Robert Waterman (bishop)

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Robert Harold Waterman (11 March 1894 - 16 December 1984) was a Canadian Anglican [1] bishop [2] in the 20th century. [3]

Waterman was born into an ecclesiastical family, [4] educated at University of Bishop's College, Lennoxville and ordained in 1921. [5]

After a curacy at Bearbrook he held incumbencies at Pembroke and Smith's Falls. He was Dean of Niagara from 1938 to 1948 [6] when he became Bishop Coadjutor of Nova Scotia. [7] He was appointed its full diocesan two years later and retired in 1963.

References

  1. Anglican History
  2. East Link
  3. Canadian Anglican Bishops Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine
  4. His father was Canon Robert B. Waterman “Who was Who”1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991, ISBN   0-7136-3457-X
  5. Crockford's Clerical Directory1947-48 Oxford, OUP, 1947
  6. Hamilton Cathedral
  7. NSPEI Yearbook