Archdeacon of Macclesfield
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The Archdeacon of Macclesfield is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Chester.[1] As such she or he is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy[2] within its six rural deaneries: Bowdon, Congleton, Knutsford, Macclesfield, Mottram Nantwich, Chadkirk, Cheadle and Stockport.[3]
The archdeaconry of Macclesfield was created from the Chester archdeaconry on 21 September 1880[4] (the Diocese of Liverpool having been created from the Liverpool archdeaconry earlier that year). The current incumbent is Ian Bishop.
List of archdeacons
- 1880–1884 (res.): James Kelly[5]
- 1884–1893 (res.): Arthur Gore[6]
- 1893–1904 (res.): Maxwell Woosnam[7]
- 1904–28 December 1918 (d.): Maitland Wood[8]
- 1919–27 April 1922 (d.): Edward Mercer[9]
- 1922–7 January 1932 (d.): John Thorpe[10]
- 1932–26 October 1941 (d.): John Armitstead[11]
- 1941–7 October 1950 (d.): Frank Okell (also Bishop suffragan of Stockport from 1949)[12]
- 1950–1958 (ret.): Tyler Whittle (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[13]
- 1958–4 April 1965 (d.): Thomas Clarke[14]
- 1965–13 May 1967 (d.): Harry Saunders[15]
- 1967–1978 (ret.): Francis House (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[16]
- 1978–1985 (ret.): Rennie Simpson (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[17]
- 1985–1994 (res.): John Gaisford[18]
- 1994–2010 (ret.): Richard Gillings (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[19]
- 2011–present: Ian Bishop[20]
References
- ↑ Diocesan web site
- ↑ "ABCD: a basic church dictionary" Meakin, T: Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2001 ISBN 978-1-85311-420-5
- ↑ Crockford's on line (Accessed Sunday 4 December 2011)
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 24884. pp. 4986–4991. 21 September 1880. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
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