Robert William Dann (28 September 1914 – 10 April 2008), also often known informally as "Bob Dann", was an Australian
Anglican
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bishop
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. He was the 9th
Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne
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Anglican Diocese of Melbourne
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Archdeacon
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of
Essendon Essendon may refer to:
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*Essendon, Victoria
**Essendon railway station
**Essendon Airport
*Essendon Football Club, in the Australian Football League
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*Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington
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and, in 1969, he became a
bishop coadjutor
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of the diocese before becoming the archbishop eight years later. He retired in 1983. He came out of retirement for some months in 1987 to take charge of the parish of St John's, Camberwell, after the sudden death on the vicar, until a new appointment could be made.
He died on 10 April 2008, aged 93.Some sources give the date of death as 11 April, but a death notice inserted by his family in ''The Age'' of 14 April 2008 states 10 April.