Kenneth John Clements (21 December 1905 - 8 January 1992) was an

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. Clements was educated at

Highgate School Highgate School, formally Sir Roger Cholmeley's School at Highgate, is a co-educational, fee-charging, private day school, founded in 1565 in Highgate, London, England. It educates over 1,400 pupils in three sections – Highgate Pre-Preparato ...

and the

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. He trained for ordination at

St John's College, Morpeth St John's College, Morpeth, known colloquially as the "Poor Man's College, Armidale", was opened in Armidale in 1898 as a theological college to train clergy to serve in the Anglican Church of Australia, Church of England in Australia. It moved to ...

and was

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in 1934 and became registrar for the

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until 1937 when he was appointed Rector of

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. He then held further incumbencies at

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and Gunning. Later he was

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before his consecration to the

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as the

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in the Diocese of Goulburn on 29 June 1949. He succeeded, becoming diocesan Bishop of Grafton in 1956. Five years later he was

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to the (by then renamed) Diocese of Canberra and GoulburnNational Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
– he was elected on 21 February, installed on 15 June 1961 and retired on 30 September 1971.

References

1905 births People educated at Highgate School University of Sydney alumni Anglican archdeacons in Australia Anglican bishops of Grafton Anglican bishops of Canberra and Goulburn 20th-century Anglican bishops in Australia 1992 deaths {{Australia-anglican-bishop-stub