Frederick Patrick Clark (7 March 1908 – 16 December 1954) was a Canadian

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clergyman who served as the Bishop of Kootenay from 1948 until his death. Clark was educated at

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and ordained in 1933. He was

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at Church of Advent in Westmount, Quebec and then at St Peter in

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. After this he held incumbencies at Pense and

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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

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