Clifton Daniel, 3rd (or III; called Dan;[1] born July 4, 1947) is a bishop in the Episcopal Church.

[2] Daniel was born on July 4, 1947 in Goldsboro, North Carolina, United States.

He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and graduated in 1969 with a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish education.

He received honorary Doctor of Divinity degrees from both Virginia Theological Seminary in 1997 and the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee in 1998.

In 1996 he was elected and consecrated bishop coadjutor of the Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina.