[3] Following his title post, as assistant curate of All Soul, Harlesden,[6] Morris' first incumbency was as Vicar of Great Clacton with Little Holland (1926–1930), after which he served the Church Pastoral-Aid Society as Metropolitan Secretary (from 1930).
After the war had ended — in 1946 —, he became both Archdeacon of Halifax and a canon (of St Hilda) of Wakefield Cathedral, and was elected a Proctor for that diocese.
[8] His appointment to the suffragan See was approved in August 1949[9] and he was ordained and consecrated a bishop on All Saints' Day (1 November) at York Minster.
At that time, the Prime Minister was the key figure in the appointment process and, advised by Archbishop Fisher, eventually offered the post to Morris after it had been refused by the Dean of Bristol.
He is sensible, practical and devout, and though he is no great preacher or theologian, he commends himself to his flock by his character and disposition.’ Morris was installed at St Edmundsbury Cathedral on 22 July, 1954.