Lichfield Theological College
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Lichfield Theological College[1] was founded in 1857[2] to train Anglican clergy to serve in the Church of England.[3] Uniquely at its foundation, the college did not require a degree, and non-graduates made up the majority of its ordinands.[4] The college had "high church tendencies".[4] It was located on the south side of the Cathedral Close in Lichfield, Staffordshire and closed in 1972.
Notable staff
- 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
- 1880–1885: George Herbert Moberly[5]
- 1909-1931: Lawrence Arthur Phillips[6]
- 1958–1965: John Fenton
- 1966–1972: John Yates
Notable alumni
- 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
- ↑ "Photo". Archived from the original on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
- ↑ National Archives Deprecated link archived 2014-07-26 at archive.today
- ↑ Patrick Comerford
- 1 2 Tomlinson, John (2003). "An Innovation in Nineteenth-Century Theological Training: The Lichfield Probationers' Scheme". Nederlands archief voor kerkgeschiedenis / Dutch Review of Church History. 83: 424–434. ISSN 0028-2030. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
- ↑ "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. Full access available to users of The Wikipedia Library.