The Right Reverend Benjamin Wistar Morris | |
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Bishop of Oregon | |
Church | Episcopal Church |
See | Oregon |
Elected | 1868 |
In office | 1868–1906 |
Predecessor | Thomas Fielding Scott |
Successor | Charles Scadding |
Orders | |
Ordination | June 28, 1846 (deacon) April 27, 1847 (priest) by Alonzo Potter |
Consecration | December 3, 1868 by Alfred Lee |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Died | April 7, 1906 Portland, Oregon, United States | (aged 86)
Buried | Lone Fir Cemetery |
Nationality | American |
Denomination | Anglican |
Parents | Samuel W. Morris |
Spouse |
Hannah Rodney (m. 1856) |
Benjamin Wistar Morris (sometimes II; May 30, 1819 – April 7, 1906) was the second bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon, which at the time incorporated the present-day episcopal dioceses of Olympia, Spokane, and Eastern Oregon.