Robert Bell Clune
Robert Bell Clune (born September 18, 1920 in Toronto , Ontario , † September 6, 2007 in Toronto, Ontario) was a Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in Toronto from 1979 to 1995 .
Life
Clune entered the St. Augustine Seminary in Toronto in 1938 and studied at the University of Toronto until 1941 . Robert Bell Clune was ordained a priest on May 26, 1945 in Toronto by Archbishop James Charles McGuigan . After working in pastoral care, he studied at the Catholic University of America (CUA) in Washington, DC and graduated in 1948 with a Ph.D. in canon law . He was involved in numerous administrative activities. In 1959 he became vicar general and in 1971 director of the Catholic Church Extension Society of Canada .
He was appointed auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Toronto by Pope John Paul II in 1979 and was named titular bishop of Lacubaza . He received his episcopal ordination on June 21, 1979 in St. Michael's Cathedral in Toronto Gerald Emmett Cardinal Carter . Clune became head of the eastern districts of the archdiocese. In 1982 he was elected chairman of the Archbishop's Pastoral Mission Foundation. In 1992 he moved his official residence to Barrie on Lake Simcoe in Ontario and was responsible for the northeastern part of the Archdiocese of Toronto as well as for the religious orders and deacons. His resignation in 1995 was granted by John Paul II.
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| SURNAME | Clune, Robert Bell |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Clune, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in Toronto |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 18, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Toronto , Ontario , Canada |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 6, 2007 |
| Place of death | Toronto , Ontario , Canada |