Robins, Edwin Frederick

Fourth Bishop of Athabasca; Assistant Bishop of Norwich.

Edwin Frederick Robins was born in London, England in 1870. After receiving private education and attending Church Missionary School in Islington, he was ordained deacon in 1894. He served as a Missionary to Dera Ghaze Khan in India until 1897, when he was ordained priest and became the curate of St. James' Church, Paddington. He then moved onto Widcombe, Bath, to serve as a curate there, from 1898 to 1901. In 1901, he became the Organizing Secretary for the Dioceses of Bristol, Gloucester, and Worcester. In 1902, he became Vicar of Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex, where he stayed until 1909, when he was appointed Incumbent of Athabasca Landing, as well as Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Athabasca, and Secretary-Treasurer of the Diocese of Athabasca. From 1910 t0 1912, he was the Archdeacon of Athabasca, until he was consecrated Bishop of Athabasca in 1912. He also received an honourary D.D. from St. John's College that year, and another honourary D.D. from the University of Trinity College, Toronto, in 1924. He resigned the See of Athabasca in 1930, and was appointed Assistant Bishop of Norwich. He passed away in 1953.