Alan Morgan (bishop)

The Right Reverend

Alan Morgan

OBE
Bishop of Sherwood
ChurchChurch of England
DioceseDiocese of Southwell
In office1989–2004
PredecessorDick Darby
SuccessorTony Porter
Other post(s)Archdeacon of Coventry (1983–1989)
Orders
Ordination1964 (deacon); 1965 (priest)
Consecration21 September 1989
by John Habgood
Personal details
Born(1940-06-22)22 June 1940
Died24 October 2011(2011-10-24) (aged 71)
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglican
ParentsA. W. Morgan
SpouseMargaret née Williams
Children1 son, 1 daughter

Alan Wyndham Morgan, OBE (22 June 1940[1] – 24 October 2011)[2] was the Bishop of Sherwood, a suffragan bishop in the Church of England Diocese of Southwell, from 1989 until 2004.

Early life and education

He was educated at Gowerton Boys' Grammar School and St David's College, Lampeter.

Ordained ministry

Morgan was ordained a deacon on 25 July 1964 (by John Thomas (Bishop of Swansea and Brecon) in Brecon Cathedral)[3] and a priest in 1965, beginning his ecclesiastical career with curacies in Llangyfelach and Morriston, Cockett and Coventry.[4] Following these he was appointed Team Vicar to St Barnabas, Coventry in 1972 and then in 1978 Bishop's Officer for Social Responsibility to John Gibbs, Bishop of Coventry. Appointed Archdeacon of Coventry in 1983[5] he was appointed to the episcopate six years later. Following his consecration as a bishop on 21 September 1989 by John Habgood, Archbishop of York, at York Minster,[6] he served as the diocese as Bishop suffragan of Sherwood for fifteen years.

At a national level he was chairman of the General Synod’s Board of Social Responsibility’s Working Party on the Future of the Family, which produced a report called 'Something to Celebrate' in 1995. He was also part of the Coalfields Task Force and went on to continue the work as Chair of the Coalfields Regeneration Trust.[7]

He retired in 2004.[8]

Honours

Morgan was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2005.[9] In the year of his retirement, the then Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, awarded him the Cross of St Augustine in recognition of his service to the Anglican Communion.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Morgan, Alan Wyndham". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 24 December 2016. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ "Alan Wyndham MORGAN". Announcements.thetimes.co.uk. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Ordinations". Church Times. No. 5294. 31 July 1964. p. 11. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 24 December 2016 – via UK Press Online archives.
  4. ^ “Crockford's clerical directory, 1995” (Lambeth, Church House ISBN 0-7151-8088-6)
  5. ^ "Debrett's People of Today 1992” (London, Debrett's) ISBN 1-870520-09-2
  6. ^ "picture caption". Church Times. No. 6608. 6 October 1989. p. 4. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 24 December 2016 – via UK Press Online archives.
  7. ^ Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham press release "Press Releases - TributeBishopAlan". Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
  8. ^ "The Times & The Sunday Times". Thetimes.co.uk. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  9. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 17 November 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. ^ "Archbishop to award Cross of St Augustine". Rowanwilliams.archbishopofcanterbury.org. Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
Church of England titles
Preceded by Bishop of Sherwood
1989–2004 		Succeeded by