Sam Corley
Appearance
Sam Corley | |
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Bishop of Stockport | |
![]() Bishop Sam Corley | |
Church | Church of England |
Diocese | Diocese of Chester |
In office | July 2021 to present |
Predecessor | Libby Lane |
Orders | |
Ordination | 2004 (deacon) 2005 (priest) |
Consecration | 19 July 2021 by Stephen Cottrell |
Personal details | |
Born | Samuel Jon Clint Corley 1976 (age 47–48) |
Nationality | British |
Denomination | Anglicanism |
Alma mater | St Aidan's College, Durham Hughes Hall, Cambridge St John's College, Nottingham |
Samuel Jon Clint Corley (born 1976) is a British
Early life and education
Corley was born on 30 June 1976 in
St Bede's Inter-Church Comprehensive School, an joint Anglican-Roman Catholic state school in Cambridge, and at Long Road Sixth Form College, also in Cambridge.[3] He studied theology at St Aidan's College, Durham (BA, MA), and trained as a history teacher at Hughes Hall, Cambridge (PGCE).[2][4] He then taught history in a school in Sutton, Greater London.[5] trained for ministry at St John's College, Nottingham (MA).[2]
Ordained ministry
Corley was
On 27 May 2021, it was announced that he would be the next Bishop of Stockport in the Diocese of Chester.[6][7] He legally took up the post on 19 July 2021, the day of his consecration as a bishop by Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York, at York Minster; he was consecrated alongside the other new suffragan of the diocese, Julie Conalty, Bishop of Birkenhead.[8]
References
- ^ a b "Welcome service for new Rector of Leeds Minster and Bishop of Richmond". The Diocese of Leeds. Church of England. 16 September 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Samuel Jon Clint Corley". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- ^ Who's Who 2023. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
- ^ "Sam Corley moves from Leeds Minster to become Bishop of Stockport". The Diocese of Leeds. Church of England. 27 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ a b c "Who is bishop-designate Sam Corley". Diocese of Chester. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ^ "Appointment of Suffragan Bishop of Stockport". GOV.UK. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street. 27 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ "The next Bishops of Birkenhead and Stockport". Diocese of Chester. 27 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ "Julie and Sam to be consecrated at York Minster". Diocese of Chester. Retrieved 18 August 2021.