Our Retired Bishop
The Most Rev. John R. Clarke, B.A., L. Th., D.D.
Bishop Clarke was ordained deacon in the diocese of Moosonee in 1963
and priested the following year.
He then moved to Toronto to become curate at St. Michael and All Angels from 1964-1966.
After 1966, Bishop Clarke spent most of his vocation in the diocese of Moosonee, working at the Church of the Apostles, Moosonee, for 18 years, from 1966 to 1984. In 1968, he became canon at St. Matthew's Cathedral in Timmins, Ont., and regional dean of James Bay, holding both positions until 1984.
That year saw another long distance move, this time to the diocese of Athabasca where he was archdeacon from 1984-1991.
On Jan. 5, 1992, he was consecrated bishop of Athabasca.
He was consecrated Metropolitan, Archbishop of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land on June 1, 2003 at St. John's Anglican Church in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan. He retired as Metropolitan in 2008 but continued on as Bishop of the Diocese of Athabasca. On April 30, Archbishop John retired as our bishop.
Bishop's Documents
Archbishop's Charge to the Fifty-First Session of the Synod of the Diocese of Athabasca, 2008
Open Letter in reference to the Fifty-First Session of the Synod of the Diocese of Athabasca, 2008
Archbishop's Charge to the Fiftieth Session of the Synod of the Diocese of Athabasca, 2006
Archbishop's Charge to the Forty-Ninth Session of the Synod of the Diocese of Athabasca, 2003