Morris King Thompson (born 1955 in

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) was the eleventh bishop of the

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Education

Thompson grew up as a

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. After high school he enlisted for two years in the

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after which he graduated from

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. Morris attended seminary at the

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, 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.

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

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. In 1997 he was appointed Dean of Christ Church Cathedral in

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Episcopacy

Thompson was elected bishop of Louisiana on December 5, 2009. He was consecrated bishop on May 8, 2010, by Presiding Bishop

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in Christ Church Cathedral,

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. He was seated as bishop on May 13. 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.

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Diocesan website
Living people American Episcopalians Bishops in Louisiana 1955 births People from Cleveland, Mississippi Military personnel from Mississippi Converts from Presbyterianism Converts to Anglicanism from Baptist denominations Episcopal bishops of Louisiana {{US-Anglican-bishop-stub

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