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{{Short description|Canadian Anglican bishop (1901–1983)}}
{{Other people||Howard Clark (disambiguation){{!}}Howard Clark}}
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|birth_name  = Howard Hewlett Clark
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'''Howard Hewlett Clark''' {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CC}} (April 23, 1901&nbsp;– January 21, 1983) was [[primate (bishop)|Primate]] of the [[Anglican Church of Canada]] from 1959 to 1971.

Born in [[Fort Macleod]], [[Alberta]], Clark attended the [[University of Trinity College]] in Toronto.  He was first appointed [[Curate]] of St. John the Baptist Norway in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]] in 1930. In 1932 he was made Curate of Christ Church [[Cathedral]] in [[Ottawa]]. He became Priest-in-Charge in 1938, Rector in 1939, and [[Dean of Ottawa|Dean]] and Rector from 1945 to 1953.  He was [[Bishop]] of the [[Anglican Diocese of Edmonton|Diocese of Edmonton]] from 1954 to 1961 and [[Bishop]] of [[Anglican Diocese of Rupert's Land|Rupert's Land]] from 1961 to 1970. He was elected Primate of the Anglican Church of [[Canada]] in 1959; and became [[Metropolitan (religion)|metropolitan]] of [[Ecclesiastical Province of the Northern Lights|Rupert's Land]] in 1961.

In 1970 Clark was made a Companion of the [[Order of Canada]]. From 1971 to 1982 he was Chancellor of [[Trinity College, Toronto]].

==References==
* {{cite news|title=Most. Rev. Howard Clark Former primate born in Alberta|work=[[The Globe and Mail]]|date=January 22, 1983|page=T13 }}
* {{Canadian honour|Type=orc|ID=1892|accessdate=26 May 2010}}

==External links==
* {{Find a Grave|name=Howard Hewlett Clark|grid=8881632}}
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[[Category:Anglican bishops of Edmonton]]
[[Category:Anglican bishops of Rupert's Land]]
[[Category:Metropolitans of Rupert's Land]]
[[Category:20th-century Anglican Church of Canada bishops]]
[[Category:Companions of the Order of Canada]]
[[Category:Primates of the Anglican Church of Canada]]
[[Category:Trinity College (Canada) alumni]]


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