Fr Daniel Johnson, R.I.P.

I've just confirmed a telephone call I received tonight that our dear Fr Daniel Johnson who was the mainstay and the driving force behind the traditional Roman Rite Mass in the Diocese of Orange, died this morning at Santa Teresita Hospital. It was he that brought the once almost empty parish of St Mary's by the Sea back from almost certain closure to the thriving, S.R.O. parish that it was upon his retirement.

There is no information on funeral arrangements yet. But while we wait, a prayer for his soul would not go amiss.

UPDATE (3/19): Una Voce Los Angeles has a little more on Fr Johnson here. OC-UV promises information on his funeral here when available.