Philip Morgan (bishop)

Philip Morgan
Bishop of Ely
Province	Canterbury
Diocese	Ely
Enthroned	1426
Reign ended	1435
Predecessor	John Fordham
Successor	Lewis of Luxembourg
Orders
Consecration	3 December 1419
Personal details
Died	25 October 1435 Bishop's Hatfield, Hertfordshire
Buried	Church of the Charterhouse, London.
Denomination	Roman Catholic Church

Philip Morgan (died 1435) was a Welsh clergyman who served firstly as Bishop of Worcester (1419–1426), then as Bishop of Ely (1426–1435).

Morgan was elected Bishop of Worcester on 24 April and appointed on 19 June 1419. He received possession of the temporalities of the Diocese of Worcester on 18 October and was consecrated on 3 December 1419. He postulated the archbishopric of York in November or December 1423, but was quashed on 14 February 1424. He remained Bishop of Worcester until he was translated to the bishopric of Ely on 27 February and received possession of the temporalities of the Diocese of Ely on 22 April 1426.

Morgan died at Bishop's Hatfield, Hertfordshire on 25 October 1435, and buried at the church of the Charterhouse in London.

References

• Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S. et al., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X. 

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Thomas Peverel	Bishop of Worcester 1419–1426	Succeeded by Thomas Poulton
Preceded by Henry Bowet (archbishop)	Archbishop-elect of York 1423–1424	Succeeded by Richard Fleming (archbishop-elect)
Preceded by John Fordham	Bishop of Ely 1426–1435	Succeeded by Lewis of Luxembourg