Michael Parker

Clement George St Michael Parker (29 September 19005 March 1980) was a British Anglican bishop who served as Bishop of Aston and later Bishop of Bradford.

Early life and education Parker was born in Edgbaston, Birmingham, England on 29 September 1900. His father, W. H. Parker, was also a priest. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford. and ordained priest in Advent 1924 (19 December) by Ernest Barnes, Bishop of Birmingham — both times at Birmingham Cathedral. He was an assistant curate at St Bartholomew & St Jude's Birmingham from 1923 to 1939; although due to the objections to the high church practices of the parish, he was only licensed by the bishop in 1937. The book was described as "primarily for use at what is known as the Children's Eucharist", but was also "to meet the need of the increasing number of parishes in which there is the 'Parish Eucharist'".

On 18 October 1954, Parker was consecrated a bishop by Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey, to serve as Bishop of Aston, the sole suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Birmingham. He translated to the Diocese of Bradford as Bishop of Bradford, its diocesan bishop, in 1961. On retirement in 1971, he was appointed an assistant bishop in the dioceses of Coventry and Worcester.

He died on 5 March 1980. He never married nor had children.