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John Edward Morris

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The Reverend Monsignor

John Edward Morris

Prefect of Peng-yang
SeePeng-yang, Korea
In office1930-1936
Orders
Ordination13 June 1914
Personal details
Born1 January 1889
Died10 July 1987 (aged 98)
NationalityAmerican
DenominationRoman Catholic

John Edward Morris, M.M. (1889–1987) was an American Roman Catholic priest who served as the Prefect of Peng-yang in Korea from 1930 to 1936.[1]

Born in the United States on 1 January 1889, Morris was ordained a priest for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fall River in Massachusetts on 13 June 1914.[1] He was solemnly professed a member of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America on 31 January 1921.[1] He was appointed the Prefect of Peng-yang by Pope Pius XI on 1 April 1930.[1] After six years of pastoral care to the prefecture, he resigned the post on 31 July 1936.[1]

Morris died on 10 July 1987, aged 98.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Father John Edward Morris, M.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Prefect of Peng-yang
1930–1936
Vacant
Title next held by
William O'Shea
as Vicar Apostolic of Heijo