Edwin Kent Clarke (born 21 January 1932, died 25 October 2016) was a

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Anglican

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. Clarke was educated at

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and

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in 1957. He was a curate of All Saints'

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until 1956 when he became Director of Christian

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for the Diocese of Ottawa, a position he held until 1966. He was

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of St Lambert,

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from then until 1973 when he became

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of the

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and Archdeacon of Niagara. Crockford's clerical directory, London, Church House, 1975, 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.

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1932 births Bishop's University alumni Anglican Church of Canada archdeacons 20th-century Anglican Church of Canada bishops Anglican bishops of Edmonton 20th-century Anglican archbishops Metropolitans of Rupert's Land 1994 deaths {{Canada-Anglican-bishop-stub