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Clarence Cullam Pope (October 26, 1929 – January 8, 2012) was the second bishop of the
Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth The Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth is a diocese of the Anglican Church in North America. The diocese comprises 62 congregations and its headquarters are in Fort Worth, Texas. The diocese is divided in six deaneries, each headed by a dean, which ...
and a prominent leader in traditionalist
Anglicanism Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of the ...
in North America.


Early life and career

Pope was born in
Lafayette, Louisiana Lafayette (, ) is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana, and the most populous city and parish seat of Lafayette Parish, located along the Vermilion River. It is Louisiana's fourth largest incorporated municipality by population and the 234th- ...
. He was educated at Centenary College (B.A. 1950) and the University of the South (B.D. 1954). He was ordained deacon on June 29, 1954, and priest on May 9, 1955. After serving parishes in Louisiana, Pope was consecrated Bishop Coadjutor of Fort Worth on January 5, 1985; he became diocesan bishop on January 1, 1986. He was president of the Episcopal Synod of America, now Forward in Faith, from 1989 to 1993. Pope retired as diocesan bishop on December 31, 1994, and was received into the Roman Catholic Church by Cardinal
Bernard Law Bernard Francis Law (November 4, 1931 – December 20, 2017) was an American cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, known largely for covering up the serial rape of children by Catholic priests. He served as Archbishop of Boston, archprie ...
on February 1, 1995. He subsequently returned to
the Episcopal Church The Episcopal Church, based in the United States with additional dioceses elsewhere, is a member church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. It is a mainline Protestant denomination and is divided into nine Ecclesiastical provinces and dioces ...
, but was again received into the Roman Catholic Church in 2007.


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Obituary by George Conger
1929 births 2012 deaths American Roman Catholics 20th-century Anglican bishops in the United States Anglo-Catholic bishops Anglican bishop converts to Roman Catholicism American Anglo-Catholics Centenary College of Louisiana alumni People from Lafayette, Louisiana Episcopal bishops of Fort Worth {{US-Anglican-bishop-stub