Norman Harry ClarkeNPG details (31 July 1892“Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 18 February 1974)"Obituary: Right Rev N. H. Clarke", The Times, 19 February 1974, p. 18. was a British Anglican bishop who served as the third Bishop of Plymouth from 1950 to 1962"Ecclesiastical News: New Bishop Of Plymouth", The Times, 3 July 1950, p. 6."Ecclesiastical News: Bishop Of Plymouth to retire", The Times, 26 June 1962, p. 14. and, simultaneously, as the Archdeacon of Plymouth.
Clarke was born in Sheffield and educated at Sheffield University.Honorary Graduates of Sheffield University He was made deacon on Trinity Sunday 1916 (18 June) and ordained priest the next Trinity Sunday (3 June 1917) — both times by Leonard Burrows, Bishop of Sheffield, at Sheffield Cathedral. He was a Diocesan Inspector of Schools, then a residential canon at Southwark Cathedral and finally (before his ordination to the episcopate) Vicar of St Andrew's, Plymouth.Church website He was consecrated a bishop on St James's Day 1950 (25 July) by Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury, at St Paul's Cathedral.
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