James Herbert Lloyd Morrell (called Lloyd; 12 August 190728 March 1996) was the seventh
Bishop of Lewes.
Biography
Morrell was educated at
Dulwich College and
King's College London
King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public research university located in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of King George IV and the Duke of Wellington. In 1836, King's ...
. He was deaconed on
Trinity Sunday 1931 (31 May) and priested the following Trinity Sunday (22 May 1932) — both times by
Arthur Winnington-Ingram
Arthur Foley Winnington-Ingram (26 January 1858 – 26 May 1946) was Bishop of London from 1901 to 1939.
Early life and career
He was born in the rectory at Stanford-on-Teme, Worcestershire, the fourth son of Edward Winnington-Ingram (a Ch ...
,
Bishop of London, at
St Paul's Cathedral
St Paul's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in London and is the seat of the Bishop of London. The cathedral serves as the mother church of the Diocese of London. It is on Ludgate Hill at the highest point of the City of London and is a Grad ...
. He began his career with
curacies at
St Alphage, Hendon and
St Michael & All Angels, Brighton after which he was chaplain to
George Bell,
Bishop of Chichester and then a
Lecturer
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for ''The Church of England Moral Welfare Council''. From here he went to be
Vicar of
Roffey['' Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76'' London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ] and then
Archdeacon of Lewes
The Archdeacon of Hastings is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Chichester. The Diocese of Chichester almost exactly covers the counties of East and West Sussex and the City of Brighton and Hove, stretching for ...
before appointment to the
Episcopate in 1959, serving eventually for eighteen years.
He was consecrated a bishop on 30 November 1959, by
Geoffrey Fisher,
Archbishop of Canterbury
The archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and a principal leader of the Church of England, the ceremonial head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. The current archbishop is Justi ...
, at
Westminster Abbey.
References
1907 births
People educated at Dulwich College
Alumni of King's College London
Fellows of King's College London
Bishops of Lewes
Archdeacons of Lewes
1996 deaths
20th-century Church of England bishops
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