Tim Stratford

Tim Stratford
Tim Stratford
	Dean of Chester
Church	Church of England
In office	2018 to present
Predecessor	Gordon McPhate
Other posts	Archdeacon of Leicester (2012–2018)
Orders
Ordination	1986 (deacon); 1987 (priest)
Personal details
Birth name	Timothy Richard Stratford
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Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglicanism

Timothy Richard Stratford ^[1] (called Tim; born 26 February 1961) is an Anglican priest^[2] and author. Since 2018, he has been Dean of Chester in the Church of England. He has previously been Archdeacon of Leicester from 2012 to 2018.

Early life and education

Stratford was born in on 26 February 1961 in Liverpool, England. He was educated at Knowsley Hey School, a comprehensive school in Huyton, Merseyside. He studied at the University of Leicester, graduating with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in 1982, and trained for ordination at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford.^[3] He later studied for a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree at the University of Sheffield, submitting his doctorate in 2008: his thesis was titled "Urban liturgy in the Church of England: a historical, theological and anthropological analysis of the mid-Victorian slum priest ritualists and their legacy".^[4]

He was ordained deacon in 1986, and priest in 1987.^[5] After curacies in Mossley Hill and St Helens he was chaplain to David Sheppard, Bishop of Liverpool from 1991 to 1994. He was vicar of West Derby from 1994 to 2003;^[6] and Team Rector of Kirkby from 2003 to 2012. He was Archdeacon of Leicester from 2012^[7] until his installation as Dean of Chester on 8 September 2018.^[8]

In 1986, Stratford married Jennifer. Together they have three sons.^[3]

Amongst others he has written:^[9]

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Church of England titles
Preceded by Richard Atkinson	Archdeacon of Leicester 2012–2018	Succeeded by Richard Worsfold
Preceded by Gordon McPhate	Dean of Chester 2018–present	Incumbent

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v t e Archdeacons of Leicester
High Medieval	Ranulph/Ralph Godfrey Walter Robert de Chesney Hugh Barre Baldric de Segillo Hamo Roger de Rolleston Reimund William Blund of Lincoln Robert Grosseteste William de Dratton/of Lincoln John of Basingstoke Solomon of Dover Roger de Saxenhurst Roger Martival
Late Medieval	Guillaume Cardinal de Farges Raynald Orsini Arnald de Gavarreto Henry Chaddesden William Doune Philippe Cardinal de Cabassoles Giacomo Cardinal Orsini, Dean of Salisbury Poncello Cardinal Orsini John Bottlesham John Elvet Richard Holland Richard Elvet John Legbourne Thomas Barnsley Richard Ewen William Witham Roger Rotherham John Morton Richard Lavender/Lavendre William Spark Henry Wilcocks Richard Maudeley Stephen Gardiner Edward Foxe Edmund Bonner William More, Bishop of Colchester
Early modern	Thomas Robertson Richard Barber Hugh Blythe Robert Johnson Richard Pilkington William Warr Henry Ferne Robert Hitch Clement Breton William Owtram Francis Meres Byrom Eaton John Rogers David Trimnel John Taylor James Bickham Andrew Burnaby Thomas Parkinson Thomas Bonney
Late modern	Henry Fearon Assheton Pownall John Mitchinson John Stocks Frederick MacNutt Cecil Matthews Irven Edwards Berkeley Cole David Silk Michael Edson Richard Atkinson Tim Stratford

v t e Deans of Chester
Early modern	Thomas Clerk Henry Man William Clyff Richard Walker John Piers Richard Langworth Robert Dorset Thomas Mawdesley John Nutter William Barlow Henry Parry Thomas Mallory William Nichols Henry Bridgeman James Arderne Laurence Fogg Walter Offley Thomas Allen Thomas Brooke William Smith George Cotton
Late modern	Hugh Cholmondeley Robert Hodgson Peter Vaughan Edward Copleston Henry Phillpotts George Davys Frederick Anson John Howson John Darby Frank Bennett Norman Tubbs Michael Gibbs George Addleshaw Ingram Cleasby Stephen Smalley Gordon McPhate Tim Stratford

v t e Diocese of Chester
Chester Cathedral Bishop's House, Chester Church House, Chester St John's, Chester
Office holders	Mark Tanner, Bishop of Chester Julie Conalty, Bishop suffragan of Birkenhead Sam Corley, Bishop suffragan of Stockport AEO: Glyn Webster, Bishop suffragan of Beverley Tim Stratford, Dean of Chester Michael Gilbertson, Archdeacon of Chester Ian Bishop, Archdeacon of Macclesfield
Historic offices	Archdeacon of Manchester Archdeacon of Liverpool

Tim Stratford
Dean of Chester
Church	Church of England
In office	2018 to present
Predecessor	Gordon McPhate
Other posts	Archdeacon of Leicester (2012–2018)
Orders
Ordination	1986 (deacon) 1987 (priest)
Personal details
Birth name	Timothy Richard Stratford
Born	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{". 26 February 1961 (age Expression error: Unrecognized word "february".)Expression error: Unrecognized word "february".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{".
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglicanism