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Fr. Francis Morrisey, OMI
Fr. Frank Morrisey, OMI
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Fr. Morrisey was born in Charlottetown, P.E.I., on Feb. 13, 1936, the oldest of Col. E.J.H. Morrisey, OBE, and Lucy Rita Coady’s five children. His family moved frequently as the army moved his father around. But the constant in his life was daily Mass with his mother. He entered the Oblate novitiate Aug. 14, 1955 in Richelieu, Que., and was ordained a priest in 1961 in Ottawa. In 1972 he was awarded two PhDs, one in philosophy at the University of Ottawa and the other in canon law at Saint Paul University, where he was already teaching the subject.
He was dean of the Saint Paul University faculty of canon law from 1972 to 1984, a founder of the Canadian Canon Law Society and an honorary life member of every canon law society in the English-speaking world. From 1985 to 2001 he advised the Vatican as a consultor to the Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts.
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Created by F Rousselle March 11, 2026
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"Fr. Morrisey a leading light in canon law", Obituary in the Catholic Register, May 27, 2020: https://www.catholicregister.org/archive/item/31652-fr-morrisey-a-leading-light-in-canon-law