Junius Horner

Junius Moore Horner (July 7, 1859 – April 5, 1933) was the first bishop of the Diocese of Western North Carolina in The Episcopal Church.

Horner was a classmate of Woodrow Wilson at the University of Virginia. He also studied at Johns Hopkins University and the General Theological Seminary. He was made doctor of divinity at the University of the South. He was ordained deacon in 1890 and priest in 1891.

In 1898, the General Convention of The Episcopal Church elected Horner to organize the Missionary District of Asheville. George Vanderbilt personally pledged to pay for the new bishop's position.

Horner led the diocese until his death in 1933.