Clifford Barker


Clifford Barker
Bishop of Selby
ChurchChurch of England
DioceseDiocese of York
In office1983–1991
PredecessorMorris Maddocks
SuccessorHumphrey Taylor
Other post(s)Bishop of Whitby (1976–1983)
Honorary assistant bishop in York (1991–2017 (his death))
Orders
Ordination1952 (deacon); 1953 (priest)
Consecration1976
Personal details
Born(1926-04-22)22 April 1926
Died31 May 2017(2017-05-31) (aged 91)
DenominationAnglican
ParentsSidney & Kathleen
SpouseMarie Edwards (m. 1952; d. 1982)
Audrey Gregson (m. 1983)
Children1 son; 2 daughters; 2 step-sons; 1 step-daughter
Alma materOriel College, Oxford

Clifford Conder Barker (22 April 1926 – 31 May 2017) was an Anglican suffragan bishop in the last quarter of the 20th century.[1]

Born in 1926 he was educated at Oriel College, Oxford (he gained an Oxford Master of Arts) and St Chad's College, Durham. After World War II service with the Green Howards he was ordained priest in 1953.[2] Following a curacy in Scarborough he rose steadily in the Church hierarchy being successively Vicar of Sculcoates, Rural Dean of Stokesley and Prebendary of York before his ordination to the episcopate. After seven years as Bishop of Whitby he became the Bishop of Selby.[3] In retirement he served as an assistant bishop in the Diocese of York.

He died on 31 May 2017 at the age of 91.[4]

  1. ^ Who’s Who 2008 (London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
  2. ^ Crockford's clerical directory London, Church House 1975 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  3. ^ The Times, Wednesday, 20 April 1983; p. 16; Issue 61511; col C "Translation of Rt Rev CC Barker"
  4. ^ "BARKER - Deaths Announcements - Telegraph Announcements". announcements.telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 23 January 2020.