John Edward Morris
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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.
