Creighton Robertson

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The Right Reverend

Creighton Robertson
Bishop of South Dakota
Church Episcopal Church
Diocese South Dakota
Elected1994
In office1994–2009
Predecessor Craig Anderson
Successor John Tarrant
Orders
OrdinationMay 6, 1990
by  Craig Anderson
ConsecrationJune 19, 1994
by  Edmond L. Browning
Personal details
Born(1944-03-06)March 6, 1944
DiedOctober 24, 2014(2014-10-24) (aged 70)
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States
Denomination Anglican
ParentsSylvester Robertson, Lena Ortley
Spouse
Ann Stanage
(m. 1967)
Children4: Andrew T. Robertson- magistrate judge; South Dakota; 2nd circuit

Creighton Leland Robertson (March 6, 1944 - October 24, 2014) was ninth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of South Dakota from 1994 to 2009.

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Early life and education

Robertson was born in Kansas City, Missouri and was a member of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate. Then Robertson and his family moved to the Lake Traverse Indian Reservation and eventually to Wahpeton, North Dakota where Robertson graduated from high school. He graduated from the North Dakota State College of Science with an associate degree in printing in 1964, followed by a bachelor's degree in history from Black Hills State University in 1971. He went to the University of South Dakota School of Law and graduated in 1976.

Career

Robertson practiced law in Webster, South Dakota. He was the attorney for the Sisseton Wapheton Oyate and a tribal judge. He worked for the South Dakota Department of Labor and served on the South Dakota Human Rights Commission. In 1986, Robertson studied for the Episcopalian ministry at the University of the South and graduated with an M.Div. in 1989. [1]

Robertson was ordained to the diaconate on June 22, 1989, and to the priesthood on May 6, 1990. He was consecrated as a bishop on June 19, 1994, by Edmond L. Browning, Harold S. Jones, and Craig Anderson. [2]

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