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 Bear Brook he held incumbencies at Pembroke and Smith’s Falls. He was Dean of Niagara from 1938 to 1948 when he became Bishop Coadjutor of Nova Scotia.^[6] He was appointed its full diocesan two years later and retired in 1963.

References

1. Anglican History
2. East Link
3. Canadian Anglican Bishops
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. NSPEI Yearbook