{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2022}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Bishop | name = The Rt. Rev. James Dow Morrison<br/>''First Bishop of Duluth'' | title = I Bishop of Duluth | image = The Rt. Rev. James D. Morrison.jpg | alt = | caption = | church = Episcopal Church in the United States of America | archdiocese = | diocese = | see = Episcopal Diocese of Duluth | term = | predecessor = | successor = <!-- Orders --> | ordination = | ordinated_by = | consecration = February 2, 1897 | consecrated_by = | rank = <!-- Personal details --> | birth_date = {{Birth date|1844|10|16}} | birth_place = Waddington, New York | death_date = {{Death date and age|1934|01|31|1844|10|16}} | death_place = Ogdensburg, New York | previous_post = | signature = Signature of James Dow Morrison (1844–1934).png }} '''James Dow Morrison''' (1844–1934) was the first bishop of Duluth in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.

==Biography== James Dow Morrison was born in Waddington, New York on October 16, 1844.<ref name=Twentieth>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/twentiethcentury07john/page/486/mode/1up |title=The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans |volume=VII |editor1-first=Rossiter |editor1-last=Johnson |editor2-first=John Howard |editor2-last=Brown |publisher=The Biographical Society |location=Boston |page=<!-- no page numbers --> |year=1904 |access-date=2022-05-18 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref>

He was consecrated bishop on February 2, 1897.<ref>{{cite news | author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->| title= The New Bishop of Duluth: Dr. Morrison of Ogdensburg to Be Consecrated on Tuesday | newspaper= The New York Times | url= https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1897/01/31/117896958.pdf | date= January 30, 1897 | accessdate= 2022-05-18 |location=Albany |page=15}}</ref>

He died in Ogdensburg, New York on January 31, 1934.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/obituary-clipping-feb-01-1934-3226042/ | author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->| title= Bishop Morrison Died Last Evening | newspaper= The Advance News | date= February 1, 1934 | pages= 1, [https://newspaperarchive.com/obituary-clipping-feb-01-1934-3226031/ 7] |access-date=2022-05-19 |via=NewspaperArchive}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-jul-02-1938-3226038/ | author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->| title= Widow of Bishop James Dow Morrison to Note 90th Birthday Today | newspaper= The Advance News | date= July 2, 1938 | page= 6 |access-date=2022-05-19 |via=NewspaperArchive}}</ref>

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