Robert Ellison (Roman Catholic bishop)

Robert Patrick Ellison (born 12 February 1942) is the Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Banjul, Gambia. He was born in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland. He was ordained a priest on 6 July 1969 for the Congregation of the Holy Spirit. On 25 February 2006 he was appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Banjul^[1]. He was ordained a bishop on 14 May 2006. The Principal Consecrator was Bishop Michael J. Cleary, C. S. Sp.; his Principal Co-Consecrators were Bishop George Sagna, C. S. Sp., and Bishop George Biguzzi, S. X., the bishop of the Diocese of Makeni.