Andrew Ballard

{{Short description|British Archdeacon}}

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{{Portal|Christianity}}Andrew Edgar Ballard (born 14 January 1944) is an Anglican priest. He was Archdeacon of Rochdale from 2000 to 2005;[http://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/news-features/2/news/18572/former-archdeacon-announces-retirement Rochdale on-line] and Archdeacon of Manchester from 2005 to 2009.'BALLARD, Ven. Andrew Edgar', Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012; online edn, Nov 2012 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U6338, accessed 25 June 2013]

He was educated at Rossall School, St John's College, Durham and Westcott House, Cambridge.[http://www.burkespeerage.com/FamilyHomepage.aspx?FID=670 Burke's] He was ordained in 1969.Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 {{ISBN|0-19-200008-X}} After curacies at St Mary's, Bryanston Square and St Mary's Portsea, the largest parish in that city, he held incumbencies in Haslingden, Walkden, Little Hulton and Farnworth before his appointment as Archdeacon.

His father was also Archdeacon of Rochdale, from 1966 to 1972.'BALLARD, Ven. Arthur Henry', 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012; online edn, Nov 2012 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U6338, accessed 25 June 2013]