13 Facts About Andrew Morrison

Andrew Morrison, SJ was a Guyanese Roman Catholic Jesuit priest, journalist, and pro-democracy activist.

Andrew Morrison attended high school at St Stanislaus College and attended a Jesuit institution for college.

Andrew Morrison studied accounting, and following graduation, he returned to Georgetown to work at an accounting firm.

Andrew Morrison joined the Society of Jesus in 1949 at the age of 30, and was sent to Great Britain to study for the priesthood, as Guyana is a member of the Jesuits' British Province.

Andrew Morrison was ordained a priest on 31 July 1957, the feast day of St Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus.

Andrew Morrison was sent back to British Guiana and served as youth chaplain of the Green Light Organisation, a Catholic social ministry.

In 1972, Andrew Morrison was appointed Vicar General of the Diocese of Georgetown, a position he held for four years.

In July 1976, Andrew Morrison was appointed Editor of the Catholic Standard, the newspaper of the Diocese of Georgetown and the only religious newspaper in Guyana.

Andrew Morrison publicly exposed a plot by members of the governing regime to assassinate an opposition Guyanese politician in the paper he headed, the Catholic Standard.

Andrew Morrison died in his Georgetown home on 26 January 2004, at the age of 84.

Andrew Morrison was buried in the Sacred Heart Church in Georgetown.

Andrew Morrison is regarded as an important figure contributing to media freedom in Guyana.

Andrew Morrison was awarded a Maria Moors Cabot Special Citation by Columbia University in New York in 1985 and the Titus Brandsma Award in the Netherlands in 1992.