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Christopher John Skilton (born 19 March 1955)^[1] is a former Archdeacon of Croydon and Archdeacon of Lambeth.^[2]

He was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge and ordained in 1981.^[3] After curacies at Ealing and Wimborne he became Team Vicar of St Paul's Great Baddow.^[4] From 1995 to 2003 he was the Team Rector of Sanderstead.

He was collated Archdeacon of Croydon at Southwark Cathedral on 14 April 2013;^[5] he retired effective 29 February 2020.^[6]

References

^ "Skilton, Christopher John". Who's Who. Vol. 2017 (November 2016 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 6 December 2016. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Southwark Diocesan News Archived 26 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Christopher John Skilton". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
^ Church Times^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "New Archdeacons for Southwark Diocese" (Press release). The Diocese of Southwark. 16 December 2012. Archived from the original on 12 January 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
^ "News Archive".

Church of England titles
Preceded by Nick Baines	Archdeacon of Lambeth 2004–2013	Succeeded by Simon Gates
Preceded by Tony Davies	Archdeacon of Croydon 2013–2020	Succeeded by Rosemarie Mallett

v t e Archdeacons in the Diocese of Southwark
Southwark	Samuel Cheetham John Richardson Samuel Taylor* Percy Herbert* Frederick Hawkes* William Gilpin* Havilland Sands Reginald Bazire Michael Whinney Wilfred Wood Douglas Bartles-Smith Michael Ipgrave Dianna Gwilliams (Acting) Jane Steen Jonathan Sedgwick
Kingston	Charles Burney George Daniell William Hough Robert Joynt George Marten Nicol Anderson Percy Robb Bernard Jacob (became Archdeacon of Reigate)
Reigate	Bernard Jacob (previously Archdeacon of Kingston-on-Thames) Peter Coombs Martin Baddeley Danny Kajumba Jonathan Clark** (Acting) Moira Astin
Lewisham	Charles Escreet William Hough* Arthur Preston* Leslie Lang* Robert Stannard* Laurie Brown William Hayman Ivor Davies Clifford Lacey Gordon Kuhrt David Atkinson Christine Hardman (later of Lewisham & Greenwich) Alastair Cutting, Archdeacon of Lewisham & Greenwich Chigor Chike, Archdeacon of Lewisham & Greenwich
Wandsworth	Reginald Bazire Peter Coombs David Gerrard Stephen Roberts John Kiddle
Lambeth	Charles Pinder Dick Bird Nick Baines Chris Skilton Simon Gates David Stephenson (Acting)
Bishop suffragan of Kingston area Bishop of Croydon *Bishop suffragan of Woolwich See also: Archdeacon of Croydon.*

v t e Archdeacons of Croydon
Canterbury diocese	Edward Woods, Bishop suffragan of Croydon William Anderson, Bishop suffragan of Croydon Harold Bradfield Maurice Harland, Bishop suffragan of Croydon Charles Tonks Jesse Clayson John Hughes, Bishop suffragan of Croydon Frederick Hazell
Southwark diocese	Frederick Hazell Tony Davies Barry Goodwin (Acting) Chris Skilton Rosemarie Mallett Greg Prior

v t e Anglican Diocese of Southwark
Southwark Cathedral Bishop's House, Streatham Trinity House, Southwark Area scheme (1991–present)
Office holders	Christopher Chessun, Bishop of Southwark Rosemarie Mallett, area Bishop of Croydon Martin Gainsborough, area Bishop of Kingston Alastair Cutting, area Bishop of Woolwich AEO: Jonathan Baker, Bishop suffragan of Fulham & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Mark Oakley, Dean of Southwark Simon Gates, Archdeacon of Lambeth John Kiddle, Archdeacon of Wandsworth Moira Astin, Archdeacon of Reigate Jonathan Sedgwick, Archdeacon of Southwark Greg Prior, Archdeacon of Croydon Chigor Chike, Archdeacon of Lewisham and Greenwich
Historic offices	Provost of Southwark (1937–2000; see Dean of Southwark) Archdeacon of Kingston-upon-Thames (1905–1986; renamed to Archdeacon of Reigate)