John H. Taylor (pastor)
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The Right Reverend John Taylor |
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| Bishop of Los Angeles | |
| Church | The Episcopal Church |
| Diocese | Diocese of Los Angeles |
| In office | 2017 |
| Predecessor | J. Jon Bruno |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | June 7, 2003 (deacon) January 24, 2004 (priest) by J. Jon Bruno |
| Consecration | July 8, 2017 by Michael Bruce Curry |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | John Harvey Taylor |
| Born |
October 26, 1954 Detroit, Michigan, USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
| Spouse | Kathleen H. O'Connor (m. 2002) |
| Children | Two daughters, Step-son and Step-daughter |
| Alma mater |
Claremont School of Theology University of California, San Diego |
John Harvey Taylor is the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, and the former post-Chief of Staff to Richard Nixon, and served as the Executive Director of the Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace Foundation. Taylor had served as director of the privately owned and funded Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace prior to it joining the federal presidential libraries system, and becoming the Richard Nixon Presidential Library. Taylor is also an Episcopal priest, and served as the Vicar of St. John's Episcopal Church and School, located in Rancho Santa Margarita, Orange County, California. Until being elected Bishop Coadjutor. In December 2016, he was elected to serve as Bishop Coadjutor of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. In 2017 he succeeded J. Jon Bruno as bishop upon his retirement.
Born in Detroit, Michigan, Taylor held a position as a newspaper reporter. He later moved to California and worked for former President Richard Nixon in 1979. He became the former president's post-Chief of Staff in 1984, and served in that role until 1990. Taylor married Kathy O'Connor in 2002. O'Conner had served as Nixon's post-Chief of Staff from 1990 until the former president's death in 1994.
Taylor was appointed Director of the Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace while still working for the former president. His tenure consisted of the growth and expansion of the library, as well as the fostering and preservation of Richard Nixon's presidential legacy. In 1999, Taylor sought to enhance the former's president's image when he authorized the release of 124 Nixon-era White House tapes regarding the Watergate scandal and Nixon's involvement in it. Taylor acknowledged, "The entire record of Watergate needs to be viewed through the prism of [the] Vietnam [War]... Richard Nixon was a war-time president. He will still be criticized for his actions but the criticism will be fairer when viewed in that light."
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