Kenneth Clements

Kenneth John Clements (21 December 1905^[1] - 8 January 1992^[2]) was an Anglican bishop in Australia.^[3]

Clements was educated at Highgate School and the University of Sydney. He was ordained in 1934 and became registrar for the Diocese of Riverina until 1937 when he was appointed Rector of Narrandera. He then held further incumbencies at Tumbarumba and Gunning. Later he was Archdeacon of Goulburn before his consecration to the episcopate as the bishop coadjutor in the Diocese of Grafton on 29 June 1949.^[4] He succeeded, becoming diocesan Bishop of Grafton in 1956.^[5] Five years later he was translated to the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn^[6] – he was elected on 21 February, installed on 15 June 1961 and retired on 30 September 1971.

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Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by Christopher Storrs	Bishop of Grafton 1956–1961	Succeeded by Gordon Arthur
Preceded by Ernest Burgmann	Bishop of Canberra and Goulborn 1961–1971	Succeeded by Cecil Warren

Bishops of Grafton

split from Grafton and Armidale • Cecil Druitt • John Ashton • William Stevenson • Christopher Storrs • Kenneth Clements • Gordon Arthur • Donald Shearman • Bruce Schultz • Philip Huggins • Keith Slater

Bishops of Goulburn

Goulburn (1863–1950)	Mesac Thomas • William Chalmers • Christopher Barlow • Lewis Radford • Ernest Burgmann

Canberra & Goulburn (1950 onwards)	Ernest Burgmann • Kenneth Clements • Cecil Warren • Owen Dowling • George Browning • Stuart Robinson

Persondata
Name	Clements, Kenneth John
Alternative names
Short description	Bishop of Canberra and Goulborn; Bishop of Grafton
Date of birth	21 December 1905
Place of birth
Date of death	8 January 1992
Place of death