Robert Waterman (bishop)

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.

  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