W. Dickinson
Front row : Rev. F.W.Dodd, Rev. W. Darwin Fox