Bryan Robin
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Bryan Percival Robin (12 January 1887 – 17 June 1969) was bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Adelaide, South Australia from 1941 to 1956.[1]
Early life
Robin was educated at Rossall School and the University of Liverpool.[2]
Religious life
Robin was made a deacon at
Rural Dean of Wirrall North until his appointment as Bishop of Adelaide. He was consecrated bishop on 25 July 1941 at Westminster Abbey.[7] Robin encouraged members of the Society of the Sacred Mission to come to Adelaide from Kelham in England to establish a theological college at St Michael's House in 1947 in order to boost clergy numbers.[6]
In 1956 he retired and returned to England, where he served as
Assistant Bishop of Portsmouth from 1958 to 1967.[6]
Later life
On 17 June 1969 Robin died in his home at Petersfield, Hampshire. He was cremated.[6]
References
- ^ The Times, 18 June 1969, p10, "Obituary: The Rt Rev B.P. Robin"
- ^ "Robin, Bryan Percival". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 7 December 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 7 December 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ Church website Archived 24 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c d Radford, Robin. Robin, Bryan Percival (1887–1969). Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
- ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 5 December 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
Further reading
- Robin, B. P. (Bryan Percival) (1922), The Sundowner, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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