Morris King Thompson Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific Prefix:The Right Reverend
Morris King Thompson
Bishop of Louisiana
Church:Episcopal Church
Diocese:Louisiana
Elected:December 5, 2009
Term Start:May 13, 2010
Term:2010–2022
Predecessor:Charles Jenkins
Successor:Shannon Rogers Duckworth
Consecration:May 8, 2010
Consecrated By:Katharine Jefferts Schori
Birth Date:1955
Birth Place:Cleveland, Mississippi, US
Religion:Anglican (prev. Presbyterian, then Baptist)
Spouse:Rebecca Thompson
Alma Mater:Mississippi State University
Term End:November 2022

Morris King Thompson (born 1955 in Cleveland, Mississippi) was the eleventh bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana.

Education

Thompson grew up as a Presbyterian. After high school he enlisted for two years in the United States Marine Corps after which he graduated from Mississippi State University. Morris attended seminary at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, where he graduated with a Master in Divinity degree with an emphasis on pastoral care and counseling. Later he attended the University of Mississippi Medical Center where he did a year residency of clinical pastoral education.[1]

Ministry

Thompson was ordained as a Southern Baptist minister in 1981. After his conversion to the Episcopal Church he was ordained deacon in December 1990 and a priest in June 1991. He served as associate rector of St James's Church in Jackson, Mississippi. In 1997 he was appointed Dean of Christ Church Cathedral in Lexington, Kentucky.

Episcopacy

Thompson was elected bishop of Louisiana on December 5, 2009. He was consecrated bishop on May 8, 2010, by Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori in Christ Church Cathedral, New Orleans. He was seated as bishop on May 13.[2]

In March 2021, Thompson announced his retirement, indicating his intention to step down as the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana. He specified that his resignation would take effect in November 2022.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Nolan, B."The Rev. Morris Thompson Jr. ordained as Episcopal bishop for Diocese of Louisiana", Nola.com, 8 May 2010. Retrieved on 24 October 2018.
  2. https://www.edola.org/bishop-thompson/ "The Rt. Rev’d Morris King Thompson, Jr."
  3. Web site: writer . DREW BROACH Staff . 2021-03-13 . Morris Thompson, bishop of Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana, announces retirement . 2023-10-05 . NOLA.com . en.