Robert Bracewell Appleyard (November 27, 1917 – October 26, 1999) was bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh from 1968 to 1983.
He was educated at the Jamestown High School before attending Allegheny College from where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1940.
Appleyard was ordained a Methodist minister in 1943 and then served as a chaplain in the United States Navy during WWII.
In 1945 he became assistant dean of students at Union Theological Seminary and Director of the Program for Returning Serviceman, a post he retained till 1948.
[1] On November 14, 1967, Appleyard was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Pittsburgh on the second ballot during a special diocesan convention.