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

• 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

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

Coordinates: 52°41′06″N 1°49′52″W / 52.685°N 1.831°W / 52.685; -1.831