Education
Clarke was educated at Bishop"s University and ordained in 1957.
Clarke was educated at Bishop"s University and ordained in 1957.
He was a curate of All Saints" Westboro until 1956 when he became Director of Christian Education for the Diocese of Ottawa, a position he held until 1966. He was rector of Street Lambert, Montreal from then until 1973 when he became diocesan secretary of the Diocese of Niagara and Archdeacon of Niagara. He was Bishop Suffragan of Niagara from 1976 to 1979 and Bishop of Edmonton from 1980 to 1986.
He became Arhbishop of Edmonton and Metropolitan of Rupert’s Land in that year but resigned a year later.