William Robinson (bishop)

William James Robinson was a Canadian Anglican bishop in the second half of the 20th century.[1]

Robinson was born on 8 September 1916, educated at Bishop’s University, Lennoxville[2] and ordained in 1940.[3] After a curacy in Trenton he was Rector of Madoc. Further incumbencies in Napanee, Belleville and Guelph followed before his appointment as Archdeacon of Trafalgar (comprising the area surrounding Oakville, Burlington, and Halton in the Diocese of Niagara) in 1968. In 1970 he became the Bishop of Ottawa, retiring in 1981. He died on 9 July 2002.

References

  1. ↑ Anglican Bishops of Ottawa
  2. ↑ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  3. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by
Ernest Samuel Reed		 Bishop of Ottawa
1970 –1981 		Succeeded by
Edwin Keith Lackey


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