Robert Nelson Spencer
The Right Reverend Robert Nelson Spencer | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of West Missouri | |
| Church | Episcopal Church |
| Diocese | West Missouri |
| Elected | May 13, 1930 |
| In office | 1930-1949 |
| Predecessor | Sidney Catlin Partridge |
| Successor | Edward R. Welles II |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | April 5, 1904 (deacon) June 4, 1905 (priest) by Frank Rosebrook Millspaugh |
| Consecration | October 28, 1930 by William Theodotus Capers |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 18, 1877 Tunnel, New York, U.S. |
| Died | July 19, 1961 (aged 84) Ludington, Michigan, U.S. |
| Buried | Forest Hill Calvary Cemetery Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Parents | Nelson Horatio Spencer & Hannah E. Pratt |
| Spouse |
Amy Frances Moffatt
(m. 1905; died 1954) |
| Children | Kathleen Spencer |
Robert Nelson Spencer (February 18, 1877 – August 19, 1961) was a hymn writer and the third bishop of West Missouri in The Episcopal Church, serving from October 28, 1930, to 1949.