Christopher Nicholas Lynden Potter is a retired Anglican priest.
Potter was born on 4 October 1949, educated at
Haileybury and the
University of Leeds
, mottoeng = And knowledge will be increased
, established = 1831 – Leeds School of Medicine1874 – Yorkshire College of Science1884 - Yorkshire College1887 – affiliated to the federal Victoria University1904 – University of Leeds
, ...
and
ordained
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in 1993 after an earlier career as a furniture designer and cabinet maker. He began his ordained ministry as a
curate
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in
Flint
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, after which he was
vicar
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of the grouped parishes of Llanfair DC, Llanelidan, Efenechtyd and Derwen, a post he held until his appointment as Dean of Asaph.
Anglican Community
/ref> He was Archdeacon of St Asaph
This is a list of the archdeacons of St Asaph. The Archdeacon of St Asaph is the priest in charge of the archdeaconry of St Asaph, an administrative division of the Church in Wales Diocese of St Asaph. The archdeaconry comprises the five rural dea ...
from 2011 until 2014.
References
1969 births
People educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College
Alumni of the University of Leeds
Archdeacons of St Asaph
Deans of St Asaph
Living people
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