Edwin Morris

Alfred Edwin Morris (born May 8, 1894 in Lye , West Midlands , † October 19, 1971 near Lampeter ) was an Anglican bishop and primate of the Church in Wales .

Morris was born in Lye, West Midlands, in May 1894, the eldest son of Alfred Morris and his wife Maria Lickert. Up to the age of 12 he attended the Stambermill School in Lye. After that he started working in his father's jewelry store. At the age of 18, Morris decided to devote his life to the Church. However, his lack of school education prevented him for the time being.

The vicar of St. Mark's Church in Lye , a Welshman who had attended St. David's College in Lampeter, recommended that he attend St. David's College School in order to make up for the neglected and finally to meet the requirements for a degree . Morris enrolled in St. David's College School but was caught by the outbreak of World War I. He served in the 9th Division of the Royal Army Medical Corps in France. Upon his return, Morris completed his schooling and began studying theology at St. David's College . In 1922 he received his first class honors in theology there. Following Morris continued his studies at the St John's College of the University of Oxford on. In 1923 he received the Junior Septuagint Prize here and was awarded the Junior Greek Testament Prize in 1924 . He graduated that same year and received another first class honors degree in theology. He received his masters degree in 1928. Morris continued his studies and received his Bachelor of Divinity from the University of Wales, Lampeter in the 1930s . From 1924 to 1945 Morris was Professor of Hebrew and Theology at St. David's College , his old college in Lampeter.

In 1925, Morris was in the St. David's Cathedral for a deacon ordained and was in the same year Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Bangor, which Morris remained until 1928th In 1931 he was elected a Lloyd Williams Fellow of St. David's College and took the post of Examining Chaplain for the Bishop of Llandaff.

In addition to his work at St. David's College , Morris was also a member of the Lampeter City Council and held the office of Mayor of the city in 1942. In 1945, Morris left Lampeter because he had been elected Bishop of Monmouth. In 1957 he was elected Archbishop of Wales. He held both offices until 1967 when he retired. He died in October 1971 in his house near Lampeter.

Honors

In 1958, Morris became an Honorary Fellow of St. John's College, University of Oxford, and Sub-Prelate of the Order of Saint John . More than a decade later he became an Honorary Canon of St. David's Cathedral , and received his honorary doctorate , in 1971 he had received a Doctor of Divinity .

Works

• The Church in Wales and Nonconformity (1949)
• The Problem of Life and Death (1950)
• The Catholicity of the Book of Common Prayer (1952)
• The Christian Use of Alcoholic Beverages (1961)

Web links

• Biography (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Alfred Edwin Monahan	Bishop of Monmouth 1945–1967	Eryl Stephen Thomas
John Morgan	Archbishop of Wales 1957-1967	William Glyn Hughes Simon