Samuel Johnson "John" Howard (born September 8, 1951) was the eighth bishop of the Diocese of Florida in the U.S. Episcopal Church.

He is a 1973 graduate of Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, and has been married to his wife, Martha Marie, since 1974.

Howard graduated from the Wake Forest University School of Law in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in 1976.

[4] Howard served as vicar of Trinity Church Wall Street from December 1997 until going to Florida in 2003.

In 2024, it was revealed that Howard would face a disciplinary hearing under Title IV of The Episcopal Church for alleged discrimination against LGBTQ+ clergy and lay people in the Diocese of Florida and alleged financial impropriety during his time as bishop.