Roger Wilson Blanchard (September 11, 1909 - February 17, 1998) was an American bishop of the Episcopal Church. He was the church's Bishop of Southern Ohio from 1959 to 1970.
In 1958, Blanchard was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Southern Ohio and was consecrated at Christ Church, Cincinnati, on November 11, 1958, by the presiding bishop, Henry Knox Sherrill.[5] He then succeeded as diocesan bishop in May 1959 and remained so until his retirement in 1970. He then served as an assisting bishop in the Diocese of Massachusetts.
Blanchard died on February 17, 1998, following a long illness.[6]
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