Clive Kerle

The Rt Rev Ronald Clive Kerle (known as Clive; 28 December 1915–1997) was an eminent Anglican Bishop^[1] in the third quarter of the 20th Century.

He was born on 28 December 1915 and educated at the University of Sydney. Ordained in 1939,^[2] his first posts were curacies at St Paul’s, Sydney and St Anne, Ryde.^[3] He then held incumbencies in Kangaroo Valley and Port Kembla. Later he was General Secretary of the NSW Branch of the Church Missionary Society and then Archdeacon of Cumberland. From 1956 to 1965 he was Bishop Co-adjutor of Sydney^[4] when he became Bishop of Armidale, a post he held for 11 years. His final post until retirement in 1982 was as Rector of St Swithun’s, Pymble.

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