Alan Morgan (bishop)
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The Right Reverend Alan Morgan OBE |
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| Bishop of Sherwood | |
| Church | Church of England |
| Diocese | Diocese of Southwell |
| In office | 1989–2004 |
| Predecessor | Dick Darby |
| Successor | Tony Porter |
| Other posts | Archdeacon of Coventry (1983–1989) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1964 (deacon); 1965 (priest) |
| Consecration | 21 September 1989 by John Habgood |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 June 1940 |
| Died | 24 October 2011 (aged 71) |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Parents | A. W. Morgan |
| Spouse | Margaret née Williams |
| Children | 1 son, 1 daughter |
Alan Wyndham Morgan, OBE (22 June 1940 – 24 October 2011) was the Bishop of Sherwood, a suffragan bishop in the Church of England Diocese of Southwell, from 1989 until 2004.
He was educated at Gowerton Boys' Grammar School and St David's College, Lampeter.
Morgan was ordained a deacon on 25 July 1964 (by John Thomas (Bishop of Swansea and Brecon) in Brecon Cathedral) and a priest in 1965, beginning his ecclesiastical career with curacies in Llangyfelach and Morriston, Cockett and Coventry. Following these he was appointed Team Vicar to St Barnabas, Coventry in 1972 and then in 1978 Bishop's Officer for Social Responsibility to John Gibbs, Bishop of Coventry. Appointed Archdeacon of Coventry in 1983 he was appointed to the episcopate six years later. Following his consecration as a bishop on 21 September 1989 by John Habgood, Archbishop of York, at York Minster, he served as the diocese as Bishop suffragan of Sherwood for fifteen years.
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