[Magdalen] +Tony+

[Marilyn Cepeda]

Mark is on Facebook and writes often. He has a new book just out. I gather
from reading the musings of father and son that the move to be close was a
very good thing for all.

Marilyn (Owens, Palmero) Cepeda


On Tue, Oct 28, 2025 at 6:35 PM Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:

> May Fr. Tony test in eternal peace with all the saints in light.
> Amen.
>
> GInga Wilder
>
> On Tue, Oct 28, 2025 at 6:14 PM Timothy Stewart <
> tasearthlink at earthlink.net>
> wrote:
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> > 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.
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> > Clavier
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> > 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.”
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> > Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord,
> > and let perpetual light shine upon him.
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> > Tim Stewart
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