Robert Jefferson

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Robert Jefferson (11 July 1881 – 1 January 1968) was a Canadian Anglican bishop in the mid-20th century.[1]

Jefferson was educated at St John's College, Manitoba[2] and ordained in 1908.[3] He began his ordained ministry with curacies in Edmonton and Winnipeg. He held incumbencies in Montague and Ottawa. He was a Canon at Ottawa Cathedral from 1926 to 1939, when he became Bishop of Ottawa. He resigned his See in 1954.

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  1. ^ Anglican Bishops of Ottawa
  2. ^ 'JEFFERSON, Rt Rev. Robert', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 1 Sept 2015
  3. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1951–52 p970: Oxford, OUP,1951
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by Bishop of Ottawa
1939 –1954
Succeeded by