 Due to the additional responsibilities, England requested assistance.On October 30, 1834, Clancy was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina and Titular Bishop of "Oreus" by Pope Gregory XVI.He received his episcopal consecration on the following December 21 at the Cathedral of the Assumption, Carlow, from Bishop Edward Nolan, with Archbishop Michael Slattery and Bishop William Kinsella serving as co-consecrators.