Kent Clarke

Edwin Kent Clarke (born 21 January 1932[1]) is a retired Canadian Anglican bishop.[2]

Clarke was educated at Bishop's University and ordained in 1957. He was a curate of All Saints' Westboro until 1956 when he became Director of Christian Education for the Diocese of Ottawa, a position he held until 1966. He was rector of St Lambert, Montreal from then until 1973 when he became diocesan secretary of the Diocese of Niagara and Archdeacon of Niagara.[3] He was Bishop Suffragan of Niagara from 1976 to 1979 and Bishop of Edmonton from 1980 to 1986. He became Arhbishop of Edmonton and Metropolitan of Rupert’s Land in that year but resigned a year later.

References

  1. Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
  2. Diocese of Edmonton Profile
  3. Crockford's clerical directory, London, Church House, 1975, ISBN 0-19-200008-X
Religious titles
Preceded by
John Arthur William Langstone
Bishop of Edmonton, Canada
1980 1987
Succeeded by
Kenneth Lyle Genge
Preceded by
Michael Geoffrey Peers
Metropolitans of Rupert's Land
1986 1987
Succeeded by
Walter Heath Jones