| Honorific-Prefix: | The Most Reverend |
| Robert Renison | |
| Church: | Church of England in Canada |
| Province: | Ontario |
| Diocese: | Moosonee |
| Enthroned: | 1952 |
| Consecration: | 1931 |
| Birth Name: | Robert John Renison |
| Birth Date: | 8 September 1875 |
| Birth Place: | Cashel, County Tipperary, Ireland |
| Death Place: | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality: | Canadian/British |
| Religion: | Anglican |
| Spouse: | Elisabeth Maud Bristol |
| Coat Of Arms: | Robert Renison Coat of Arms - No Background.png |
| Alma Mater: | University of Toronto |
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]
| Escutcheon: | Argent on a bend Vert between two maple leaves Gules a mitre between two Maltese crosses Or. |
| Crest: | A moose’s head erased Gules attired Or. |
| Motto: | Sed Coelum Solum[10] |
| Notes: | Originally recorded by Sir Nevile Rodwell Wilkinson, Ulster King of Arms, 7 December 1935. |