Robert John Renison (8 September 1875 – 6 October 1957) was an Irish-born Anglican bishop who worked in Canada.^[1]

Renison was born in Cashel, County Tipperary into an ecclesiastical family on 8 September 1875^[2] and educated at Trinity College School and the University of Toronto. Ordained in 1896,^[3] his first position was as a curate at the Church of the Messiah, Toronto,^[4] after which he was a missionary at Fort Albany. He was the Archdeacon of Moosonee and, after World War I service,^[5] the Archdeacon of Hamilton. He was then rector of Christ Church, Vancouver^[6] until 1929 when he became Dean of New Westminster. In 1931 he was elected Bishop of Athabasca but only held the post for a year. From then until 1943 he was rector of St Paul's Toronto when he became the Bishop of Moosonee. In 1952 he became the Metropolitan of Ontario, a position he held until retirement in 1954.^[7] He died on 6 October 1957.^[8] Renison University College in Waterloo, Ontario is named after him.^[9]

Coat of arms of Robert Renison

Notes Originally recorded by Sir Nevile Rodwell Wilkinson, Ulster King of Arms, 7 December 1935. Crest A moose’s head erased Gules attired Or. Escutcheon Argent on a bend Vert between two maple leaves Gules a mitre between two Maltese crosses Or. Motto Sed Coelum Solum[10]