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Thomas M. (Thomas March) Clark
1812–1903
A leading figure in 19th-century American Episcopalian life, he guided the Diocese of Rhode Island for nearly half a century and later became Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church. His long ministry placed him at the center of a period when the church was defining its place in a changing United States.
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John Whopper The Newsboy
by Thomas M. (Thomas March) Clark
About the author
Born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, on July 4, 1812, Thomas March Clark graduated from Yale in 1831. He first trained for the Presbyterian ministry at Princeton Theological Seminary, but soon joined the Episcopal Church and went on to serve parishes in Boston, Philadelphia, Hartford, and Providence.
In 1854 he became Bishop of Rhode Island, a role he held until his death in 1903. Late in life, from 1899 to 1903, he also served as Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, making him one of the most senior church leaders in the country.
Clark was known not only as a churchman but also as a writer and preacher. His unusually long career gave him a lasting place in American religious history, especially within the Episcopal tradition of New England and the wider national church.