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Province
  
Westminster

Predecessor
  
New title

Died
  
July 16, 2002

Consecration
  
May 13, 1969

Term ended
  
21 March 1995

Role
  
Bishop

Ordination
  
February 11, 1945


Appointed
  
26 April 1976

Name
  
Alan Clark

Successor
  
Peter Smith

Diocese
  
East Anglia

Other posts
  
Co-chairman of ARCIC

Education
  
Stonyhurst College

Books
  
The People of God

Alan Charles Clark (9 August 1919 – 16 July 2002) was the first Roman Catholic Bishop of East Anglia in the Ecclesiastical Province of Westminster, England.

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Early life

Born in Bickley, Kent on 9 August 1919, he was the son of parents who converted from Anglicanism to Roman Catholicism. He was ordained to the priesthood on 11 February 1945.

Episcopal career

He was appointed an Auxiliary Bishop of Northampton and Titular Bishop of Elmhama by the Holy See on 31 March 1969. Two months later, he was formally consecrated to the Episcopate on 13 May 1969. The principal consecrator was Bishop Charles Alexander Grant of Northampton, and the principal co-consecrators were Archbishop Cyril Conrad Cowderoy of Southwark and Archbishop John Aloysius Murphy of Cardiff. He also became co-chairman of the Anglican—Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC).

On 13 March 1976, the new Diocese of East Anglia was established, and Alan Clark was appointed its first bishop on 26 April 1976 and installed at the Cathedral Church of St John the Baptist, Norwich on 2 June 1976. As the bishop of the new diocese, Alan Clark had to set up all the necessary instruments and commissions for the diocese to operate successfully. Following his 75th birthday in August 1994, he retired on 21 March 1995 and assumed the title Bishop Emeritus of East Anglia. On 2 June 2001, Bishop Clark celebrated the 25th Anniversary of his installation as the first Bishop of the Diocese.

He died on 16 July 2002, aged 82.

References

Alan Clark (bishop) Wikipedia


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