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

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• 1880–1885: George Herbert Moberly ^[4]
• 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

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