[2] He entered St. Benedict's Seminary in Atchison, Kansas, with a grant from the Students Endowment Fund established by the Catholic Church Extension Society.
[1] He also served as diocesan director of the Catholic Youth Organization (1939–1940), a chaplain at St. Agnes Hospital (1942–1946), and dean of Kern and Inyo Counties.
[5] In May 1969, he succeeded Cardinal John Wright as episcopal adviser to the National Catholic Laymen's Retreat Conference.
[6] On January 19, 1982, Pope John Paul II accepted Clinch's resignation as bishop of the Diocese Monterey.
[3] He sold his house in Pebble Beach, California, and used the proceeds to establish the Bishop Harry A. Clinch Endowment Fund.
[5] Harry Clinch moved to a retirement community in Santa Cruz, California, where he died on March 8, 2003, at age 94.