Archdeacon of Aston
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The Archdeacon of Aston is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Birmingham.
The Archdeacon is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy [1] within the six area deaneries: Aston and Yardley, Bordesley, Coleshill, Polesworth and Solihull, Sutton Coldfield and Yardley.
The post was created from the Archdeaconry of Birmingham by Order-in-Council on 23 October 1906[2] and is currently held by Simon Heathfield.
List of archdeacons
- 1906–1912 (res.): Mansfield Owen[3]
- 1912–1913 (res.): Walter Hobhouse[4]
- 1913–1920 (res.): George Gardner[5]
- 1920–1938 (res.): Harold Richards[6]
- 1938–1946 (res.): Henry McGowan (afterwards Bishop of Wakefield)[7]
- 1946–1954 (res.): Michael Parker (afterwards Bishop suffragan of Aston)[8]
- 1954–1955: vacant
- 1955–2 October 1964 (d.): Maxwell Dunlop[9]
- 1965–1977 (ret.): Francis Warman (afterward archdeacon emeritus)[10]
- 1977–1982 (res.): Donald Tytler (afterwards Bishop suffragan of Middleton)[11]
- 1982–1990 (res.): John Cooper[12]
- 1990–2003 (ret.): John Barton[13] (afterward archdeacon emeritus)
- 2005–25 January 2014 (res.): Brian Russell[14][15]
- 16 November 2014–present: Simon Heathfield[16]
References
- ↑ "ABCD: a basic church dictionary" Meakin, T: Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2001 ISBN 978-1-85311-420-5
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27960. pp. 7089–7090. 23 October 1906. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
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- ↑ Diocese in Europe – From Aston to Oslo (Accessed 8 November 2013)
- ↑ Diocese of Birmingham – Notification of Appointments, 8 September 2014 (Accessed 13 September 2014)
