Shropshire Council commemorated HMD 2026 at Whitchurch CE Federation's junior school while Bishop Sarah attended the national commemoration in Westminster having preached on Holocaust and other genocides at the weekend.
The Revd Preb Romita Shrisunder, Bishop’s Director of Ordinands, has been appointed Canon for Community Outreach and Social Justice at Derby Cathedral.
Bishop Michael took up an invitation to write a New Year Message for local media, reproduced here.
The Rt Revd Michael Ipgrave, Bishop of Lichfield
Terror and Joy are on the Christmas watchlist of Rt Revd Matthew Parker, Bishop of Stafford
A Christmas Message from The Rt Revd Tim Wambunya, Bishop of Wolverhampton
There have been celebrations this month as Keele University Chapel reaches 60
Wednesbury's iconic church has seen new life grow through the congregations faithful determination and the help of Canon Missioner, Revd Preb Ben Whitmore, Interim Minister.
Two parishes in Newcastle-under-Lyme have been celebrating this autumn as they complete contrasting projects that both aim to strengthen faith and engage with their communities.
On the third anniversary, 7th November, of the reinstatement of the Shrine of St Chad in Lichfield Cathedral, Archbishop Bernard Longley, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Birmingham, gave this warm and fraternal homily in Lichfield Cathedral.
Bishop Stephen Koete, Bishop of Central Solomons, and Bishop Othnielson Gamutu, Assistant Bp of Central Melanesia, explore links.
‘Where is truth, trust and transparency today?’
This year’s season of Remembrance takes place against a backdrop of unfamiliar forces at work in our communities and world. This reflection, commended by the bishops, is offered to aid thinking prayer at this time.
Bishop Michael's Presidential Address to the November meeting of Diocesan Synod
This year's Selwyn Lecture, 'Where is Truth, Trust and Transparency Today?' will take place on 6 November in Lichfield Cathedral.
The Rt Revd Michael Ipgrave, Bishop of Lichfield has responded to the historic visit of HM King Charles III and HM Queen Camilla to The Vatican at which the King and Pope Leo XIII prayed together,
Lichfield Diocese is helping churchwardens, PCCs and congregations alike through the sometimes daunting time of vacancy, helping more of them to discover that it can also be a time of growth, opportunity and renewed confidence. Vacancy is a season in the life of every parish and Lichfield Diocese is working to make every season better.
Judges and the judged met last Saturday to celebrate the Churchyard Awards' 2025 crop of care for community and creation.
The life of St Paul and themes of redemption are the focus of a prison-inspired musical by Uttoxeter vicar, Revd Joe Cant that receives its world premier in the Staffordshire Moorlands this weekend.
Rt Revd Sarah Mullally, currently Bishop of London, nominated as 106th Archbishop of Canterbury. Read the comment of the Bishop of Lichfield made immediately after the announcement.
Professor Robert Beckford will headline at two Black History Month events organised by the diocese's GMH/UKME Ministers Network and partners at Queens Theological Foundation.
Staff gathered to mark a significant milestone for the second-longest serving member of staff.
Record numbers of people are beginning training for ministry this autumn. Seven were licensed as Lay Ministers last weekend, many graduates from the Chad Foundations course which sees an unprecedented 39 begin this month. And 18 potential clergy also begin ordination training this month.
A slightly abridged version of Bishop Michael’s Presidential Address to July 2025’s Diocesan Synod
Once legal steps are completed, the Bishop of Lichfield has announced that he intends to appoint the Revd Laura Lenander as Leader of Telford Minster
Prizes for Lichfield DIocese' golf team as the annual inter-diocesan heads for the nineteenth.
On the way to gaining an Arocha Gold Eco Church award a Shropshire church may have struck more than one ‘pot of gold’. Oxon Parish Church, Shrewsbury, has been awarded ARocha’s 99th and Lichfield Diocese’s second Gold Eco Church Award.
Lichfield Cathedral hosted Lichfield Diocese's celebration of the 30th anniversary of the ordination of women as priests. Here is the Bishop of Shrewsbury's sermon.
The Blue Coat Infant and Junior schools, Walsall opened its own Special Educational Needs (SEN) unit, The Ark. Bishop Tim and Dorothy Buchanan MBE, a distinguished former Blue Coat Governor cut the (blue!) ribbon together to open The Ark.
Bishop Sarah has been offered a sabbatical by Bishop Michael and has accepted. She will be away from 1 October 2025 to 12 January 2026. Here is more information and whom to contact during that time.