Charles Clingman (January 19, 1883 - November 2, 1971) was an American prelate who served as the forth Bishop of Kentucky from 1936 till 1954.
[1] He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Kenyon College in 1905, and then from the Virginia Theological Seminary in 1908.
In 1908, he became rector of St Paul's Church in Newport, Kentucky, while in 1913, he transferred to the Church of the Incarnation in Dallas, Texas to serve as its rector.
From 1918 till 1924, he was rector of Trinity Church in Houston, Texas, and between 1924 and 1936, he served as rector of the Church of the Advent in Birmingham, Alabama.
[3] On January 24, 1936, Clingman was elected Bishop of Kentucky and was consecrated on April 22, 1936, by Presiding Bishop James De Wolf Perry.