Robert Renison

The Most Reverend Robert Renison
Renison, 1914–18
Church	Church of England in Canada
Province	Ontario
Diocese	Moosonee
Installed	1952
Orders
Ordination	1898 (deacon) 1899 (priest)
Consecration	1931
Personal details
Born	Robert John Renison (1875-09-08)8 September 1875 Cashel, County Tipperary, Ireland
Died	6 October 1957(1957-10-06) (aged 82) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Nationality	Canadian/British
Denomination	Anglican
Spouse	Elisabeth Maud Bristol
Alma mater	University of Toronto

Robert John Renison (8 September 1875 – 6 October 1957) was an Irish-born Anglican bishop who worked in Canada.[1]

Renison 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]

Arms

Coat of arms of Robert Renison

Notes Originally recorded by Sir Nevile Rodwell Wilkinson, Ulster King of Arms, 7 December 1935. Crest A moose’s head erased Gules attired Or. Escutcheon Argent on a bend Vert between two maple leaves Gules a mitre between two Maltese crosses Or. Motto Sed Coelum Solum[10]

References

1. Province of Ontario
2. His father was the Rev. Canon Robert Renison >“Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
3. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
4. Church web-site
5. Canadian Great War project
6. History of church
7. The Times, 3 June 1954; p. 5; Issue 52948; col G Telegrams in brief
8. The Times, 9 October 1957; p. 13; Issue 53967; col A Obituary Dr. Robert Renison The Church In Canada
9. "Canadian Anglican". Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved February 12, 2010.
10. "Robert John Renison". Canadian Heraldic Authority. Retrieved 25 September 2022.

Anglican Communion titles
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