Kenneth Herbert Clarke (born 23 May 1949) is the former Mission Director of

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UK & Ireland. He was

Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh The Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh is the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland Diocese of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh in the Province of Armagh. The present incumbent is the Right Revd Ferran Glenfield, who was elected, consecrated, and ins ...

from 2001 until 2012.

Biography

Clarke grew up in Holywood, Co. Down, Northern Ireland and was educated at Sullivan Upper School and

Trinity College, Dublin , name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin , motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin) , motto_lang = la , motto_English = It will last i ...

, and

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in 1972, his first posts were curacies at Magheralin and Dundonald. He then served as a

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, following which he was

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of Crinken Church,

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, and then Rector of Coleraine and

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of Dalriada before elevation to the

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as the 17th

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of the

Diocese of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh The United Dioceses of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh is a diocese of the Church of Ireland located in central Ireland. It is in the ecclesiastical province of Armagh. It is one of twelve Anglican dioceses in the island of Ireland. The geographi ...

in the

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. Bishop Clarke is married to Helen and they have four daughters. Bishop Clarke became a patron of the

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in 2014.News Extra - Bishop Ken Clarke becomes Iona Institute patron
Church of Ireland Gazette – 30 May 2014. He is a supporter and patron of the ''New Wine Group''.

Publications

* ''Going for Growth'' by Ken Clarke (2011)

References

1949 births People educated at Sullivan Upper School Alumni of Trinity College Dublin 21st-century Anglican bishops in Ireland Bishops of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh Living people People from County Down Evangelical Anglican bishops {{Ireland-Anglican-bishop-stub