Robert Arnold Schürhoff Martineau (22 August 1913 – 28 June 1999) was a British bishop who was the first Bishop of Huntingdon and who was later translated to Blackburn.
Born in Birmingham and educated at King Edward's School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, he was ordained in 1938. His first post was as a curate at Melksham after which he was a World War II chaplain in the RAFVR.
When peace returned he became Vicar of Ovenden, Halifax, and then Allerton, Merseyside, before his ordination to the episcopate.
He died in Denbigh, Clwyd.
References
- Who Was Who 1897–2007. London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- Independent Obituary
- Crockfords,(London, Church House 1975) ISBN 0-7151-8088-6
- Bishop of Huntingdon, The Times, 18 October 1965; p. 12; Issue 56451; col G
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| Preceded byInaugural appointment | Bishop of Huntingdon 1965 – 1972 |
Succeeded byEric St Quintin Wall |
| Preceded byCharles Robert Claxton | Bishop of Blackburn 1972 – 1981 |
Succeeded byDavid Stewart Cross |
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