Kenneth John Clements (21 December 1905 - 8 January 1992) was an

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bishop in

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. Clements was educated at

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and the University of Sydney. He trained for ordination at St John's College, Morpeth and was ordained in 1934 and became registrar for the Diocese of Riverina until 1937 when he was appointed

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of Narrandera. He then held further incumbencies at Tumbarumba and Gunning. Later he was

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of Goulburn before his consecration to the episcopate as the

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in the Diocese of Goulburn on 29 June 1949. He succeeded, becoming diocesan

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in 1956. Five years later he was

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to the (by then renamed) Diocese of Canberra and GoulburnNational Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
– he was elected on 21 February, installed on 15 June 1961 and retired on 30 September 1971.

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1905 births People educated at Highgate School University of Sydney alumni Anglican archdeacons in Australia Anglican bishops of Grafton Anglican bishops of Canberra and Goulburn 20th-century Anglican bishops in Australia 1992 deaths {{Australia-anglican-bishop-stub