Honorary Senior Fellows of Renison University College

The Honorary Senior Fellowship is Renison University College’s equivalent to honorary doctorates awarded by degree-granting universities. It is granted to persons who have distinguished themselves in the wider community through their contributions to one or more of the following: Renison, the University of Waterloo, the Anglican Church, the wider community of Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, or the world, and may have some affinity with the College. This honour may also be granted to persons who have served as volunteers for the College.

1980s
The Rt. Rev. Harold F.G. Appleyard* 1980
The Rev. Canon Kenneth J. Conyard* 1980
Carl E. Dunker* 1980
The Rev. Cornelius L. Siegfried* 1980
William H. Timmis* 1980
William T. Townshend* 1980
Dr. Burton C. Matthews* 1981
The Rt. Rev. T. David B. Ragg* 1981
The Rt. Rev. Clarence M. Mitchell* 1982
The Ven. Archibald H. Skirving* 1982
Barbara K. Smucker* 1982
The Rt. Rev. Derwyn D. Jones* 1983
The Ven. Dr. John G. Morden* 1984
The Most Rev. Edward W. Scott* 1984
The Hon. John B. Aird* 1985
J.I.D. Pottinger* 1985
The Rev. Dr. Howard Rokeby-Thomas* 1985
The Rt. Rev. C. Robert Townshend* 1985
J. Page R. Wadsworth* 1985
Dr. Frederick W. Burd* 1986
Dr. James R. Horne 1986
Mildred G. Robertson* 1986
The Rt. Rev. Morse C. Robinson* 1986
The Hon. William G. Davis* 1987
The Rev. John S.F. Maclean* 1987
The Most Rev. John C. Bothwell* 1988
Dr. Paul W. Fox* 1988
The Hon. Lincoln M. Alexander* 1989
Dr. Thomas A. Brzustowski* 1989
The Rev. Norman L. Choate* 1989

1990s
The Most Rev. Michael G. Peers* 1990
Gerald A. Thompson 1990
Robert D. Watt 1990
J. Michael Carty* 1991
The Most Rev. Terence E. Finlay* 1992
Robert J. Henderson 1992
Ian C. Ormston* 1992
J. Terrence Osbourne* 1992
Dr. Francis J. Turner* 1992
Dr. John A. Weir* 1992
Dr. Douglas T. Wright* 1992
Dr. James Downey 1993
The Rev. Roger W. McCombe* 1993
Prof. Nancy-Lou Patterson* 1993
William J. Dunker 1994
Dr. Brian Hendley 1994
The Most Rev. Percy R. O'Driscoll 1994
The Rev. Canon T. Herbert O'Driscoll 1994
Nina Burnham* 1995
The Ven. Dennis Hayden 1995
Walter A. Bean* 1996
W. Donald Bean* 1996
Rita K. Lee-Chui* 1996
Mary Dunker Guy 1997
The Rev. Canon John Erb* 1997
The Rt. Rev. Victoria Matthews 1997
C.B. Patti Carlisle* 1998
The Ven. David J. Woeller* 1998
Dr. Douglas Letson 1999
The Hon. Audrey McLaughlin 1999
Doris M'Timkulu 1999
The Ven. Harvey F. Southcott* 1999

2000s
Alice Clarke Baxter* 2000
Charles Belair* 2000
The Rt. Hon. David L. Johnston 2000
Judy Maddren 2001
Joan McKinnon 2001
Jonathan Spaetzel 2001
Catherine M. Brothers 2002
Robert C. Caldwell 2002
The Rev. Canon Dr. Kenneth Fung 2003
Dr. Betty C. Graham* 2003
The Hon. Margaret Norrie McCain 2003
Prof. Ian L. Campbell* 2004
Marion I. Campbell* 2004
Dr. Desta Leavine 2004
Charles Ormston 2004
The Most Rev. Andrew Hutchison 2005
Lincoln Wong 2005
The Rt. Rev. Bruce H.W. Howe 2006
John H.Y. Yuen 2006
The Rt. Rev. William Cliff 2007
The Rev. David Pickett 2007
Angus Sinclair 2007
The Very Rev. Peter Wall 2007
The Rev. Canon Edmund B. Der 2008
The Rt. Rev. Barbara C. Harris 2008
The Rev. Canon M. Alice Medcof 2008
H. Michael Burns 2009
Dr. John R. English 2009

2010s
James F. Chalmers* 2010
The Rev. Harry E. Janke* 2010
Gerry Remers 2010
The Rev. Dr. Brice Balmer 2011
Dr. Gail Cuthbert Brandt 2012
Eva Leflar* 2012
Dr. Peter H.O. Roe 2012
Dr. Robert G. Rosehart 2012
Maria Soklis 2012
The Rev. Canon David Bowyer 2013
Dr. Manfred Conrad 2013
Shu Hing Man* 2013
Dr. Geoff McBoyle 2013
Lynn Schumacher 2013
The Most Rev. Thomas Dowd 2014
Joe Mancini 2014
Stephani Mancini 2014
Dr. Adel Sedra 2014
Greg Bechard 2015
The Rt. Rev. Robert Bennett 2015
Dr. Keith Hipel 2016
The Most Rev. Colin Johnson 2017
Peter Ringrose 2017
The Ven. Peter Townshend 2018
May Yan 2018
Archbishop Anne Germond 2019

2020s
John Neufeld 2024

*deceased