Chris Potter (priest)

Christopher Nicholas Lynden "Chris" Potter is the current Archdeacon of St Asaph. He was previously Dean of St Asaph from 2001 to 2011.^[1]

Potter was born on 4 October 1949, educated at Haileybury and the University of Leeds and ordained in 1993^[2] after an earlier career as a furniture designer and cabinet maker. He began his ordained ministry as a curate in Flint, after which he was vicar of the grouped parishes of Llanfair DC, Llanelidan, Efenechtyd and Derwen, a post he held until his appointment as Dean of Asaph.^[3]

References

↑ Deans of Asaph
↑ “Crockford's clerical directory, 1995” (Lambeth,Church House ISBN 0-7151-8088-6)
↑ Anglican Community

Church of England titles
Preceded by Thomas Richard Kerry Goulstone	Dean of St Asaph 2001–2011	Succeeded by Nigel Williams
Preceded by Bernard Thomas	Archdeacon of St Asaph 2011–present	Incumbent

Archdeacons of St Asaph

Late Mediaeval	Thomas Davies Richard Rogers Thomas Powell

Late Modern	Watkin Williams Hugh Jones David Evans Thomas Lloyd Charles Roberts Richard Roberts John Edwards Richard Owen William Rees John Jones Selwyn Closs-Parry John Davies Bernard Thomas Chris Potter John Lomas

Deans of St Asaph

Medieval	Llywelyn ap Madog William Spridlington Richard Courtenay David Blodwell John Tapton

Early modern	Fouke Salisbury Richard Puskyn John Gruffith Maurice Blayne John Lloyd Hugh Evans Thomas Banks Andrew Morris David Lloyd Humphrey Lloyd Nicholas Stratford George Bright Daniel Price William Stanley William Powell William Herring William Shipley

Late modern	William Shipley Charles Luxmoore Armitage James John Owen Watkin Williams Shadrach Pryce Llewelyn Wynne Jones John Du Buisson Spencer Ellis Harold Charles Raymond Renowden Kerry Goulstone Chris Potter Nigel Williams

Diocese of St Asaph

St Asaph Cathedral Esgobty, St Asaph Diocesan Office, St Asaph

Office holders	Gregory Cameron, Bishop of St Asaph Nigel Williams, Dean of St Asaph Peter Pike, Archdeacon of Montgomery Bob Griffiths, Archdeacon of Wrexham John Lomas, Archdeacon of St Asaph

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