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Clarence Rupert Haden Jr. (May 30, 1910 - March 11, 2000) was fourth bishop of the
Episcopal Diocese of Northern California The Episcopal Diocese of Northern California, created in 1910, is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America with jurisdiction over the northern part of California. It is in Province 8 and its cathedral, Trinity Episcop ...
, serving from 1958 to 1978.


Biography

Haden was born in
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on May 30, 1910 to Clarence Rupert Haden Sr. and Margaret Collins. He was educated at the public schools in Fort Worth, and then attended
Baylor University Baylor University is a private Baptist Christian research university in Waco, Texas. Baylor was chartered in 1845 by the last Congress of the Republic of Texas. Baylor is the oldest continuously operating university in Texas and one of the fir ...
from where he earned a
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in 1931. He also studied at the Union Theological Seminary between 1932 and 1934, and then at the
Seabury-Western Theological Seminary Seabury-Western Theological Seminary (SWTS) was a seminary of the Episcopal Church (United States), Episcopal Church, located in Evanston, Illinois. It ceased operations as a residential seminary granting the Master of Divinity degree in May 201 ...
, graduating with a
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in 1936, and awarded a
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in 1952. Haden was ordained deacon in April 1936 and priest in November 1936 by Bishop Harry Tunis Moore of Dallas. He married Essie Lucilla Jones on February 1, 1935 and together had one daughter. He was in charge of St Barnabas' Church in
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and St Paul's Church in
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from 1936 until 1937. He then became rector of St John's Church in
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, while in 1941 he became rector of St Matthew's Church in
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. In 1943, he accepted the rectorship of St Paul's Church in
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, and in 1945 he became rector of St Philip's Church in
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. Between 1951 ans 1953 he served as executive director of the Presiding Bishop's commission on laymen's work. He then served previously as dean of
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between 1953 and 1957. In 1957 Haden was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Sacramento, and was thus consecrated on June 14, 1957 by Presiding Bishop
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in Trinity Cathedral. He succeeded as diocesan bishop on January 1, 1958 and remained in office until his retirement in 1978. On April 22, 1961, the name of the diocese was changed to the Diocese of Northern California. He died on March 11, 2000 in
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."Obituary -- Clarence Repert Haden, Jr."
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'', April 23, 2000. Retrieved on October 24, 2023.


References

1910 births 2000 deaths 20th-century American Episcopalians Episcopal bishops of Northern California 20th-century American clergy Seabury-Western Theological Seminary alumni Baylor University alumni {{US-Anglican-bishop-stub