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Arthur Morris
Bishop of Pontefract and Archdeacon of Pontefract (1949–1954)
Orders
Ordination1922 (deacon); 1923 (priest)
by William Wand
Consecration1949
Personal details
Born(1898-02-20)20 February 1898
Died15 October 1977(1977-10-15) (aged 79)
Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglican
ResidenceHolbrook, Suffolk (at death)
ParentsE. H. Morris
SpouseEvelyn Woods (m. 1924; she d. 1953)
Childrenthree sons
Alma materFitzwilliam College, Cambridge

Arthur Harold Morris (20 February 1898 – 15 October 1977)

Anglican bishop in the 20th century.[2]

Education and family

Born the son of E. H. Morris (of

ordained a deacon on Trinity Sunday (11 June) 1922[5] and a priest the next Trinity Sunday (27 May). He married Evelyn Ethel Woods in 1924 and they had three sons before he was widowed in 1953.[3]

Priest

Following his title post, as assistant curate of All Soul,

Proctor in Convocation for London in 1945. After the war had ended — in 1946 —, he became both Archdeacon of Halifax and a canon (of St Hilda) of Wakefield Cathedral, and was elected a Proctor for that diocese.[3]

Bishop

In 1949, he was moved to a different archdeaconry and canonry of the same diocese and cathedral —

Lord Spiritual in 1959.[3] Morris resigned in September, 1965, following a stroke. A measure of his success was that when it came to a choice of a successor, the diocese sought a ‘pastorally-minded’ bishop like Morris. Leslie Brown, Archbishop of Uganda, pastor and theologian, was appointed. [13]

In 1971, Morris wrote a short biographical note in which he described a diocese of nearly 500 parishes. ‘I regarded my work definitely as a pastoral bishop and it was my hope that I should be able to visit all the clergy, understand their difficulties and help them in any way possible to do their work efficiently. In other words, I regarded myself as a friend to all’. [14] He died at Holbrook, Suffolk on 15 October, 1977.

References

  1. ^ Obituary — The Right Rev A. H. Morris The Times Monday 17 October 1977; p. 15; Issue 60136; col. F
  2. ISBN 978-0-521-56350-5
  3. ^
    Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 12 April 2017. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)
  4. ^ TNA, WO339/72676
  5. ISSN 0009-658X
    . Retrieved 12 April 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
  6. ISSN 0009-658X
    . Retrieved 13 April 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
  7. ^ Church website
  8. ^ Wakefield Diocese web-site
  9. ISSN 0009-658X
    . Retrieved 12 April 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
  10. ISSN 0009-658X
    . Retrieved 12 April 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
  11. ^ TNA PREM5/369
  12. ISSN 0009-658X
    . Retrieved 13 April 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
  13. ^ TNA. PREM5/494
  14. ^ University of Bradford Special Collections. Peary-Binns Papers
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Bishop of Pontefract

1949–1954 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich
1954–1965 		Succeeded by
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