Alan Charles Clark

"I'm now on the death track. There is a time when God lets us jump tracks. It seems strange we don't want to go to God but I think it needs a grace to see that."

"Bishop Clark exercised his theological and pastoral gifts in many ways both to his own diocese, to the Catholic Bishops' Conference, and to the wider Christian family both nationally and internationally. Truly, he can be termed a good shepherd."

"Honesty and charity are sometimes difficult characteristics to hold together. Alan was an exemplar of both virtues. Alan never compromised on matters of theological truth, but we always knew that central to we are on a pilgrimage, with much to learn and discover."