Robert Stephen Dehler, CR (26 December 1889 – 26 August 1966) was a Canadian Catholic prelates who served as Bishop of Hamilton in Bermuda from 1956 to 1966.GCatholic He was a member of the Resurrectionists.
Biography Dehler was born in St. Agatha, Ontario in 1889, and grew up in Macton, Ontario. He graduated from St. Jerome's College and ordained as a Catholic priest on December 19, 1914.
From 1939 to 1944, he served in Bermuda, and from 1944 to 1950, he served as pastor of St. Mary's Church in Kitchener, followed by an appointment at St. Joseph's Church in Hamilton, Ontario. On 10 March 1953, he was appointed the Prefect Apostolic of Bermuda, and on 28 January 1956 was appointed Vicar Apostolic of Bermuda and Titular Bishop of Clazomenae. He was consecrated bishop on March 19, 1956 by Archbishop Gerald O'Hara at St. Mary's Church in Kitchener, Ontario. Archbishop Joseph Anthony O'Sullivan and Bishop Joseph Francis Ryan served as co-consecrators. He served as Vicar Apostolic of Bermuda until his death in Kitchener on August 26, 1966, and is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in Kitchener, Ontario.
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