The Right Reverend Robert F. Bennett

Bishop of Huron The Right Reverend Robert Bennett - Bishop of Huron

Deaconed: May 1, 1974    (Huron)
Priested: 
May 8, 1975  (Huron)
Elected Suffragan Bishop: June 15, 2002 (Huron)
Consecrated: September 14, 2002  (Huron)
Elected Twelfth Bishop of Huron: October 25, 2008 (Huron)
Educational Experience:
University of Western Ontario, B.A.
Huron College, Faculty of Theology M.Div., D.D.

Diocesan Appointments:
Pension Board Vice Chair; Pension Board Trustee; Diocesan Council; Diocesan Sub Council; Administration and Finance Committee member;  Regional Dean of Brant; Archdeacon of Brant Norfolk and Oxford; Archdeacon of Essex; Cathedral Chapter of Canons; General Synod delegate, Huron Church Camp Council; Parish Education Council; Mohawk Chapel Committee member; Chaplain St. Monica House of Waterloo; Children’s Festival Committee member; Reorganization of Synod member; 53rd weekend committee; Renison University College Board of Governors; Huron University College Corporation member; Canterbury College Board of Directors; New Models of Ministry Co-chair
Community Involvement or Initiatives:
Chair:  Chesley Nursery School/Chair; Chesley Ministerial; Board Member CAS of Windsor and Essex County; Chaplaincy Sub group; Aid’s Committee of Windsor/ Windsor City Centre Revitalization Task Force/ On call Chaplain K-W Chaplain; On call Chaplain for Brantford General Hospital; member Brantford Interfaith Counseling Centre organization Committee

Parish Appointments:
Trinity Church (Simcoe)
Assistant Curate  1974
St. John’s Simcoe, Woodhouse and Memorial
Port Ryerse Deacon in Charge 1974
Holy Trinity Church Chesley, Christ Church,
Tara and Rector 1975-80
Church of the Ascension, Paisley
St. George’s of Forest Hill, Kitchener
Rector  1980-86
St. Mark's, Brantford
Rector  1986-1991
All Saints, Windsor
Rector 1991