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John Edward Morris, M.M. (1889–1987) was an
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who served as the Prefect of Peng-yang in
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from 1930 to 1936. Born in the
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on 1 January 1889, Morris was
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a
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for the
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in
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on 13 June 1914. He was solemnly
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a member of the
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on 31 January 1921. He was appointed the Prefect of Peng-yang by
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on 1 April 1930. After six years of
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to the prefecture, he resigned the post on 31 July 1936. Morris died on 10 July 1987, aged 98.


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1889 births 1987 deaths 20th-century American Roman Catholic priests Maryknoll Fathers Roman Catholic bishops of Pyongyang {{US-RC-clergy-stub