Norman Clarke (bishop)

Norman Harry Clarke[1] (31 July 1892[2] – 18 February 1974)[3] was a British Anglican bishop who served as the third Bishop of Plymouth from 1950 to 1962[4][5] and, simultaneously, as the Archdeacon of Plymouth.

[6] He was made deacon on Trinity Sunday 1916 (18 June)[7] and ordained priest the next Trinity Sunday (3 June 1917) — both times by Leonard Burrows, Bishop of Sheffield, at Sheffield Cathedral.

[8] He was a Diocesan Inspector of Schools, then a residential canon at Southwark Cathedral and finally (before his ordination to the episcopate) Vicar of St Andrew's, Plymouth.

[9] He was consecrated a bishop on St James's Day 1950 (25 July) by Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury, at St Paul's Cathedral.

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