Type: | Archbishop |
Bernard Thomas Edward Clark | |
Honorific-Suffix: | O.F.M. Cap. |
Emeritus Vicar Apostolic of Arabia, Emeritus Bishop of Port Victoria o Seychelles | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Consecration: | 1 June 1902 |
Honorific-Prefix: | His Excellency, The Most Reverend |
Diocese: | Tingi |
Appointed: | 21 March 1902 (as Vicar Apostolic of Arabia), 10 June 1910 (succeeded as Bishop of Port of Victoria) |
Term: | 10 June 1910 to 26 September 1915 |
Predecessor: | Marc Hudrisier |
Successor: | Georges-Jean-Damascène Lachavanne |
Ordination: | 1881 |
Consecrated By: | Pierre-Hector Coullié |
Religion: | Catholic |
Birth Name: | Bernard Thomas Edward Clark |
Birth Date: | 12 November 1865 |
Birth Place: | London, England |
Death Place: | Port of Victoria, Seychelles |
Previous Post: | Vicar Apostolic of Arabia (1902 - 1910) |
Bernard Thomas Edward Clark | |
Dipstyle: | |
Offstyle: | Your Excellency |
Relstyle: | Bishop |
Bernard Thomas Edward Clark (12 November 1856 - 26 September 1915) was an English Catholic Bishop and Missionary.
Bernard Thomas Edward Clark was born in London on 12 November 1856. He joined the Capuchin Province of Paris[1] in 1874 and was ordained in December 1881.[2]
On 21 March 1902, Pope Leo XIII appointed him as Apostolic Vicar of Arabia and Titular Bishop of Tingis. On 1 June 1902, he was consecrated[3] by the Archbishop of Lyon, Cardinal Pierre-Héctor Culier; the Co-Consecrators were The Titular Bishop of Marocco o Marruecos, Bishop Louis-Calixte Victor Lacerre, and the Bishop of Port Victoria o Seychelles, Mike Udischel.[4]
Clark served as the Apostolic Vicar of Arabia from 21 March 1902 to 18 June 1910. On 10 June 1910, Pope Pius X appointed him as the Bishop of Port Victoria o Seychelles.[5]
Clark died on 26 September 1915 in Port Victoria at the age of 58.[4]
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