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William Martin "Bill" Morris (born 8 October 1943 in Brisbane) served as the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Toowoomba in Australia from 1992 to 2011. In May 2011, the Holy See removed Morris from pastoral care of the diocese, attracting international press coverage. ==Pastoral career== Morris was educated at St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace, in Brisbane before studying for the priesthood at Pius XII Provincial Seminary in Banyo. He was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Brisbane in 1969. His parish appointments included Sunnybank, Nambour, Mt Gravatt, Goodna and Surfers Paradise. During the years 1979 to 1984 he served as Secretary to Archbishop Francis Rush, in Brisbane and also as Diocesan Director of Vocations. In 1992, Morris was appointed by Pope John Paul II to head the Toowoomba diocese. His consecration took place in St Patrick's Cathedral on 10 February 1993. He became known for his pastoral leadership and his work with diocesan cases of sexual abuse. In 2009 he dismissed the principal of a Toowoomba Catholic primary school and two Catholic Education officials for failing to report to the police an early complaint from a schoolgirl. There were reports of liturgical unorthodoxy and controversy about his support of the Third Rite of Confession. In 2006 Morris released a pastoral letter that discussed the declining number of priests in remote parishes like Toowoomba. The letter called for discussion of the ordination of married men and the ordination of women. To call for such a discussion could be interpreted as a challenge to the teaching of John Paul II's apostolic letter ''Ordinatio Sacerdotalis'', which said that "the Church has no authority whatsoever to confer priestly ordination on women." The letter also suggested that the Catholic Church might consider recognising "Anglican, Lutheran, and Uniting Church orders".〔 During December 2006, Morris received a fax requesting that he come to Rome by February 2007 for meetings with three cardinals; Giovanni Battista Re, then head of the Vatican’s Congregation for Bishops, William Levada, then head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and Francis Arinze. Morris did not attend, citing "pastoral reasons" and he offered to present himself in May. An apostolic visitation of the diocese was conducted by the Most Reverend Charles J. Chaput OFM Cap, then Archbishop of Denver during April 2007. Chaput reported to the Congregation for Bishops in May 2007. Morris claims that he has never seen this report.〔 He was given an unsigned document from the Congregation for Bishops indicating 13 separate issues. Morris then negotiated with several Vatican Congregations for several years. Attempts by Vatican administrators to reconcile Morris with the church's position included several meetings in Rome where, it has been reported, he was asked to resign several times. In December 2008, Morris wrote to Pope Benedict XVI requesting an audience. He was received by the Pope on 4 June 2009. Later Morris claimed that he was told ‘it is God’s will that you resign’ .〔(Pope treated me unfairly )〕 In February 2011 the Apostolic Nuncio to Australia, Giuseppe Lazzarotto, wrote to Morris requesting his resignation. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bill Morris (bishop)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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