John Edward Morris
The Reverend Monsignor John Edward Morris | |
|---|---|
| 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.
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] For seven years after his ordination, he was curate in St. Joseph’s Parish, Fall River, and then joined Maryknoll.[2] He was solemnly professed a member of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America on 31 January 1921.[1] The missionary society assigned him to teach at Vénard Preparatory College at Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania. He then started working as a speaker and preacher in American parishes, making the Maryknoll cause known to American Catholics. In November of 1923 he was sent to work in his congregation's Korean Mission.[2]
Pope Pius XI appointed him the Prefect of Peng-yang on 1 April 1930.[1] After six years of pastoral care to the prefecture, he resigned the post on 31 July 1936.[3]
Morris died on 10 July 1987, aged 98.
Literature
Lee Chŏngsoon and Lee, Tae Ho, eds.: Father John E. Morris, M.M. The Second Prefect Apostolic of Peng Yang, Korea & Founder of the Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Seoul: Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, 1994).
References
- ^ a b c "Father John Edward Morris, M.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ a b "Korea has a New Prefect Apostolic". The Field Afar. 24 (6): 176. June 1930.
- ^ Powers, George Cornelius (1926). The Maryknoll Movement. Catholic foreign mission society of America. pp. ix.