Sam Corley


Sam Corley
Bishop of Stockport
Bishop Sam Corley in 2022
ChurchChurch of England
DioceseDiocese of Chester
In officeJuly 2021 to present
PredecessorLibby Lane
Orders
Ordination2004 (deacon)
2005 (priest)
Consecration19 July 2021
by Stephen Cottrell
Personal details
Born
Samuel Jon Clint Corley

1976 (age 47–48)
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglicanism
Alma materSt Aidan's College, Durham
Hughes Hall, Cambridge
St John's College, Nottingham

Samuel Jon Clint Corley (born 1976) is a British Anglican bishop. Since 2021, he has been the Bishop of Stockport, one of two suffragan bishops in the Church of England Diocese of Chester. He previously served as Rector of Leeds Minster (in the Diocese of Leeds) from 2015 to 2021.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Welcome service for new Rector of Leeds Minster and Bishop of Richmond". The Diocese of Leeds. Church of England. 16 September 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Samuel Jon Clint Corley". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 27 May 2021.