The Rt. Rev. Clarence Repert Haden, Jr., retired Bishop of Northern California, died March 11 in Charleston, SC. He was 89.

Bishop Haden was a native of Fort Worth, TX, and a graduate of Baylor University, Seabury-Western Theological Seminary and Church Divinity School of the Pacific. He was ordained deacon and priest in 1936. He was elected Bishop Coadjutor of Sacramento (now Northern California) in 1957, and became bishop in 1958 and served in that ministry until he retired in 1978. Bishop Haden was in charge of St. Barnabas', Denton, TX, and St. Paul's, Gainesville, TX, 1936-37; rector of St. John's, Corsicana, TX, 1937-41; rector of St. Matthew's, Houma, LA, 1941-43; rector of St. Paul's, New Orleans, LA, 1943-45; rector of St. Philip's, Durham, NC, 1945-51; executive director of the Presiding Bishop's commission on laymen's work, 1951-53; and dean of Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral, Kansas City, MO, 1953-57. The Bishop Haden Institute, a high school in the Philippines, was established in his honor. Bishop Haden survivors include his daughter, Nedah Louise, three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.