# Sam Corley

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{{Short description|British bishop (born 1976)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = 
| honorific_prefix = [The Right Reverend](/source/The_Right_Reverend)
| name = 
| honorific_suffix = 
| title = [Bishop of Stockport](/source/Bishop_of_Stockport)
| image = Bishop Sam Corley (52191552089) (cropped).jpg
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| caption = Bishop Sam Corley in 2022
| church = [Church of England](/source/Church_of_England)
| province = 
| diocese = [Diocese of Chester](/source/Diocese_of_Chester)
| term = July 2021 to present
| predecessor = [Libby Lane](/source/Libby_Lane)
| successor = 
| opposed = 
| other_post = <!---------- Orders ---------->
| ordination = 2004 (deacon) <br /> 2005 (priest)
| ordained_by = 
| consecration = 19 July 2021
| consecrated_by = [Stephen Cottrell](/source/Stephen_Cottrell)
| laicized = <!---------- Personal details ---------->
| birth_name = Samuel Jon Clint Corley
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1976}} <!-- {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
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| death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) -->
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| nationality = British
| religion = [Anglicanism](/source/Anglicanism)
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| education = 
| alma_mater = [St Aidan's College, Durham](/source/St_Aidan's_College%2C_Durham) <br /> [Hughes Hall, Cambridge](/source/Hughes_Hall%2C_Cambridge) <br /> [St John's College, Nottingham](/source/St_John's_College%2C_Nottingham)
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'''Samuel Jon Clint Corley''' (born 1976) is a British [Anglican](/source/Anglican) bishop. Since 2021, he has been the [Bishop of Stockport](/source/Bishop_of_Stockport), one of two [suffragan bishop](/source/suffragan_bishop)s in the [Church of England](/source/Church_of_England) [Diocese of Chester](/source/Diocese_of_Chester). He previously served as [Rector](/source/Rector_(Anglicanism)) of [Leeds Minster](/source/Leeds_Minster) (in the [Diocese of Leeds](/source/Anglican_Diocese_of_Leeds)) from 2015 to 2021.<ref name="new Rector">{{cite web |title=Welcome service for new Rector of Leeds Minster and Bishop of Richmond |url=https://www.leeds.anglican.org/content/welcome-service-new-rector-leeds-minster-and-bishop-richmond |website=The Diocese of Leeds |publisher=Church of England |access-date=28 May 2021 |date=16 September 2015}}</ref><ref name="Crockford">{{Crockford | forenames = Samuel Jon Clint | surname = Corley | id = 10036 | accessed = 27 May 2021 }}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Corley was born on 30 June 1976 in [Cambridge](/source/Cambridge), Cambridgeshire, England.<ref name="WW 23">{{cite web |title=Stockport, Bishop Suffragan of, (Rt Rev. Samuel Jon Clint Corley) (born 30 June 1976) |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U296191 |website=[Who's Who 2023](/source/Who's_Who_2023) |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=27 July 2023 |language=en |date=1 December 2022}}</ref> He was educated at [St Bede's Inter-Church Comprehensive School](/source/St_Bede's_Inter-Church_Comprehensive_School), a joint Anglican-Roman Catholic [state school](/source/state_school) in Cambridge, and at [Long Road Sixth Form College](/source/Long_Road_Sixth_Form_College), also in Cambridge.<ref name="WW 23" /> He studied theology at [St Aidan's College, Durham](/source/St_Aidan's_College%2C_Durham) (BA, MA), and trained as a history teacher at [Hughes Hall, Cambridge](/source/Hughes_Hall%2C_Cambridge) ([PGCE](/source/Postgraduate_Certificate_in_Education)).<ref name="Crockford" /><ref name="moves">{{cite web |title=Sam Corley moves from Leeds Minster to become Bishop of Stockport |url=https://www.leeds.anglican.org/news/sam-corley-moves-leeds-minster-become-bishop-stockport |website=The Diocese of Leeds |publisher=Church of England |access-date=28 May 2021 |date=27 May 2021}}</ref> He then taught history in a school in Sutton, Greater London.<ref name="who">{{cite web |title=Who is bishop-designate Sam Corley |url=https://www.chester.anglican.org/news/who-is-bishop-designate-sam-corley.php |website=Diocese of Chester |access-date=18 August 2021 |date=28 May 2021}}</ref> trained for ministry at [St John's College, Nottingham](/source/St_John's_College%2C_Nottingham) (MA).<ref name="Crockford" />

==Ordained ministry==
Corley was [ordained](/source/ordained) in the [Church of England](/source/Church_of_England) as a [deacon](/source/Deacon) in 2004 and as a [priest](/source/Priest) in 2005.<ref name="Crockford" /> He served his curacy at [St Thomas' Church, Lancaster](/source/St_Thomas'_Church%2C_Lancaster) in the [Diocese of Blackburn](/source/Diocese_of_Blackburn) between 2004 and 2008.<ref name="Crockford" /> From 2008 to 2011, he was an assistant diocesan missioner and [priest in charge](/source/priest_in_charge) of [St John's Church, Ellel](/source/St_John's_Church%2C_Ellel).<ref name="Crockford" /><ref name="who" /> In 2011, he moved to the [Diocese of Bradford](/source/Diocese_of_Bradford) as a [canon precentor](/source/canon_(priest)) of [Bradford Cathedral](/source/Bradford_Cathedral) and senior chaplain to the [University of Bradford](/source/University_of_Bradford).<ref name="Crockford" /><ref name="who" /> On 6 October 2015, he was licensed as [rector](/source/Rector_(Anglicanism))-designate of [Leeds Minster](/source/Leeds_Minster) in the recently formed [Diocese of Leeds](/source/Anglican_Diocese_of_Leeds).<ref name="new Rector" />

On 27 May 2021, it was announced that he would be the next [Bishop of Stockport](/source/Bishop_of_Stockport) in the [Diocese of Chester](/source/Diocese_of_Chester).<ref name="GOV">{{cite web |title=Appointment of Suffragan Bishop of Stockport |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/appointment-of-suffragan-bishop-of-stockport-27-may-2021 |website=GOV.UK |publisher=Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street |access-date=28 May 2021 |language=en |date=27 May 2021}}</ref><ref name="Bishops">{{cite web |title=The next Bishops of Birkenhead and Stockport |url=https://chester.anglican.org/news/the-next-bishops-of-birkenhead-and-stockport.php |website=Diocese of Chester |access-date=28 May 2021 |date=27 May 2021}}</ref> He legally took up the post on 19 July 2021, the day of his consecration as a bishop by [Stephen Cottrell](/source/Stephen_Cottrell), [Archbishop of York](/source/Archbishop_of_York), at [York Minster](/source/York_Minster); he was consecrated alongside the other new suffragan of the diocese, [Julie Conalty](/source/Julie_Conalty), [Bishop of Birkenhead](/source/Bishop_of_Birkenhead).<ref name="cons">{{Cite web |title=Julie and Sam to be consecrated at York Minster |url=https://chester.anglican.org/news/julie-and-sam-to-be-consecrated-at-york-minster.php |access-date=2021-08-18 |website=Diocese of Chester}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Bishops of Stockport}}
{{Diocese of Chester}}
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Category:21st-century British Anglican priests
Category:21st-century Anglican bishops
Category:Bishops of Stockport
Category:Living people
Category:Alumni of St Aidan's College, Durham
Category:Alumni of Hughes Hall, Cambridge

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