Lichfield Theological College
Lichfield Theological College[1] was founded in 1857[2] to train Anglican clergy to serve in the Church of England.[3] It was located on the south side of the Cathedral Close in Lichfield, Staffordshire and closed in 1972.
Notable staff
[edit]- Cecil Cherrington, lecturer, later Bishop of Waikato, New Zealand
- George Kilpatrick, lecturer, later Dean Ireland's Professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture at the University of Oxford
- Barry Rogerson, lecturer, later Bishop of Bristol
- James Srawley, Vice-Principal, later Canon of Lincoln Cathedral
List of Principals
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- 1880–1885: George Herbert Moberly[4]
- 1909-1931: Lawrence Arthur Phillips[5]
- 1958–1965: John Fenton
- 1966–1972: John Yates
Notable alumni
[edit]- John Barker, Dean of Cloyne in the Church of Ireland
- French Chang-Him, Bishop of The Seychelles and Archbishop of the Indian Ocean
- Mervyn Charles-Edwards, Bishop of Worcester
- Malcolm Clark, Dean of Edinburgh
- Robert Hodson, Bishop of Shrewsbury
- Sope Johnson, Provost of the Cathedral Church of Christ, Lagos
- Hope Patten, Anglo-Catholic priest known for his restoration of the Anglican Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham
- John Simkin, Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand
- Horace Tonks, Bishop of the Windward Islands
- Frank Weston, Bishop of Knaresborough
References
[edit]- ^ "Photo". Archived from the original on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
- ^ National Archives Archived 2014-07-26 at archive.today
- ^ Patrick Comerford
- ^ "Moberly, George Herbert", in Alumni Oxonienses 1715-1886, Vol. 3 (1892), p. 965
- ^ ""Lichfield Theological College - Resignation of Principal"". Tamworth Herald. 3 April 1931. p. 5. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
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