Type: | bishop |
Walter Robberds | |
Bishop of Brechin Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church | |
Church: | Scottish Episcopal Church |
Diocese: | Brechin |
Term: | 1904–1934 |
Retired: | --> |
Predecessor: | Hugh Jermyn |
Successor: | Kenneth Mackenzie |
Other Post: | Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church (1908–1934) |
Ordination: | 1888 |
Ordained By: | Charles Ellicott |
Consecration: | 6 January 1904 |
Consecrated By: | James Kelly |
Birth Date: | 6 September 1863 |
Birth Place: | Baharampur, India |
Death Place: | Royal Tunbridge Wells, England |
Tomb: | --> |
Children: | 4 |
Walter John Forbes Robberds[1] (1863–1944) was a Scottish Anglican bishop.[2]
He was born on 6 September 1863 in Baharampur. He was educated at Trinity College, Glenalmond, and Keble College, Oxford.[3] He was ordained deacon after studying at Ripon College Cuddesdon in 1887 in Gloucester and priest in 1888 in Bristol.[4] His career began as a curate at St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol after which he was Chaplain of his old theological college.[5] He then held incumbencies at St German's, Blackheath[6] St Mary's, Arbroath[7] and St Mary Redcliffe where additionally he was also Rural Dean of Bedminster. In 1904 he was ordained to the episcopate as the Bishop of Brechin[8] Four years later he became Primus of Scotland,[9] a post he held until his retirement in 1934. He died on 16 August 1944.