Edgerton Roland Clarke
Edgerton Roland Clarke (born February 14, 1929 in Cambridge , Jamaica ) is Old Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica .
Life
Edgerton Roland Clarke was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Kingston on February 2, 1960 .
Pope Paul VI appointed him on September 14, 1967 first Bishop of Montego Bay . The Apostolic Nuncio in Haiti , Marie-Joseph Lemieux OP , donated him episcopal ordination on November 30 of the same year ; Co- consecrators were John Joseph McEleney S.J. , Archbishop of Kingston, Jamaica; and Samuel Emmanuel Carter SJ, Auxiliary Bishop of Kingston, Jamaica.
On November 11, 1994, he was named Archbishop of Kingston, Jamaica. On February 17, 2004, Pope John Paul II accepted his age-related resignation.
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
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Bishop of Montego Bay 1967–1994 |
Charles Henry Dufour |
| Samuel Emmanuel Carter SJ |
Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica 1994-2004 |
Lawrence Aloysius Burke SJ |
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| SURNAME | Clarke, Edgerton Roland |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Jamaican clergyman, senior archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 14, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cambridge |