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The Right Reverend Clarence Cullum Pope, Jr
II Bishop Fort Worth
 (b. 26
October 1929). The Rt Reverend Clarence Cullum Pope, Jr was a leading
traditionalist bishop. He was born in Lafayette, Louisiana. Bishop Pope
received his BA from Centenary College in 1950, and his BD from the
University of the South in 1954.
He was ordained deacon on 29 June 1954, and priest on 9 May 1955. Bishop
Pope began his ordained ministry as curate at Trinity Church, Baton Rouge,
in 1954, and he was priest-in-charge of St. George's Church, Bossier City,
Louisiana, from 1956 until 1958. He was rector of St. George's, 1958-1963.
From 1963 until 1985, Pope was rector of St. Luke's Church, Baton Rouge. He
is a founding board member of Episcopal High School in Baton Rouge and is a
former trustee to All Saints' School, Vicksburg. He was a chaplain in the
Air Force reserve for 10 years.
Bishop Pope, was chosen in an unusual first ballot election over five other
nominees.
He was consecrated Bishop Coadjutor of Fort Worth on 5 January 1985, and
became Bishop on 1 January 1986.
Bishop Pope was president of the Episcopal Synod of America, 1989-1993. He
retired as Bishop on 31 December 1994. Before he retired, on 25 October
1994, Bishop Pope announced that he was leaving the Episcopal Church to
enter the Roman Catholic Church. On 1 February 1995, he was received into
the Roman Catholic Church by Cardinal Bernard Law of Boston and the Rt Rev
Joseph Delaney, Archbishop of Fort Worth, at the Anglican Rite Catholic
Church of St Mary the Virgin in Arlington, Texas. On 19 August 1995, he
returned to the Episcopal Church. This was before the House of Bishops had
time to act on his resignation as a Bishop of the Episcopal Church.
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