Creighton Robertson
The Right Reverend Creighton Robertson | |
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Anglican | |
Parents | Sylvester Robertson, Lena Ortley |
Spouse |
Ann Stanage (m. 1967) |
Children | 4: 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.
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
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
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