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| type        = Bishop
| honorific-prefix = [[The Most Reverend]]
| name        = Robert Machray
| title       = [[Bishop of Rupert's Land]]<br />[[Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada]]
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| see         = [[Anglican Diocese of Rupert's Land|Rupert's Land]]
| term        = 1865–1904
| predecessor = [[David Anderson (bishop of Rupert's Land)|David Anderson]] as Bishop
| successor   = as bishop: [[Samuel Pritchard Matheson]]<br />as Primate: William Bond
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| birth_date    = 17 May 1831
| birth_place   = [[Scotland]]
| death_date    = 9 March 1904
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'''Robert Machray''' (17 May 1831 – 9 March 1904) was an [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] [[bishop]] and [[missionary]] and the first [[Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada|Primate]] of the [[Anglican Church of Canada|Church of England in Canada]] (now called the Anglican Church of Canada).

==Life==
He was born in [[Aberdeen]], [[Scotland]].
He was the son of Robert Machray, and wife Christian Macallum.{{sfn|Edgar|1912}}

Machray was educated at [[King's College, Aberdeen|King's College]], [[University of Aberdeen]] and [[Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge]],<ref>{{acad|id=MCRY851R|name=Machray, Robert}}</ref> where he studied mathematics, philosophy and theology.

He was [[ordained]] in the [[Church of England]] in 1855 and served parishes in that country, as well as serving as [[dean (education)|dean]] of his alma mater at Cambridge. 
In 1865, he became [[Anglican Diocese of Rupert's Land|Bishop of Rupert's Land]] (in [[Canada]]), becoming [[archbishop]] of [[Ecclesiastical Province of the Northern Lights|the province]] when his diocese was split in 1875. 
At the first [[General Synod]] of Canadian Anglicans in 1893 he was unanimously elected as the first [[Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada|Primate of All Canada]], serving in the position until his death.  
In 1893, he was appointed a [[Prelate of the Order of St Michael and St George]].
On 9 March 1904, he died unmarried at [[Winnipeg]].{{sfn|Edgar|1912}}

He is honoured in the Calendar of Saints of the Anglican Church of Canada with a feast day on 10 March.

==Notes==
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==References==
*{{cite DNB12|authorlink=Pelham Edgar|wstitle=Machray, Robert|first=Pelham|last=Edgar}}
*{{cite ODNB|author=Pelham Edgar, rev. H. C. G. Matthew|title=Machray, Robert (1831–1904)|id=34733}}
*{{DictCanbio|ID=6872}}

==External links==
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*{{Internet Archive author |sname=Robert Machray}}
*[http://anglicanhistory.org/canada/machray/index.html Historical resources on Robert Machray]
*[http://prayerbook.ca/online-library-articles/73-research-into-historical-questions/200-the-legacy-of-archbishop-robert-machray-by-john-matheson-machray-review The Legacy of Archbishop Robert Machray First Primate of All Canada]
*[http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/transactions/3/machray_r.shtml Manitoba Historical Society]

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