Bishop Renison was called to be Rector of St. Paul’s Church only five months after taking on the role of Bishop of Athabasca. He was replacing the long standing rector of St. Paul’s, The Reverend Canon Henry Cody, who had served at St. Paul’s for 40 years, 25 as rector. Canon Cody - a friend of Renison’s from when he was a student at Wycliffe College and Canon Cody was a lecturer there - was appointed President of the University of Toronto. He suggested Bishop Renison as his replacement at St. Paul’s. While at St. Paul’s, Renison started a weekly column for the Globe and Mail. (1937)
Bishop Renison succeeded The Rev. Canon Henry Cody on October 1st, 1932, as Rector of St. Paul’s Church in Toronto. In the churches 90 year history, at that time, there had only been four rectors. Bishop Renison was the fifth.
This is a review of one of Bishop Robert J. Renison’s earlier sermons at St. Paul’s Anglican Church on Bloor Street in Toronto. It describes Renison as a “true minister” [which is] “the greatest appellation for those set apart as stewards of mysteries of the unseen” and attributes his eloquence to his origins in Ireland.
Bishop and Mrs. Renison visited Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on the occasion of the 36th anniversary of the Diocese of Harrisburg of the Episcopal Church in the United States. The diocese was established in 1905, so this likely took place in 1941.
Handwritten sermon note "Our Father Which Art in Heaven: An Armistice Meditation," a sermon preached by Renison at St. Paul's Church, Toronto, Nov. 12th, 1933.
