Archdeacon of Birmingham
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The Archdeacon of Birmingham is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Birmingham.
The archdeaconry was created within the Diocese of Worcester by Order-in-Council on 12 August 1892 (substantially from the Archdeaconry of Coventry but also from a small part of the Worcester archdeaconry){{London Gazette|issue=26316|pages=4569–4582|date=12 August 1892}} but became part of the new Diocese of Birmingham upon its creation by Order-in-Council on 13 January 1905.{{London Gazette|issue=27754|pages=311–312|date=13 January 1905}}
The Archdeacon is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy"ABCD: a basic church dictionary" Meakin, T: Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2001 {{ISBN|978-1-85311-420-5}} within the archdeaconry's six deaneries: Edgbaston; Handsworth and Central; Kings Norton; Moseley; Shirley; and Warley.
The current archdeacon, since 2019, is Jenny Tomlinson.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cofebirmingham.com/news/2019/02/10/jenny-tomlinson-announced-new-archdeacon-birmingham/|title=Jenny Tomlinson announced as new Archdeacon of Birmingham - The Church of England - Birmingham|website=www.cofebirmingham.com|access-date=2019-02-16|archive-date=12 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212012209/http://www.cofebirmingham.com/news/2019/02/10/jenny-tomlinson-announced-new-archdeacon-birmingham/|url-status=dead}}
List of archdeacons
- 1894–1903: Edmund Knox, Bishop suffragan of Coventry
- 1903–1904: John Diggle
- 1904–1912: Winfrid Burrows
:The archdeaconry was transferred from the diocese of Worcester to the newly created diocese of Birmingham by Order-in-Council on 13 January 1905.
- 1912–1915: Mansfield Owen
- 1915–1944: Charles Hopton
- 1944–1947: Geoffrey Allen{{cite web |url=http://www.mundus.ac.uk/cats/35/1243.htm |title=Allen Collection |publisher=Mundus |access-date=17 June 2012}}
- 1947–1967: Sidney Harvie-Clark
- 1967–1974: Vernon Nicholls
- 1974–1984: Gerald Hollis
- 1985–January 2001: John Duncan[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Archdeacon+to+retire+after+40+years+of+service+duncan.-a063908231 Birmingham Post – Archdeacon to retire after 40 years of service]
- 2001{{snd}}1 November 2018 (ret.): Hayward Osborne{{cite web |url=http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/o/22296/Hayward%20John+OSBORNE.aspx |title=The Ven the Archdeacon of Birmingham |publisher=Debretts |access-date=17 June 2012}}
- 1 December 2018{{snd}}31 May 2019: Julian Francis (Acting){{cite web |url=http://www.cofebirmingham.com/news/2018/11/13/announcement-interim-archdeacon-birmingham/ |title=Announcement: Interim Archdeacon of Birmingham - The Church of England - Birmingham |website=www.cofebirmingham.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181114060221/http://www.cofebirmingham.com/news/2018/11/13/announcement-interim-archdeacon-birmingham/ |archive-date=2018-11-14}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2019/26-april/gazette/resignations/resignations-and-retirements|title=Resignations and retirements}}
- 12 May 2019{{snd}}present: Jenny Tomlinsonhttp://www.cofebirmingham.com/news/2019/02/10/jenny-tomlinson-announced-new-archdeacon-birmingham/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212012209/http://www.cofebirmingham.com/news/2019/02/10/jenny-tomlinson-announced-new-archdeacon-birmingham/ |date=12 February 2019 }} & [http://www.birminghamcathedral.com/events/view/874/revd-canon-jenny-tomlinsons-collations-installation-service/]
References
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