The Reverend Monsignor John Edward Morris | |
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Prefect of Peng-yang | |
See | Peng-yang, Korea |
In office | 1930-1936 |
Orders | |
Ordination | 13 June 1914 |
Personal details | |
Born | 1 January 1889 |
Died | 10 July 1987 (aged 98) |
Nationality | American |
Denomination | Roman 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.
The Reverend Monsignor John Edward Morris | |
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Prefect of Peng-yang | |
See | Peng-yang, Korea |
In office | 1930-1936 |
Orders | |
Ordination | 13 June 1914 |
Personal details | |
Born | 1 January 1889 |
Died | 10 July 1987 (aged 98) |
Nationality | American |
Denomination | Roman 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.