Kent Clarke

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Kent Clarke
Church Anglican
Personal details
Born (1932-01-21)21 January 1932
Died 25 October 2016(2016-10-25)

Edwin Kent Clarke (born 21 January 1932,[1] died 25 October 2016) was a 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 Archbishop 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. ↑ Stewart, Alison; Ivany, Kathryn (2008). In their faithful footsteps ... Profiles of the nine former bishops of the Anglican Diocese of Edmonton 1914 - 2007 (PDF). Anglican Diocese of Edmonton. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
  3. ↑ Crockford's clerical directory, London, Church House, 1975, ISBN 0-19-200008-X
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by
John Langstone		 Bishop of Edmonton, Canada
1980–1987 		Succeeded by
Ken Genge
Preceded by
Michael Peers		 Metropolitan of Rupert's Land
1986–1987 		Succeeded by
Walter H. Jones


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