Lichfield Theological College Explained

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

• 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^[4]
• 1909-1931: Lawrence Arthur Phillips^[5]
• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Photo . 2014-07-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140728200737/http://www.annetterubery.co.uk/?p=3337 . 2014-07-28 . dead .
2. http://apps.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/subjectView.asp?ID=O38688 National Archives
3. http://www.patrickcomerford.com/2012/11/a-busmans-holiday-visiting-former.html Patrick Comerford
4. "Moberly, George Herbert", in Alumni Oxonienses 1715-1886, Vol. 3 (1892), p. 965
5. News: 3 April 1931 . "Lichfield Theological College - Resignation of Principal" . 5 November 2024 . Tamworth Herald . 5.