Robert Cecil Mortimer (6 December 1902 – 11 September 1976) [1] was an Anglican bishop in the Church of England. [2]
Mortimer was educated at St Edward's School, Oxford [3] and Keble College in the same city. He was made deacon at Michaelmas 1926 (3 October) at his title church ( St Mary Redcliffe) [4] and ordained priest the Michaelmas following (2 October 1927) at St Alban's, Westbury-on-Trym — both times by George Nickson, Bishop of Bristol; [5] and was a curate at St Mary Redcliffe. [6] He then became a lecturer in canon law and then the Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology [7] at the University of Oxford before his ordination to the episcopate in 1949 to serve as Bishop of Exeter, [8] [9] which See he held for 24 years. He was consecrated a bishop on St Mark's Day 1949 (25 April), by Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey. [10]
As the Bishop of Exeter, Mortimer set up an exorcism commission, which published its report 1973. [11] [12]
Mortimer was also a notable author, [13] and frequently appeared on BBC Television. He had four children, one of whom was the journalist and author Edward Mortimer.
Robert Cecil Mortimer (6 December 1902 – 11 September 1976) [1] was an Anglican bishop in the Church of England. [2]
Mortimer was educated at St Edward's School, Oxford [3] and Keble College in the same city. He was made deacon at Michaelmas 1926 (3 October) at his title church ( St Mary Redcliffe) [4] and ordained priest the Michaelmas following (2 October 1927) at St Alban's, Westbury-on-Trym — both times by George Nickson, Bishop of Bristol; [5] and was a curate at St Mary Redcliffe. [6] He then became a lecturer in canon law and then the Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology [7] at the University of Oxford before his ordination to the episcopate in 1949 to serve as Bishop of Exeter, [8] [9] which See he held for 24 years. He was consecrated a bishop on St Mark's Day 1949 (25 April), by Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey. [10]
As the Bishop of Exeter, Mortimer set up an exorcism commission, which published its report 1973. [11] [12]
Mortimer was also a notable author, [13] and frequently appeared on BBC Television. He had four children, one of whom was the journalist and author Edward Mortimer.