Robert Cecil Mortimer (6 December 190211 September 1976) was an Anglican bishop in the Church of England. Mortimer was educated at St Edward's School, Oxford and Keble College, Oxford, Keble College in the same city. He was made deacon at Michaelmas 1926 (3 October) at his title church (St Mary Redcliffe) and ordained priest the Michaelmas following (2 October 1927) at St Alban's, Westbury-on-Trym — both times by George Nickson, Bishop of Bristol; and was a curate at St Mary Redcliffe. He then became a lecturer in canon law and then the Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology at the University of Oxford before his ordination to the episcopate in 1949 to serve as Bishop of Exeter, 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. Mortimer was also a notable author,Among other books he wrote ''Gambling'' (1933), ''Origins of Private Penance'' (1939), ''The Elements of Moral Theology'' (1947), ''Marriage in Church and State'' (1947), ''Christian Ethics'' (1950), ''The Duties of a Churchman'' (1951) and ''Western Canon Law'' (1953). and frequently appeared on BBC Television. He had four children, one of whom was the journalist and author Edward Mortimer.

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1902 births People educated at St Edward's School, Oxford Bishops of Exeter 20th-century Church of England bishops 1976 deaths Alumni of Keble College, Oxford English Anglican theologians Regius Professors of Moral and Pastoral Theology {{ChurchofEngland-bishop-stub