Clark, William Reid

Fourth Bishop of Niagara.

William Reid Clark was born in Russell County, Ontario. He received a B.A. from the University of Trinity College in Toronto in 1874, and was ordained deacon in Ottawa. He was a missionary in Eganville, Ontario from 1874 to 1875, and the headmaster of the Grammar School in Uxbridge, Ontario from 1875 to 1876. In 1876, he was ordained priest, and was a missionary to Palmerston, Ontario. From 1877 to 1879 he was curate of St. Luke's Church in Burlington, Ontario, then vicar of St. John's Church in Ancaster until 1893. In 1885, he received a Master of Arts from the University of Trinity College in Toronto, and in 1886 became the clerical secretary of the Diocese of Niagara until 1903. From 1893 to 1896 he was rector of Barton, then Ancaster from 1896 to 1902. He was the registrar of the diocese from 1897 to 1911, the clerical secretary of the provincial synod of Canada from 1901 to 1904, the archdeacon of Niagara from 1902 to 1911, the secretary-treasurer of the diocese from 1903 to 1911, the clerical secretary for the General Synod of the Church of England in Canada from 1908 to 1911, and finally, was consecrated Bishop of Niagara in 1911. He received an honourary D.D. (1911) from the University of Trinity College, an honourary D.Cn.L (1912) from the University of King's College in Windsor, Nova Scotia, and an honourary D.C.L. (1912) from the University of Bishop's College in Lennoxville, Quebec. He passed away in Hamilton, Ontario in 1925.