Francis Xavier Morgan

Francis Xavier Morgan
Born
Francisco Javier Morgan y Osborne

(1857-01-18)18 January 1857
Died11 June 1935(1935-06-11) (aged 78)
Birmingham England
NationalitySpain, United Kingdom
Other namestío Curro
Alma materUniversity of Louvain
OccupationPriest (Oratory of Saint Philip Neri)
Years active1883–1935
Parent(s)Francis Morgan (father)
María Manuela Osborne y Böhl de Faber (mother)

Francis Xavier Morgan C. O. (born Francisco Javier Morgan Osborne, 18 January 1857 – 11 June 1935) was a Spanish and British Catholic priest of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri. He served for most of his priesthood at the Birmingham Oratory in Edgbaston. Decades after his death, Morgan has become famous as the teacher, legal guardian, and father figure to the fantasy author and academic J. R. R. Tolkien.