WHO WAS BISHOP RENISON? Metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario in the Anglican Church in Canada (1952-1954) Bishop, Diocese of Moosonee (1944-1954) Rector, St, Paul's Anglican Church, Bloor St. Toronto (1932-1944) Bishop, Diocese of Athabasca (1932) Rector, Christ Church Cathedral, Vancouver, B.C (1927-1931) Rector, Church of the Ascension, Hamilton, ON (1912-1927) Missionary in Algoma region of Northern Ontario (1899-1912) Wrote a religion column for the Globe and Mail (1937-1957) as well as several books.
ARCHBISHOP RENISON INSTALLED AS METROPOLITAN
CHRISTIANITY
PROVINCES AND DIOCESES OF THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF CANADA
BISHOP RENISON HYMNAL IN THE CREE SYLLABARY
SERMON NOTES: THE SHEPHERD OF SOULS
BISHOP RENISON CHOSEN AS THE RECTOR OF ST. PAUL S
BISHOP RENISON GREETING HIS MP AFTER INSTALLATION AS METROPOLITAN
EARLY LIFE Born in Clounouty, County Tipperary in Ireland Father was the Reverend Canon Robert Renison (1850-1927), a Priest in the Church of Ireland Mother was Mary Elizabeth Kennedy (1849-1891) He had two brothers, William and George and two sisters, Julia and May. The family moved to Canada in 1880 so Reverend Canon Robert Renison could be a missionary on the shores of Lake Nipigon. All three brothers became Anglican or Episcopalian priests
REVEREND CANON ROBERT RENISON
CENSUS FROM ALGOMA 1881
EDUCATION Robert John and his brothers attended Trinity College School (1888-1892) He attended the University of Toronto and received a B.A. in English in 1895 He received a Divinity degree from Wycliffe College at the University of Toronto in 1896 From 1897-1898 he enlisted in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers under the name Sergeant Patrick O Reilly In 1899 he was ordained as a priest in the Anglican church.
TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM CA. 1889
SERGEANT PATRICK O REILLY
REVEREND RENISON S DIPLOMA OF ORDINATION TO PRIESTHOOD
FAMILY LIFE In 1914 he married Elizabeth (Maud) Bristol in Hamilton From 1918-1919 he served as the Anglican Chaplain for the 21st Battalion Expeditionary Forces in World War I in France. His son George was born when he was stationed overseas. He had two sons: Robert John Bristol Renison (1916-1984) and George Everett Bristol Renison (1918-1998) He died in Toronto on October 10,1957
WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT 1914
OFFICER S DECLARATION PAPER WWI
LETTER FROM ROBERT JR. TO UNCLE EVERETT
ARCHBISHOP WITH WIFE, SONS, AND DAUGHTERS-IN- LAW
WITH OLDEST SON, WIFE AND WIFE S BROTHER, EVERETT BRISTOL
IN PRIEST S ROBES
WITH OTHER CANADIAN JOURNALISTS IN ENGLAND 1941
POSTCARD FROM SON STATIONED OVERSEAS DURING WWII
FROM TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD
A CHRISTMAS MESSAGE TO MOOSONEE
SNAPSHOT BY MRS. RENISON OF A BEACHED WHALE
GETTING READY TO FLY TWIN PROPELLER PLANE WITH MRS. RENISON
SNAPSHOT LABELLED PEACE RIVER
CHURCH, ATHABASCA DIOCESE
WITH ST. PAUL S PARISHIONERS
LETTER FROM GEORGE DURING WWII
BISHOP RENISON SPEAKING AT REMEMBRANCE DAY DURING WWII
REVEREND AND MRS. RENISON
COL. GEORGE RENISON WITH BISHOP RENISON
BISHOPSTOPE : HOME OF THE BISHOP OF MOOSONEE
MRS. RENISON AND OTHER CLERGY WIVES AT LAMBETH PALACE
BISHOP RENISON WITH OTHER BISHOPS AT LAMBETH PALACE
BAPTIZING HIS GRANDSON
HOLDING GRANDSON ROBERT JOHN RENISON III
INSTALLING A PRIEST
BISHOP RENISON WITH A CONFIRMATION CLASS
BLESSING CONGREGATION AT END OF INSTALLATION SERVICE
ARTICLE ABOUT HIS RETIREMENT
OBITUARY FROM TCS RECORD
ARTICLE ABOUT HIS DEATH 1957
MRS. RENISON AT THE FOUNDING OF RENISON COLLEGE, 1959
CORNERSTONE CEREMONY RENISON COLLEGE 1964
ARTICLE ABOUT SECOND BUILDING DEDICATED AT RENISON COLLEGE
GEORGE EVERETT BRISTOL RENISON AS CHANCELLOR OF RENISON COLLEGE
FLORENCE LI TIM-OI MEMORIAL ARCHIVES CATALOGUE
QUESTIONS Email: mhorman@gmail.com Florence Li Tim-Oi Memorial Archives Catalogue: https://archives.renison.ca/ Rspace: (the presentation and all notes will be here!) http://rspace.uwaterloo.ca/xmlui/handle/123456789/215 Library Website: https://uwaterloo.ca/renison/lusi-wong-library Archives Website: https://uwaterloo.ca/renison/lusi-wong-library/florence-li-tim-oi-memorial-archives