Robert Patrick Varley (October 18, 1921 - May 3, 2000) was a bishop of The Episcopal Church, serving in Nebraska and Minnesota.
[1] Varley was ordained deacon on January 25, 1947, by Bishop Oliver J. Hart of Pennsylvania in All Hallows' Church, Wyncote, Pennsylvania, and priest in July 1947 by Bishop William R. Moody of Lexington.
He then served as assistant rector of St Paul's Church in Chester, Pennsylvania between 1947 and 1950, rector of St Stephen's Church in Beverly, New Jersey between 1950 and 1956, and rector of St Peter's Church in Salisbury, Maryland between 1957 and 1971.
[3] In 1971, Varley was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Nebraska, and was consecrated on November 28, 1971.
He succeeded as diocesan in 1972, and retained the post till his resignation in 1975.