Robert John O'Neill is an

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prelate of the Episcopal Church, who served as the tenth

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between 2004 and 2019.

Biography

O'Neill was ordained priest in 1982 after seminary studies at the

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at Yale. O'Neill served in Colorado as Canon Educator at St. John's Cathedral in Denver, and prior to his election as Coadjutor Bishop of Colorado on June 21, 2003, served as rector of Epiphany Church in

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. He was consecrated bishop on October 4, 2003, by the Bishop of Minnesota James L. Jelinek, in the Cherry Hills Community Church in

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. He succeeded as diocesan bishop in 2004, and retired in 2019."Colo. Bishop to Retire in 2019"
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'', 29 November 2017. Retrieved on 26 January 2021.

References

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