Paul Thomas (priest)

Paul Wyndham Thomas (born 22 April 1955, in Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan) is an Anglican priest, who was Archdeacon of Salop from 2011 to 2024.^[1]

Thomas was educated at Cardiff High School, Oriel College, Oxford, and Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. He was ordained deacon in 1979, and priest in 1980.^[2] After a curacy at Llangynwyd with Maesteg, he was Team Vicar of Langport from 1985 to 1990. He was Priest in charge of Thorp Arch and Walton from 1990 to 19^{[clarification needed]}; Vicar of Nether with Upper Poppleton from 1993 to 2004; Parish Development Advisor for the Diocese of Lichfield from 2004 to 2011; and Priest in charge of Forton since 2011.

On 23 March 2024 it was announced that he been made to resign and been banned from ministry for three years after admitting an "inappropriate relationship".^[3]

Notes

^ "New Archdeacon of Salop installed". BBC News. 31 May 2011. Retrieved 2 December 2022. Hattie Williams (26 March 2024). "Three-year ban for Archdeacon of Salop over 'inappropriate' relationship". Church Times. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
^ "Paul Wyndham Thomas". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 2 December 2022. ‘THOMAS, Ven. Paul Wyndham’, Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 2016 accessed 1 Feb 2017
^ "Archdeaconry of Salop: A statement from the Bishop of Lichfield". Diocese of Lichfield. 23 March 2024. Archived from the original on 29 March 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2024.

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[1] "New Archdeacon of Salop installed". BBC News. 31 May 2011. Retrieved 2 December 2022. Hattie Williams (26 March 2024). "Three-year ban for Archdeacon of Salop over 'inappropriate' relationship". Church Times. Retrieved 27 March 2024.

[Crockford-2] "Paul Wyndham Thomas". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 2 December 2022. ‘THOMAS, Ven. Paul Wyndham’, Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 2016 accessed 1 Feb 2017

[3] "Archdeaconry of Salop: A statement from the Bishop of Lichfield". Diocese of Lichfield. 23 March 2024. Archived from the original on 29 March 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2024.

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v t e Archdeacons of Salop
High Medieval	Herbert Grammaticus Gilbert Roger (I) Richard Peche Robert de Insula Thomas Nevil Ralph de Maidstone Alexander de Swereford Walter of Kirkham Peter de Radnor Roger (II) William de Montfort
Late Medieval	Philip de Cornubia Richard de Bernard Ralph de Normanville William de Preston William de Shrouesbury John Knode Philip Lee William de Neuport/Newport John Howbell Thomas Chestrefeld/Wursop Gregory Newport John Weborn Thomas Salisbury Thomas Lye John Fox Edmund Hals Richard Sherborne Adam Grafton Joachim Bretunne Richard Strete David Pole
Early modern	William Hill Thomas Bolt Godfrey Goldsborough Roger Dod Valentine Cary Thomas Master William Jeffrey William Arnway Robert Powell Griffith Vaughan Samuel Garret John Holt William Vyse Egerton Leigh John Woodhouse Hugh Owen Edward Bather John Allen
Late modern	Thomas Lloyd Charles Maude Horace Lambart Horace Carpenter Sidney Austerberry Bob Jeffery George Frost John Hall Paul Thomas

v t e Diocese of Lichfield
Lichfield Cathedral Bishop's House, Lichfield St Mary's House, Lichfield Area scheme (1992–present)
Office holders	Michael Ipgrave, Bishop of Lichfield Tim Wambunya, area Bishop of Wolverhampton Sarah Bullock, area Bishop of Shrewsbury Matthew Parker, area Bishop of Stafford Jan McFarlane, Dean of Lichfield and honorary assistant bishop Anne Hollinghurst, Principal of The Queen's Foundation and honorary assistant bishop AEO: the Bishop suffragan of Oswestry & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Sue Weller, Archdeacon of Lichfield Megan Smith, Archdeacon of Stoke Archdeacon of Salop (vacant) Archdeacon of Walsall (vacant)
Provincial episcopal visitors	Paul Thomas, Bishop suffragan of Oswestry
Historic offices	Archdeacon of Chester (12th century – 1541; erected into Chester diocese) Archdeacon of Stafford (12 C. – 1980; renamed to Lichfield archdeaconry) Archdeacon of Coventry (12 C. – 1837; moved to Worcester then erected into Coventry diocese) Archdeacon of Derby (12th C. – 1884; moved to Southwell then erected into Derby diocese)

Authority control databases
International	VIAF WorldCat
National	United States