Edwin Morris

Who was Edwin Morris?

Alfred Edwin Morris was the Bishop of Monmouth and Archbishop of Wales in the middle of the 20th century.

After World War I service with the RAMC he went up to St John’s College, Oxford. Ordained in 1924 he became Professor of Hebrew and Theology at St David's College, Lampeter, holding the post until his elevation to the Episcopate. A noted author and Sub-Prelate of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, he retired in 1967 and died four years later. His papers are held at the Roderic Bowen Library.