Christopher Morgan (bishop)

The Right Reverend

Christopher Morgan
area Bishop of Colchester
Bishop Morgan in 2010
DioceseDiocese of Chelmsford
In office2001–July 2013 (retirement)
PredecessorEdward Holland
SuccessorRoger Morris
Other post(s)Canon Residentiary, Gloucester Cathedral (1996–2001)
Orders
Ordination1973 (deacon); 1974 (priest)
Consecration6 December 2001[1]
Personal details
Born (1947-03-23) 23 March 1947 (age 77)
DenominationAnglican
SpouseAnne[2] Musgrave
Children1 adult son; 1 adult daughter
Alma materLancaster University

Christopher Heudebourck Morgan[3] (born 23 March 1947) is a retired bishop in the Church of England, the area Bishop of Colchester from 2002 until his retirement in 2013.[2][4]

Morgan was educated at the City of Bath Boys School and Lancaster University.[5] He is a Master of Theology, Bachelor of Arts and has a Diploma in Theology.[2] He studied for ordination at Kelham Theological College.

Morgan was made a deacon at Michaelmas 1973 (23 September)[6] and ordained a priest the Michaelmas following (22 September 1974), both times by Ronald Williams, Bishop of Leicester, at Leicester Cathedral.[7] He was a curate at St James the Great, Birstall and then a chaplain in Brussels, Vicar of St George's Redditch and then Sonning. From 1985 to 1996 he was the Diocese of Gloucester's Diocesan Officer for Ministry and then a residentiary canon at Gloucester Cathedral until his ordination to the episcopate.

He was consecrated a bishop on 6 December 2001[1] by George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey[8] and installed at Chelmsford Cathedral on 3 February 2002.[1]

A keen hill walker,[9] he is married to Anne and has two children.[2]

  1. ^ a b c Diocese of Chelmsford — Area Bishops Archived 2010-02-09 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b c d Official notification of appointment Archived 2012-04-02 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Anglican Communion
  4. ^ "Bishop of Colchester will retire this summer" (Press release). Diocese of Chelmsford. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  5. ^ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
  6. ^ "Ordinations". Church Times. No. 5772. 28 September 1973. p. 15. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 24 May 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  7. ^ "Michaelmas ordinations". Church Times. No. 5824. 27 September 1974. p. 15. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 24 May 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  8. ^ https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/the-archbishop-of-canterbury-dr-george-carey-greets-the-news-photo/830772706 (Accessed 24 May 2019)
  9. ^ Debrett's People of Today, London, 2008 Debrett's, ISBN 978-1-870520-95-9