Archdeacon of Craven
{{Short description|Former ecclesiastical post in Yorkshire, England}}
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The Archdeacon of Craven was a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Bradford. The final archdeacon was Paul Slater.[http://www.bradford.anglican.org/diocese/index.php?PageID=sstaff Diocesan Web site]
As an Archdeacon, they were 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 four area deaneries: Bowland, Ewecross, Skipton and South Craven.Crockford's on line accessed Friday 17 February 2012 16:32GMT The archdeaconry was erected, part of the new Diocese of Ripon, on 5 October 1836 by Order in Council under the Established Church Act 1836{{London Gazette
|issue=19426
|date=7 October 1836
|pages=1738–1742
}} and transferred to the Diocese of Bradford upon that diocese's creation on 25 November 1919.{{London Gazette
|issue = 31656
|date = 25 November 1919
|pages=14301–14302
}} Upon the creation of the Diocese of Leeds on 20 April 2014,[http://www.churchofengland.org/media-centre/news/2013/07/synod-approves-new-diocese-of-leeds-for-west-yorkshire-and-the-dales.aspx The Church of England – Synod approves new Diocese of Leeds for West Yorkshire and The Dales] the archdeaconry was dissolved and its territory added to the Richmond archdeaconry; Slater was automatically transferred (by the legislation) to the newly-renamed post of Archdeacon of Richmond and Craven.[http://www.churchofengland.org/media/1915420/reorganisation%20scheme.pdf The Dioceses of Bradford, Ripon and Leeds and Wakefield Reorganisation Scheme 2013] pp. 5–6 (Accessed 4 February 2014)
List of archdeacons
- 30 December 1836 – 17 April 1875 (d.): Charles Musgrave (first archdeacon){{Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae |last=Joyce M. |first=Horn |last2=Patrick |first2=Mussett |last3=Smith |first3=David M. |period=1541–1857 |volume=11 |page=130}}
- 1875–1880 (res.): Vincent Ryan
- 1880–1893: William Boyd
- 1893–1913 (res.): Francis Kilner (became Bishop suffragan of Richmond){{Who's Who
| title=Kilner, Francis Charles
| id = U198838
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2007 online
| access-date = 23 February 2013
}}
- 1913–1928 (d.): Lucas Cook{{Who's Who
| title=Cook, Henry Lucas
| id = U194955
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2007 online
| access-date = 23 February 2013
}}
:On 25 November 1919, the archdeaconry was transferred to the new Bradford diocese.
- 1928–1934 (d.): James Howson{{Who's Who
| title=Howson, James Francis
| id = U211569
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2007 online
| access-date = 23 February 2013
}}
- 1934–1949 (ret.): Frederick Ackerley{{Who's Who
| title=Ackerley, Frederick George
| id = U233883
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 23 February 2013
}}
- 1949–4 July 1956 (d.): Thomas Williams{{Who's Who
| title=WILLIAMS, Ven. Thomas John
| id = U244519
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 23 February 2013
}}
- 1956–1972 (ret.): Arthur Sephton (afterwards archdeacon emeritus){{Who's Who
| title=SEPHTON, Ven. Arthur
| id = U168980
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 23 February 2013
}}
- 1972–16 June 1977 (d.): Martin Kaye{{Who's Who
| title=KAYE, Ven. Martin
| id = U156266
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 23 February 2013
}}
- 1977–1986 (ret.): David Rogers{{Who's Who
| title=Rogers, David Arthur
| id = U33022
| volume = 2013
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 23 February 2013
}}
- 1987–1993 (res.): Brian Smith{{Who's Who
| title=Smith, Brian Arthur
| id = U37852
| volume = 2013
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 23 February 2013
}}
- 1994–2005 (ret.): Malcolm Grundy{{Who's Who
| title=Grundy, Malcolm Leslie
| id = U18362
| volume = 2013
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 23 February 2013
}}
- 2005{{snd}}20 April 2014: Paul Slater (became Archdeacon of Richmond and Craven){{Who's Who
| title=Slater, Paul John
| id = U44986
| volume = 2013
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 23 February 2013
}}
References
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{{Archdeacons of Craven}}
{{Diocese of Leeds}}
{{Archdeacons in the Church of England}}
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