Creighton Leland Robertson (March 6, 1944 - October 24, 2014) was ninth bishop of the

Episcopal Diocese of South Dakota The Episcopal Diocese of South Dakota is a diocese of the Episcopal Church with jurisdiction over the state of South Dakota. History The diocese was created in 1871 at the Missionary District of Niobrara. It adopted the name Missionary Distric ...

from 1994 to 2009.

Early life and education

Robertson was born in

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and was a citizen of the

Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate The Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation (), formerly Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe/Dakota Nation, is a federally recognized tribe comprising two bands and two subdivisions of the ''Isanti'' or Santee Dakota people. They are ...

. Then Robertson and his family moved to the Lake Traverse Indian Reservation and eventually to

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where Robertson graduated from high school. He graduated from the

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with an associate degree in printing in 1964, followed by a bachelor's degree in history from

Black Hills State University Black Hills State University (BHSU) is a public university in Spearfish, South Dakota, United States. Close to 4,000 students attend classes at its campus in Spearfish, with a satellite campus in Rapid City which is shared with South Dakota Sta ...

in 1971. He went to the

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and graduated in 1976.

Career

Robertson practiced law in

Webster, South Dakota Webster is a city in and the county seat of Day County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 1,728 at the 2020 census. History The town was platted in 1880, and was named in honor of J. B. Webster, a pioneer settler. Geography Acc ...

. He was the attorney for the Sisseton Wapheton Oyate and a tribal judge. He worked for the South Dakota Department of Labor and served on the South Dakota Human Rights Commission. In 1986, Robertson studied for the Episcopalian ministry at the

University of the South The University of the South, familiarly known as Sewanee (), is a private Episcopal liberal arts college in Sewanee, Tennessee, United States. It is owned by 28 southern dioceses of the Episcopal Church, and its School of Theology is an off ...

and graduated with an M.Div. in 1989. Robertson was ordained to the diaconate on June 22, 1989, and to the priesthood on May 6, 1990. He was consecrated as a bishop on June 19, 1994, by

Edmond L. Browning Edmond Lee Browning (March 11, 1929 – July 11, 2016) was an American bishop. He was the 24th presiding bishop and primate of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Education, ordination, early ministry Browning received his se ...

, Harold S. Jones, and Craig Anderson.RIP Bishop Creighton Robertson
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References

External links

Diocese of South Dakota website
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