Christopher Cunliffe

The Ven. Christopher John Cunliffe, DPhil, MA (born 25 September 1955) is the current Archdeacon of Derby: he was appointed in 2006.

He was educated at Charterhouse, Christ Church, Oxford, trained for the priesthood at Westcott House, Cambridge, and was ordained in 1983.

After a curacy in Chesterfield he was a Fellow at Lincoln College, Oxford then Chaplain of the City University London. He was Selection Secretary and Vocations Officer for the Advisory Board of Ministry from 1991 to 1996; the Bishop of London's Advisor for Ordained Ministry from 1997 to 2003, and Chaplain to the Bishop of Bradwell until his appointment as Archdeacon.