Leslie Williams (archdeacon of Chester)

(Redirected from Leslie Williams (Archdeacon of Chester)) British priest (1919–2013) Not to be confused with Leslie Williams (Archdeacon of Bristol).

Henry Leslie Williams (26 December 1919 – 2013) was Archdeacon of Chester from 1975 to 1988.

Williams was educated at St David's College, Lampeter and ordained in 1944 following a period of study at St. Michael's College, Llandaff. After curacies in Aberdyfi, Bangor and Chester he was Vicar of Barnston from 1953 to 1984. He was also a Chaplain in the Territorial Army from 1953 to 1962; Rural Dean of Wirral North from 1967 to 1975; an Honorary Canon of Chester Cathedral from 1972 to 1975; and a Member of the General Synod from 1978 to 1988.

Notes

Photo of Williams Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine
"Williams, Ven. Henry Leslie, (26 Dec. 1919–29 Sept. 2013), Archdeacon of Chester, 1975–88". WILLIAMS, Henry Leslie (1919 - 2013), Archdeacon of Chester, 1975–88. Who Was Who. December 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U39986. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
Crockford's Clerical Directory 1948 London: Oxford University Press, p 1431
WILLIAMS, Ven. Henry Leslie’, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 24 March 2013

Church of England titles
Preceded byLeslie Gravatt Fisher	Archdeacon of Chester 1975–1988	Succeeded byMichael Frederick Gear

v t e Archdeacons of Chester
Early Medieval	Halmar William Robert (I) Richard Peche Adam de Stafford William de Villars Robert (II) Hugh Thomas de Sancto Nicholao Ralph de Maidstone Silvester de Everdon Richard John Basing Simon de Albo Monasterio Adam de Stanford Jordan of Wimborne/de Wimburn Robert de Radewell
Late Medieval	Richard de Havering John de Ufford Michael Northburgh Pedro Cardinal Gòmez de Barroso William de Navesby Nicholas Slake John de Herlaston John Ganville William de Neuhagh Henry de Halsall David Price Richard Stanley John Burdet George Radclyf Sir Edward Stanley Thomas St Just Henry Ince John Morton James Stanley Christopher Talbot Edmund Chaderton, Archdeacon of Salisbury
Early modern	John Vesey Cuthbert Tunstall William Knight John Birde, Bishop of Chester Robert Perceval (twice) Robert Rogers Cuthbert Bellott George Snell John Carter William Finmore John Allen Edmund Entwisle John Thane Lewis Stephens William Powell Abel Ward George Taylor George Travis Thomas Breithweite
Late modern	Unwin Clarke Isaac Wood Edward Woolnough Richard Greenall William Pollock Edward Johnson John Darby Edward Barber Paige Cox Norman Tubbs Richard Burne Leslie Fisher Leslie Williams Michael Gear Geoffrey Turner Christopher Hewetson Donald Allister Michael Gilbertson

v t e Diocese of Chester
Chester Cathedral Bishop's House, Chester Church House, Chester St John's, Chester
Office holders	Mark Tanner, Bishop of Chester Julie Conalty, Bishop suffragan of Birkenhead Sam Corley, Bishop suffragan of Stockport AEO: Stephen Race, Bishop suffragan of Beverley & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Tim Stratford, Dean of Chester Michael Gilbertson, Archdeacon of Chester Jane Proudfoot, Archdeacon of Macclesfield
Historic offices	Archdeacon of Manchester Archdeacon of Liverpool

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