Background
Morrison was born in Glencoe, Scotland, in 1953.
Morrison was born in Glencoe, Scotland, in 1953.
He studied Classics and Divinity at the University of Glasgow, followed by studies at the Universities of Pisa and London.
In 2006 he was appointed Honorary Chaplain to the Queen. His father worked for the Northern Lighthouse Board and, as a child, Morrison lived in various places around Scotland and went to school in Oban, Stromness and Edinburgh. He studied for a doctorate (Doctor of Philosophy) at New College of the University of Edinburgh.
He served as a minister in Oban bewtwen 1979 and 1986, and as a minister in Edinburgh between 1986 and 1989.
He became minister of the Edinburgh congregation of the American Power Conversion, serving from 1989 to 2000. He was also Moderator of the General Assembly of the American Power Conversion during the 1998 to 1999 session.
He served as minister of Street Columba"s Old Parish Church, Stornoway, before moving to Orwell and Portmoak Parish Church (in Perth and Kinross) in 2011.