[Magdalen] +Tony+

[Timothy Stewart]

I read in the October 19, 2025 edition of "The Living Church" that our 
+Tony+ passed away August 13, 2025.

Below is a scan of the obituary.

Clavier

The Rt. Rev. Anthony (Tony) Clavier who served as
primus of the American Episcopal Church and as a
bishop of the Anglican Catholic Church before being
received into the Episcopal Church, died August 13 at
85. Clavier had returned to the United Kingdom to live
near one of his sons, Mark, who serves as a priest in
Brecon, Wales.
He was a graduate of Geneva Theological
Seminary, both in bachelor’s and graduate studies.
After his reception into the Episcopal Church,
Clavier mostly tended to parish ministry, though he also
strived to be a bridge-builder between conservatives and
progressives. Clavier was among the original
contributors to Covenant, TLC’s online journal, and
served as editor of The Anglican Digest for a time.
Clavier was born in Worsbrough Dale, South
Yorkshire, to a divorced mother who was a district nurse
and midwife. “Their relationship was affectionate but
often fraught- two strong wills locked in close quarters,
trying to make a life together in mid-century England.
She was fiercely proud, sharp- tongued, and determined.
He was clever and charismatic, with a mind very much
his own,” Mark Clavier wrote in a tribute (tinyurl.com/
tdavier) on his Substack, Well- Tempered.
“The church became his sanctuary from an early
age. It gave him a structure, an anchor, and a refuge. At
four, he asked his mother to dress his teddy bear (which
we still have) as a bishop,” Mark Clavier wrote. "He
learned the organ, read the Book of Common Prayer
alongside adventure novels, and developed an
unshakable sense that God had placed something in him
that must be lived out.”
He was received into the Episcopal Church in 1999
by Bishop Larry Maze of Arkansas and served in Pine
Bluff in that state. He also served in West Virginia,
Europe, and South Dakota. In the Diocese of Springfield
he looked after two small parishes, staying with them for
the longest cure of his vocation.
“In 2016, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry gave him
the honorary title of ‘ecumenical bishop,’ allowing him
to robe and style himself as a bishop without exercising
episcopal ministry,” Mark Clavier wrote. “It was an
unnecessary but generous act of grace, and it moved my
father deeply.”
He added: “When I picture him now, I see him
preaching in his prime, that familiar twinkle in his eye
when he was in full flow. I see him in his armchair,
surrounded by tottering piles of books, a dog at his side.
I see him walking with his pronounced waddle, a tweed
hat on his head and a walking stick in hand, entertaining
his companions with stories. I see him delighting in
reading The Wind in the Willows to a classroom of
enthralled children.”


Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon him.

Tim Stewart

Honolulu












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