Frederick Patrick Clark (7 March 1908 – 16 December 1954) was a Canadian
Anglican
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clergyman who served as the
Bishop of Kootenay from 1948 until his death.
Clark was educated at
Bishop's University
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and ordained in 1933. He was
Curate
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at Church of Advent in
Westmount, Quebec and then at St Peter in
Regina, Saskatchewan
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. After this he held
incumbencies at
Pense and
Vancouver
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. From 1945 to 1948 he was
Dean of Kootenay and then its bishop. He died in post on 16 December 1954. There is a memorial to him at St Andrew in
Trail, British Columbia
Trail is a city in the West Kootenay region of the Interior of British Columbia, Canada. It was named after the Dewdney Trail, which passed through the area. The town was first called Trail Creek or Trail Creek Landing, and the name was shorten ...
.
References
See also
1908 births
1954 deaths
Bishop's University alumni
20th-century Anglican Church of Canada bishops
Anglican Church of Canada deans
Anglican bishops of Kootenay
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