Fred Morris (bishop)

George Frederick Bingley Morris (1884 - 1965)[1] was an Anglican Bishop of North Africa[2] in the mid 20th century.[3]

Morris, circa 1943

Morris was born in Edinburgh and educated at Queens' College, Cambridge and ordained in 1911.[4] After a curacy at St Paul Portman Square he became a missionary in Uganda. Moving to Morocco he became Archdeacon of North Africa in 1936. Returning to England he was Rector of Illogan until his elevation to the episcopate in 1943.[5]

References
  1. NPG details
  2. European Library
  3. National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
  4. Crockford's Clerical Directory London, OUP, 1948
  5. Ecclesiastical News. Bishops consecrated in St Paul's The Times (London, England), Friday, 4 June 1943; pg. 7; Issue 49563


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