John Harris Burt (April 11, 1918 – October 20, 2009) was an American prelate, civil rights activist, and social worker, who served as the eighth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Ohio from 1967 to 1983.
He was educated tat the high school of Pontiac, Michigan, before studying at Amherst College, from where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1940.
[5] Between 1957 and 1967, he served as rector of All Saints' Church in Pasadena, California, where he transformed the parish into a leading voice for social change.
Burt was a friend of the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., and was instrumental in organizing civil rights rallies in Los Angeles, notably the 1963 civil rights event in Wrigley Field that attracted 30,000 people, and the 1964 event that was attended by 15,000 in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
He was chosen by the Presiding Bishop to serve as a delegate on an interfaith global tour that included visiting South Vietnam and attending the International Inter-Religious Symposium of Peace in New Delhi.