Daniel Morse

Daniel Rogan Morse (born 1944) is an American Anglican bishop currently serving as bishop ordinary of the Reformed Episcopal Church's Diocese of the Central States.

The Right Reverend

Daniel R. Morse
Bishop Ordinary of the Central States
ChurchAnglican Church in North America
Reformed Episcopal Church
DioceseREC Central States
In office2008–2019
SuccessorPeter Manto
Orders
ConsecrationAugust 23, 1996
by Leonard W. Riches
Personal details
Born1944 (age 78–79)
Previous post(s)Suffragan Bishop, Diocese of Mid-America

Biography

Morse was married for 48 years to Marianne Porcher McCravey (1944–2015). They had four children.[1] Morse was rector of Immanuel Church in Germantown, Tennessee. He also served as a convocation dean, standing committee member and dean of the external studies program at Cummins Theological Seminary.[2]

In 1996, Morse was elected assistant bishop in the newly formed Diocese of Mid-America, which combined the Synod of Chicago and the eastern part of the Special Jurisdiction for North America.[2] He was consecrated by Leonard W. Riches in Memphis, Tennessee, in August 1996.[3]

After 12 years of serving in the Diocese of Mid-America, Morse was elected the first bishop ordinary of the Missionary Diocese of the Central States, taking office in January 2008.[4] In 2013, the DCS was given full status as an REC and Anglican Church in North America diocese.[5]

In 2016, Morse called for the election of a bishop coadjutor to succeed him upon retirement, and suffragan bishop Peter Manto was elected.[6] At the end of 2019, Morse formally retired and was succeeded as bishop ordinary by Manto.[7]

References
  1. "Marianne Morse" (PDF). Journal of the Proceedings of the Fifty-Fifth General Council of the Reformed Episcopal Church: 156. 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  2. "FORTY-EIGHTH GENERAL COUNCIL of the REFORMED EPISCOPAL CHURCH" (PDF). Journal of the Proceedings of the Forty-Eighth General Council of the Reformed Episcopal Church: 55, 86. 1996. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  3. "Consecrations of Bishops" (PDF). Journal of the Proceedings of the Fifty-Fifth General Council of the Reformed Episcopal Church: 209. 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  4. "The REPORT of BISHOP DANIEL R. MORSE" (PDF). Journal of the Proceedings of the Fifty-Second General Council of the Reformed Episcopal Church: 87. 2008. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  5. "The REPORT of the GENERAL COMMITTEE" (PDF). Journal of the Proceedings of the Fifty-Fourth General Council of the Reformed Episcopal Church: 23. 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  6. "CONFIRMATION of BISHOPS-ELECT" (PDF). Journal of the Proceedings of the Fifty-Fifth General Council of the Reformed Episcopal Church: 116. 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  7. "Parish Profile" (PDF). Trinity Reformed Episcopal Church. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
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