Robert Leslie (died 10 August 1672) was an Anglican prelate who served in the Church of Ireland as the Bishop of Dromore (1660–61), then Bishop of Raphoe (1661–71), and finally Bishop of Clogher (1671–72).Clogher clergy and parishes : being an account of the clergy of the Church of Ireland in the Diocese of Clogher, from the earliest period, with historical notices of the several parishes, churches, etc Leslie, J.B. p 14: Enniskille; R. H. Ritchie; 1929
He was the son of Dr Henry Leslie, Bishop of Down and Connor., The Province of Ulster, pp. 267 and 281. Robert was educated in Dublin and took a Master of Arts degree at Aberdeen., The Province of Ulster, p. 281. In 1638, his first ecclesiastical appointment was as a canon of St Saviour's Cathedral in Connor, County Antrim., The Province of Ulster, p. 257. Three years later, the cathedral was destroyed during the Irish Rebellion of 1641. After the Restoration of the monarchy, he was nominated Bishop of Dromore on 6 August 1660 and consecrated on 27 January 1661., Handbook of British Chronology, p. 388. He was also granted in commendam the archdeaconry of Connor by letters patent on 10 August 1660.
He was translated twice, firstly to the bishopric of Raphoe on 20 June 1661,, The Province of Ulster, p. 351., Handbook of British Chronology, p. 405. and secondly to the bishopric of Clogher on 26 October 1671., The Province of Ulster, pp. 79–80., Handbook of British Chronology, p. 382. After becoming bishop of Clogher, he resigned the archdeaconry of Connor.
He died in office at Ballygawley, County Tyrone on 10 August 1672,, The Province of Ulster, p. 80. and was interred in St Macartan's Cathedral, Clogher.
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