Ken Clarke (bishop)

Bishop Clarke in 2014

Kenneth Herbert Clarke (born 23 May 1949) is the former Mission Director of SAMS UK & Ireland. He was Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh from 2001 until 2012.

Biography

Clarke grew up in Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland and was educated at Sullivan Upper School and Trinity College, Dublin, ^[1] and ordained in 1972, his first posts were curacies at Magheralin and Dundonald. ^[2] He then served as a missionary in Chile, following which he was Rector of Crinken Church, Dublin, ^[3] and then Rector of Coleraine and Archdeacon of Dalriada before elevation to the episcopate as the 17th bishop of the Diocese of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh in the Church of Ireland.^{[ citation needed ]}

In 2014, Clarke became a patron of the Iona Institute. ^{[4] [5]} The Iona Institute is a socially conservative organisation that advocates the advancement and promotion of the Christian religion and what it sees as the religion's social and moral values. ^[6]

Clarke is married to Helen and they have four daughters. ^[7]

Publications

• Going for Growth by Ken Clarke (2011)

References

• Christianity portal

1. Who's Who2008: London, A & C Black ISBN   978-0-7136-8555-8
2. Crockford's Clerical Directory2008/2009 Lambeth, Church House Publishing ISBN   978-0-7151-1030-0
3. Church web site
4. Former Church of Ireland bishop becomes Iona Institute patron by Patsy McGarry, The Irish Times, 21 May 2014.
5. News Extra - Bishop Ken Clarke becomes Iona Institute patron Archived 18 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine Church of Ireland Gazette – 30 May 2014.
6. "Iona Institute says IDA call for Yes vote on marriage 'completely unacceptable'". The Irish Times . 1 May 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
7. Bishop Ken Clarke Archived 4 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine Worldwide Mission.

Church of Ireland titles
Preceded by Michael Mayes	Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh 2001–2012	Succeeded by Ferran Glenfield