Lichfield Theological College was founded in 1857 to train

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clergy to serve in the

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/ref> It was located on the south side of the Cathedral Close in Lichfield, Staffordshire and closed in 1972.

Notable staff

Cecil Cherrington Cecil Arthur Cherrington (1877–1950) was an eminent Anglican Bishop in the 20th century. He was born into an ecclesiastical family and was educated at London University. Ordained in 1897, his first post was a curacy at St Chad's, Liverpool. He ...

, lecturer, later Bishop of Waikato, New Zealand *

George Kilpatrick George Dunbar Kilpatrick (15 September 1910 – 14 January 1989) was an Anglican priest and theologian. He was Dean Ireland's Professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture at the University of Oxford from 1949 to 1977. Life Kilpatrick was born in ...

, lecturer, later Dean Ireland's Professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture at the University of Oxford *

Barry Rogerson Barry Rogerson (born 25 July 1936) was the first Bishop of Wolverhampton from 1979 to 1985 and, from then until his retirement in 2002, the Bishop of Bristol. He holds Honorary degrees from Bristol & the West of England Universities. He was made ...

, lecturer, later Bishop of Bristol * James Srawley, Vice-Principal, later Canon of Lincoln Cathedral

List of Principals

* John Fenton, Principal from 1958 to 1965 * John Yates, Principal from 1966 to 1972

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 Lewis Mervyn Charles-Edwards (called Mervyn; 6 April 190220 October 1983) was an Anglican bishop in the third quarter of the 20th century. Born on 6 April 1902, he was educated at Shrewsbury and Keble College, Oxford. After this he studied fo ...

, Bishop of Worcester *

Malcolm Clark Malcolm Clark is an Australian musician who has collaborated with many bands including The Sleepy Jackson, Jeff Martin 777, Steve Poltz, Bob Evans, The Basement Birds, Laney Lane, Katy Steele, Angry Anderson, The Exploders, Georgi Kay, M ...

, Dean of Edinburgh *

Robert Hodson Robert Leighton Hodson (30 March 18858 January 1960) was the second Bishop of Shrewsbury in the modern era. Son of John Humphries Hodson and his wife Annie, he was educated at Berkhamsted School and St Edmund Hall, Oxford,“Who was Who� ...

, Bishop of Shrewsbury *

Sope Johnson Samuel Hugh Stowell Akinsope "Sope" Johnson (March 1930- July 2022) was Provost of the Cathedral Church of Christ, Lagos from 1970 until 1995. Johnson was educated at King's College, London and Lichfield Theological College. From 1955 to 1962 ...

, 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 Wilfred John Simkin (15 June 1883 – 8 July 1967) was the 6th Anglican Bishop of Auckland whose episcopate spanned a 20-year period during the middle of the 20th century. Born in Staffordshire he was educated at ''The Prince of Wales School'' ...

, Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand *

Horace Tonks Horace Norman Vincent Tonks (29 January 1891 – 25 November 1959) was an Anglican colonial bishop in the Windward Islands from 1936 until 1949. He was born in Walsall, England, on 29 January 1891 to Henry and Emily Tonks and educated at the town' ...

, Bishop of the Windward Islands * Frank Weston, Bishop of Knaresborough

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lichfield Theological College Educational institutions established in 1857 Educational institutions disestablished in 1972 Anglican seminaries and theological colleges Former theological colleges in England Education in Lichfield Religion in Staffordshire 1857 establishments in England