Honorific-Prefix: | The Right Reverend |
Christopher Morgan | |
area Bishop of Colchester | |
Diocese: | Diocese of Chelmsford |
Term: | 2001–July 2013 (retirement) |
Predecessor: | Edward Holland |
Successor: | Roger Morris |
Other Post: | Canon Residentiary, Gloucester Cathedral (1996–2001) |
Ordination: | 1973 (deacon); 1974 (priest) |
Consecration: | 6 December 2001 |
Birth Date: | 23 March 1947 |
Religion: | Anglican |
Spouse: | Anne Musgrave |
Children: | 1 adult son; 1 adult daughter |
Alma Mater: | Lancaster University |
Christopher Heudebourck Morgan[1] (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]
Morgan was educated at the City of Bath Boys School and Lancaster University.[3] He is a Master of Theology, Bachelor of Arts and has a Diploma in Theology.[4] He studied for ordination at Kelham Theological College.
Morgan was made a deacon at Michaelmas 1973 (23 September) and ordained a priest the Michaelmas following (22 September 1974), both times by Ronald Williams, Bishop of Leicester, at Leicester Cathedral. 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[5] by George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey[6] and installed at Chelmsford Cathedral on 3 February 2002.
A keen hill walker,[7] he is married to Anne and has two children.