Charles Brinkley Morton (senior; January 6, 1926 – July 13, 1994) was second bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of San Diego.
Biography
Charles Brinkley Morton was born on January 6, 1926, in Meridian, Mississippi.[1] He attended Senatobia High School, graduating in 1943.[2] He then graduated from Northwest Mississippi Junior College in 1944.[2] From 1944 to 1946, Morton served in the U. S. Army in Europe.[2] After returning to the United States, he attended the University of Mississippi and graduated with a law degree in 1949.[2] Morton practiced law from 1949 to 1956.[2] At the age of 21, Morton was elected to represent Tate County as a Democrat in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1947, and served from 1948 to 1952.[1][2] He was then elected to represent the 36th District in the Mississippi State Senate, and served from 1952 to 1956.[3][2] He then attended the School of Theology at Sewanee: The University of the South, graduating in 1959.[2] He served as Bishop of San Diego from 1982 to 1991, when he retired and returned to Memphis, Tennessee.[2] He died on July 13, 1994, at his home in Memphis, Tennessee.[2]