Robert Mercer (priest)
Robert Mercer | |
|---|---|
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| See | Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham |
| Other post(s) | Bishop of Matabeleland (Anglican; 1977–1987) Metropolitan Bishop of Canada (ACCC; 1988-2005) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1959 (Anglican) 17 March 2012 (RCC) |
| Consecration | 1977 (Anglican) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 January 1935 |
| Nationality | Zimbabwean |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic (formerly Anglican) |
| Alma mater | Port Elizabeth and St Paul's Theological College |
Robert William Stanley Mercer CR (born 10 January 1935) is a Roman Catholic priest in England. Formerly an Anglican bishop, he was the fourth Bishop of Matabeleland in Zimbabwe, a diocese of the Church of the Province of Central Africa, a province of the Anglican Communion. Since 2012 he has been a priest in the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, a personal ordinariate for former Anglicans within the Roman Catholic Church in the United Kingdom.