Chris Skilton

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Christopher John Skilton (born 19 March 1955){{Who's Who | title=Skilton, Christopher John | id = U6000044 | volume = 2017 | edition = November 2016 online | access-date = 6 December 2016 }} is a former Archdeacon of Croydon and Archdeacon of Lambeth.[http://www.southwark.anglican.org/news/pr231.htm Southwark Diocesan News] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226142343/http://www.southwark.anglican.org/news/pr231.htm |date=26 February 2012 }}

He was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge and ordained in 1981.{{Crockford | forenames = Christopher John | surname = Skilton | id = 32288 | accessed = 6 December 2016 }} After curacies at Ealing and Wimborne he became Team Vicar of St Paul's Great Baddow.[http://www.ws2.churchtimes.web.baigent.net/content.asp?id=25226&print=1 Church Times]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} From 1995 to 2003 he was the Team Rector of Sanderstead.

He was collated Archdeacon of Croydon at Southwark Cathedral on 14 April 2013;{{cite press release

|title=New Archdeacons for Southwark Diocese

|date=16 December 2012

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}} he retired effective 29 February 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://southwark.anglican.org/news/press-releases/2019/archdeacon-of-croydon-to-retire|title = News Archive}}