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Morris Maddocks


Morris Henry St John Maddocks (1928–2008) was a bishop in the Church of England.

He was a leading proponent of healing ministry and an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Chichester from 1987. He died on 19 January 2008.

Morris served in parishes in London and York before being consecrated as a bishop and founding the Acorn Christian Healing Trust, now the Acorn Christian Healing Foundation, with his wife, Anne. He was the author of The Christian Healing Ministry, published in 1981.

Morris Henry St John Maddocks was born in 1928, the son of a West Yorkshire priest. He was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead, and gained an MA at Trinity College, Cambridge.

A keen sportsman - rugby and cricket were his great interests - his military service was in the Duke of Wellington's Regiment, Royal Signals and Royal Army Service Corps.

He trained for the ordained ministry at Chichester Theological College in 1952, then was ordained a deacon in 1954 and priest in 1955, serving curacies at St Peter's Church, Ealing and in Uxbridge up to 1958.

He married Anne Sheail at Chichester Cathedral, where she was the assistant organist, on 22 September 1955. Anne was such a support in her husband's work that some priests would pray for "Morris and Anne, our Bishop."


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