Colin Williams (priest)
Colin Henry Williams (born 12 August 1952) was Archdeacon of Lancaster from 1999 to 2005.[1]
Williamswas educated at King George V Grammar School for Boys, Southport; and Pembroke College, Oxford. After an earlier career as a Solicitor he was ordained in 1982. After a Curacy at St Paul Stoneycroft, Liverpool he was Team Vicar in Walton from 1984 to 1989; Domestic Chaplain to the Bishop of Blackburn from 1989 to 1994; Vicar of St Chad, Poulton-le-Fylde from 1994 to 1999 before his appointment as Archdeacon;[2] and General Secretary to the Conference of European Churches from 2005 to 2010.[3] Since then he has been Team Rector of Ludlow[4]
References
- ↑ ‘WILLIAMS, Ven. Colin Henry’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2013 ; online edn, Dec 2013 accessed 1 March 2014
- ↑ Crockford's On-line accessed through private subscription @ 09:11 GMT Saturday 1 March 2014
- ↑ CofE web site
- ↑ Photo of The Ven CH Williams
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| Preceded by Robert Sidney Ladds |
Archdeacon of Lancaster 1999–2005 |
Succeeded by Peter Ballard |
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