| The Reverend Monsignor John Edward Morris M.M. | |
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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.
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. He was solemnly professed a member of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America on 31 January 1921. He was appointed the Prefect of Peng-yang by Pope Pius XI on 1 April 1930. After six years of pastoral care to the prefecture, he resigned the post on 31 July 1936.
Morris died on 10 July 1987, aged 98.
References
- ^ "Father John Edward Morris, M.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
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| Preceded byPatrick James Byrne | Prefect of Peng-yang 1930–1936 |
VacantTitle next held byWilliam O'Shea as Vicar Apostolic of Heijo |
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