[Magdalen] +Tony+

[cady soukup]

Thank you for the notice, +Tony+’s life review, and the information. What a
life!

Cady
Surfacing from the foothills of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains

On Tuesday, October 28, 2025, Marilyn Cepeda <mcepeda514 at gmail.com> wrote:

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