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 July 6, 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.