The Most Reverend Frederick G. Morrison

Archbishop Emeritus of the Anglican Province of Christ the King

Third Archbishop of the Province of Christ the King, The Most Reverend Frederick G. Morrison was elected Archbishop in July 2015. He retired January 1, 2020 as Archbishop Emeritus. The Archbishop is a Church of England priest who joined the Diocese of Christ the King in late 1984 at the invitation of Bishop Robert Sherwood Morse.

Priestly formation:

Attended Lichfield Theological Seminary in the United Kingdom.
Began ministry in a well-known Anglo-Catholic parish in the south of England.
Ordained Deacon in 1961.
Ordained to the Priesthood in June 1962, continuing on for four more years in the same parish.

Parish & Community experience:

In June of 1966 Archbishop Morrison took a commission in the Royal Air Force Chaplain’s
Branch and served with units in Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong, Gibraltar, Germany and in the UK. He was also on the Staff of the Royal Air Force Chaplain’s College.
Commission completed—the Archbishop became the Rector of 13th-century St. Martin’s Parish Church and 11th-Century St. Bartholomew’s Parish Church both located in Huntingdonshire, which is close to Cambridge. Point of interest: St. Bartholomew’s carries the scars of target practice as Oliver Cromwell’s troops exercised their cannonry skills by taking aim at the Church across the Huntingdon valley, history demonstrates their aim was none too good!
Later Archbishop Morrison joined the National Health Service where he served as Senior Area Chaplain for hospital networks in Sussex, in the south of England.

Postgraduate studies & work:

Postgraduate work and studies through the Universities of Oxford and London.
An intensive period of study in hospital chaplaincy at St. Georges Hospital, Hyde Park, London.
A Fellowship of the Clinical Theology Association.
A graduate of Hospice & Bereavement counseling programs.
A member of the Marriage Guidance Council of the UK.
Counseling & therapy ministry in which Archbishop Morrison has been heavily vested. Clients
included postulants, clergy, military & civilian personnel, and families in parochial & diocesan milieu.
Retreat work, including the coordination, leading and oversight of retreats for various religious communities, for parishes, for secular organizations and for military personnel.
As External Confessor to the leading Anglican Community of St. Mary the Virgin, Oxford, UK.

Work in America

On arrival in the USA in May of 1985 Archbishop Morrison—went directly to Tulsa, Oklahoma and built the church and parish of All Saints, the church which was consecrated in 1988.
Appointed Administrator for the Southwestern Diocese
Member of the Provincial Standing Committee.
On the Board of St. Joseph of Arimathea Seminary, APCK Berkeley CA—ongoing.
Elected and consecrated as the second Bishop Ordinary of the Diocese of the Southwestern States in May of 2002.
Member of the College of Bishops from May 2002
Elected and installed as the third Archbishop of the Anglican Province of Christ the King in July 2015.
Retired January 1, 2020, as Archbishop Emeritus of the Anglican Province of Christ the King.

Personal
Archbishop Morrison has been married for over 43 years to Jennifer, a surgical nurse. They have two sons—Nicholas & Roderick—and three grandchildren: Peter, Lily & Ian, and various large dogs.