Chris Liley

Archdeacon of Lichfield

The Ven. Christopher Frank (Chris) Liley (born 1947) was Archdeacon of Lichfield^[1] from 2001 until 2013.^[2]

Liley was educated at the University of Nottingham and Lincoln Theological College; and ordained in 1975.^[3] After a curacy in Kingswinford he held incumbencies at Stafford, Norton, Hertfordshire and Shrewsbury. In retirement he is responsible for elderly clergy within the Diocese of Worcester.^[4]

Notes

^ "Clergyman drives BNP activist out of cathedral grounds". The Daily Telegraph.
^ "Peter Jonathan Wilcox". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
^ ‘LILEY, Ven. Christopher Frank’, Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016 ; online edn, Nov 2016 accessed 1 Feb 2017
^ "CofE Worcester" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2017.

Diocese of Lichfield

Lichfield Cathedral
Bishop's House, Lichfield
St Mary's House, Lichfield
Area scheme (1992–present)

Office holders

Michael Ipgrave, Bishop of Lichfield
Sarah Bullock, area Bishop of Shrewsbury
Matthew Parker, area Bishop of Stafford
area Bishop of Wolverhampton (vacant)
Jan McFarlane, Dean-designate, Canon and honorary assistant bishop
AEO: the Bishop suffragan of Oswestry & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet
Sue Weller, Archdeacon of Lichfield
Julian Francis, Archdeacon of Walsall
Megan Smith, Archdeacon of Stoke
Archdeacon of Salop (vacant)

Provincial episcopal visitors

Paul Thomas, Bishop suffragan of Oswestry

Historic offices

Archdeacon of Chester (12th century – 1541; erected into Chester diocese)
Archdeacon of Stafford (12 C. – 1980; renamed to Lichfield archdeaconry)
Archdeacon of Coventry (12 C. – 1837; moved to Worcester then erected into Coventry diocese)
Archdeacon of Derby (12th C. – 1884; moved to Southwell then erected into Derby diocese)

v t e Archdeacons of Stafford and of Lichfield
High Medieval (Stafford)	Robert William Helias Ralph de Thamewood Alan Henry Marshal Alexander Henry de Loundres Helyas Robert of Gloucester William of York R. de Langdon Robert of Stafford Richard de Mepham Thomas de Cantilupe Adam Paine Rayner de Vichio/Florence
Late Medieval (Stafford)	John de Brunforte Robert de Patrika John Clarel William de Apeltre Roger de Depyng Richard de Birmingham Roger de Dorkyng John de Marisco William de Grenburgh John de Sulgrave John de Outheby Richard de Toppeclyve Henry Davyd John Fyton Thomas Barton John Fyton (again) William de Admondeston Ralph Prestbury Roger Wall John Wendesley Thomas Hawkins William Moggys William Duffield Edward Willughby John Wardroper Adam Grafton Geoffrey Blythe John Blythe Nicholas Heath John Redman
Early modern (Stafford)	John Dakyn Richard Walker Thomas Bickley Humphrey Tyndall John Fulnetby Martin Tinley Francis Coke Nathaniel Ellison Thomas Allen James Brooks Edmund Law John Carver William Brereton Robert Nares George Hodson Henry Moore
Late modern (Stafford)	John Iles Melville Scott Robert Hodgson Charles Blakeway Hugh Bright Robert Hodson William Parker Basil Stratton Richard Ninis (became Archdeacon of Lichfield)
Lichfield	Richard Ninis (previously Archdeacon of Stafford) George Frost Chris Liley Simon Baker Sue Weller (designate)