St. Alban’s, Arlington, welcomes new priest

St. Alban’s, Arlington, welcomes new priest

The Rev. Kevin Johnson, rector of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, in Washington, NC, has been called as the new priest-in-charge of St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in Arlington, meeting in Theatre Arlington.

It is a homecoming for Johnson. He grew up in Arlington, was confirmed at St. Alban’s, and graduated from Nolan High School. He graduated from the University of Texas, served in the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, and worked as an assistant professor of ROTC at Texas State University. In 2000 he entered Virginia Theological Seminary. After seminary, he became a curate at St. Francis, San Antonio. In 2007 he became rector of St. Peter’s.  He is fluent in Spanish. He and his wife Sandy are moving back to Texas and plan to be here by the end of April.