Colin Williams (priest)

Colin Henry Williams (born 12 August 1952) was Archdeacon of Lancaster from 1999 to 2005.^[1] He is now an Archdeacon in the Diocese in Europe.

Williams was 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's Stoneycroft, Liverpool, he was team vicar in Walton from 1984 to 1989; domestic chaplain to the Bishop of Blackburn from 1989 to 1994; and vicar of St Chad's 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]

On 24 May 2015, it was announced that Williams would become the first full-time Archdeacon in the Diocese in Europe from October 2015, being in charge of both the Eastern archdeaconry and that of Germany and Northern Europe and based in Frankfurt, Germany.^[5] Historically Archdeacons in Europe have had other parochial duties in addition to their work as Archdeacons.

References

↑ "Williams, Ven. Colin Henry", Who's Who 2014, accessed 1 March 2014.]
↑ Crockford's On-line accessed through private subscription @ 09:11 GMT Saturday 1 March 2014
↑ Church of England website.
↑ "Photo of the Ven C. H. Williams"
↑ "First full time archdeacon appointed", Diocese in Europe website, accessed 29 May 2015.

Church of England titles
Preceded by Robert Ladds	Archdeacon of Lancaster 1999–2005	Succeeded by Peter Ballard
Preceded by Patrick Curran as Archdeacon of the Eastern Archdeaconry	Archdeacon of Europe 2015–present	Incumbent
Preceded by Jonathan LLoyd as Archdeacon of Germany and Northern Europe	Archdeacon of Europe 2015–present	Incumbent

Archdeacons of Lancaster

William Hornby Arthur Clarke William Bonsey Phipps Hornby Henry Fosbrooke Benjamin Pollard Gordon Fallows Charles Lambert Geoffrey Gower-Jones Ken Gibbons Robert Ladds Colin Williams Peter Ballard Michael Everitt

Archdeacons in the Diocese in Europe

Gibraltar	E. J. Burrow ? Gilbert Sissons Thomas Buckton Lonsdale Ragg ? Basil Ney Daniel Pina Cabral Ken Robinson Howell Sasser Alan Woods David Sutch Geoff Johnston (Acting)

Malta/Italy/ Italy and Malta	Cecil Bisshopp Thomas Le Mesurier John Cleugh Henry White Ambrose Hardy Arthur Cartwright Franklyn Lushington Daniel Collyer Frederick Bailey Douglas Wanstall George Church John Evans (became Archdeacon in Italy) John Evans (previously Archdeacon of Malta) George Westwell Eric Devenport Bill Edebohls (first Archdeacon of Italy and Malta) Gordon Reid ? Arthur Siddall (later additionally Archdeacon of Switzerland) Jonathan Boardman

The Aegean/ Eastern Archdeaconry	John Sharp, Archdeacon in South-Eastern Europe Stephen Skemp Geoffrey Evans, Archdeacon of the Aegean and the Danube Jeremy Peake (first Archdeacon of the Eastern Archdeaconry) Patrick Curran Colin Williams, Archdeacon of Europe

The Riviera	Henry Hearsey Brian Matthews Ronald Jennison John Livingstone

North-West Europe	Peter Duplock, Archdeacon of Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands Peter Duplock (first Archdeacon of North-West Europe) Geoffrey Allen Dirk van Leeuwen John de Wit Meurig Williams (Acting)

Northern France /France	Eric McLellan, Archdeacon in France John Livingstone, Archdeacon of Northern France Peter Sertin Brian Lea Martin Draper Anthony Wells (first Archdeacon of France) Ken Letts Ian Naylor Meurig Williams, Archdeacon of France and Monaco

Switzerland	Thomas Quin Anthony Nind Peter Hawker John Williams Arthur Siddall, Archdeacon of Italy and Malta Peter Potter Adèle Kelham

Scandinavia/Germany and Northern Europe	Brian Horlock Gerald Brown David Ratcliff, Archdeacon of Scandinavia and Germany Mark Oakley (first Archdeacon of Germany and Northern Europe) ? Jonathan LLoyd The Archdeacon of Switzerland (Acting) Colin Williams, Archdeacon of Europe

Thomas Buckton, Archdeacon in Spain/the Peninsula and North Africa Edward Eliot, Archdeacon in Italy and the French Riviera Gordon Reid, Archdeacon in Europe

Diocese in Europe

Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Gibraltar Holy Trinity Pro-Cathedral, Brussels St Paul's Pro-Cathedral, Valletta Bishop's Lodge, Worth Church House, Westminster

Office holders	Robert Innes, Bishop in Europe David Hamid, Suffragan Bishop in Europe AEO: Norman Banks, Bishop suffragan of Richborough John Paddock, Dean of Gibraltar Colin Williams, Archdeacon of Europe Meurig Williams, Archdeacon of France and Monaco Geoff Johnston, Acting Archdeacon of Gibraltar Vickie Sims, Archdeacon of Italy and Malta Adèle Kelham, "Acting" Archdeacon of Switzerland Archdeacon of North West Europe (vacant)

Historic offices	Bishop of Gibraltar (1842–1980; see Bishop in Europe) Bishop suffragan of Fulham (1926–1980; suff. to London)

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