Daniel Morse
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Daniel R. Morse
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| Church | Anglican Church in North America Reformed Episcopal Church |
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| Diocese | REC Central States |
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| Term | 2008-2019 |
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| Successor | Peter Manto |
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| Consecration | August 23, 1996 by Leonard W. Riches |
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| Born | November 22, 1944 Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. |
| Died | June 27, 2026 |
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Daniel Rogan Morse (November 22, 1944 - June 27, 2026) was an American Anglican bishop in the Reformed Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church in North America. He served in the Diocese of Mid-America before becoming the first bishop of the Diocese of the Central States, where he was bishop ordinary from 2008 to 2019 and later bishop emeritus.
Early life and education
Morse was born in Birmingham, Alabama, the son of the Rev. Frank Rogan Morse and Margaret Belote Morse. He graduated from Jones Valley High School and from Belhaven College in Jackson, Mississippi, where he met Marianne Porcher McCravey. They married in 1967.[1]
Morse received a Master of Divinity from Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson in 1969. He later spent a year in Jerusalem for post-graduate study in Hebrew before returning to teach at Reformed Theological Seminary and serve as a minister.[1]
Presbyteral and teaching ministry
Before his consecration as a bishop, Morse served in Presbyterian and Reformed Episcopal churches in Georgia, Pennsylvania, California, Tennessee, and Texas.[1] He was rector of Immanuel Church in Germantown, Tennessee, and also served as a convocation dean, standing committee member, and dean of the external studies program at Cummins Theological Seminary.[2]
Episcopal ministry
In 1996, Morse was elected assistant bishop in the newly formed Diocese of Mid-America, which had 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, on August 23, 1996.[3] The Diocese of Mid-America later described him as having served as assistant bishop and then bishop coadjutor before the 2008 creation of the Diocese of the Central States.[4]
After 12 years in the Diocese of Mid-America, Morse was elected the first bishop of the Missionary Diocese of the Central States. He took office in January 2008.[5] In 2013, the DCS was given full status as an REC and Anglican Church in North America diocese.[6]
In 2016, Morse called for the election of a bishop coadjutor to succeed him upon retirement, and suffragan bishop Peter Manto was elected.[7] At the end of 2019, Morse formally retired and was succeeded as bishop ordinary by Manto.[8] He continued to be identified as bishop emeritus of the Diocese of the Central States after retirement.[9]
Family and death
Morse and his wife Marianne were married for 48 years until her death in 2015.[10] They had four children: Davidson Rogan Morse, James McCravey Morse, Judith Anna Morse, and Owen Palmer Morse.[1]
Morse died on June 27, 2026. His funeral service was scheduled for August 1, 2026, at St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church in Nashville, Tennessee, followed by inurnment beside Marianne.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Daniel Rogan Morse Obituary," Legacy.com, accessed 8 July 2026, https://www.legacy.com/legacy/daniel-rogan-morse.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "FORTY-EIGHTH GENERAL COUNCIL of the REFORMED EPISCOPAL CHURCH," Journal of the Proceedings of the Forty-Eighth General Council of the Reformed Episcopal Church, 1996, 55, 86, accessed 1 December 2022, http://rechurch.org/documents/GCJournals/GCREC48-Combined.pdf.
- ↑ "Consecrations of Bishops," Journal of the Proceedings of the Fifty-Fifth General Council of the Reformed Episcopal Church, 2017, 209, accessed 16 November 2022, http://www.rechurch.org/documents/GCJournals/GCREC55.pdf.
- ↑ "Diocese of Mid-America - A History," Diocese of Mid-America, accessed 8 July 2026, https://www.recdma.org/history-1.
- ↑ "The REPORT of BISHOP DANIEL R. MORSE," Journal of the Proceedings of the Fifty-Second General Council of the Reformed Episcopal Church, 2008, 87, accessed 1 December 2022, http://rechurch.org/documents/GCJournals/GCREC52.pdf.
- ↑ "The REPORT of the GENERAL COMMITTEE," Journal of the Proceedings of the Fifty-Fourth General Council of the Reformed Episcopal Church, 2014, 23, accessed 1 December 2022, http://www.rechurch.org/documents/54th_JOURNAL_2014.pdf.
- ↑ "CONFIRMATION of BISHOPS-ELECT," Journal of the Proceedings of the Fifty-Fifth General Council of the Reformed Episcopal Church, 2017, 116, accessed 21 November 2022, http://www.rechurch.org/documents/GCJournals/GCREC55.pdf.
- ↑ "Parish Profile," Trinity Reformed Episcopal Church, accessed 21 November 2022, http://rechurch.org/documents/TrinityRECDossierMarch2020.pdf.
- ↑ "Who We Are," Covenant Reformed Episcopal Church, accessed 8 July 2026, https://www.roanokeanglican.church/who-we-are.
- ↑ "Marianne Morse," Journal of the Proceedings of the Fifty-Fifth General Council of the Reformed Episcopal Church, 2017, 156, accessed 16 November 2022, http://www.rechurch.org/documents/GCJournals/GCREC55.pdf.