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Barry Bryan Clarke (born 10 October 1952) is a Canadian Anglican bishop. He served as the 11th Anglican Bishop of Montreal, between 2004 and August 2015. He was also previously the interim rector of St. Paul's Cathedral (London, Ontario) and Dean of Huron. Clarke was born in
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and educated at
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and the Montreal Theological College. Upon
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he became
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at St Matthias' Montreal. His career then progressed steadily upwards through incumbencies at St-Bruno,
Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...
, St Michael and All Angels, Montreal and St Paul's Lachine before the
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of
Montreal Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cit ...
. Self-described as a committed youth and community worker, in his ordination speech he appropriated Jesus' claim to "come not to be served, but to serve." He is a supporter of the blessing of same-sex unions.City's top Anglican stands behind gay unions, November 1, 2008


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List of Anglican Bishops of Montreal The Bishop of Montreal is an Anglican bishop in the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada. Before the erection of the diocese, its parent Diocese of Quebec had a suffragan bishop A suffragan bishop is a type of bishop in some Christian denominatio ...


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Clarke, Barry Bryan 1952 births Living people McGill University alumni Clergy from Montreal 21st-century Anglican Church of Canada bishops Anglican bishops of Montreal Deans of Huron