Robert John Renison was an Anglican bishop in the mid 20th century.[1]
He was born in Cashel, County Tipperary into an ecclesiastical family on 8 September 1875[2] and educated at Trinity College School and the University of Toronto. Ordained in 1896,[3] his first position was as a curate at the Church of the Messiah, Toronto,[4] after which he was a missionary at Fort Albany. He was the Archdeacon of Moosonee and, after World War I service,[5] the Archdeacon of Hamilton. He was then rector of Christ Church, Vancouver[6] until 1929 when he became Dean of New Westminster. In 1931 he was elected Bishop of Athabasca but only held the post for a year. From then until 1943 he was rector of St Paul’s Toronto when he became the Bishop of Moosonee. In 1952 he became the Metropolitan of Ontario, a position he held until retirement in 1954.[7] He died on 6 October 1957.[8] Renison University College in Waterloo, Ontario is named after him.[9]
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| Preceded by Edwin Frederick Robins |
Bishop of Athabasca 1931–1932 |
Succeeded by Arthur Henry Sovereign |
| Preceded by John George Anderson |
Bishop of Moosonee 1943–1954 |
Succeeded by Cuthbert Cooper Robinson |
| Preceded by John Lyons |
Metropolitan of Ontario 1952–1954 |
Succeeded by William Lockridge Wright |
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