Archdeacon of Croydon
{{Short description|Church of England ecclesiastical office}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
The Archdeacon of Croydon is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Southwark.[http://www.southwark.anglican.org/who/bishops-and-officers Diocesan web site] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507033347/http://www.southwark.anglican.org/who/bishops-and-officers |date=2012-05-07 }} As such the deacon 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 its five rural deaneries: Croydon Addington, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South and Sutton.Crockford's on line accessed Tuesday 10 April 2012 20:50GMT
History
The archdeaconry was created in the Diocese of Canterbury from the Archdeaconry of Maidstone by Order in Council on 1 April 1930{{London Gazette |issue=33593 |date=1 April 1930 |pages=2046–2047 }} and transferred to the Diocese of Southwark on 1 January 1985.Podmore, Colin – [https://books.google.com/books?id=yIigL5EI260C&pg=PA84 Aspects of Anglican Identity, p84 (Google Books)] (Accessed 23 February 2013)
List of archdeacons
- 1930{{snd}}1937 (res.): Edward Woods, Bishop suffragan of Croydon{{Who's Who
| title=Woods, Edward Sydney
| id = U244664
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 23 February 2013
}}
- 1930{{snd}}1942 (res.): William Anderson, Bishop suffragan of Croydon{{Who's Who
| title=Anderson, William Louis
| id = U151751
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 23 February 2013
}}
- 1942{{snd}}1946 (res.): Harold Bradfield{{Who's Who
| title=Bradfield, Harold William
| id = U234987
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 23 February 2013
}}
- 1946{{snd}}1947 (res.): Maurice Harland (also Bishop suffragan of Croydon since 1942){{Who's Who
| title=Harland, Maurice Henry
| id = U165032
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 23 February 2013
}}
- 1948{{snd}}27 March 1957 (d.): Charles Tonks{{Who's Who
| title=Tonks, Charles Frederick
| id = U243787
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 23 February 2013
}}
- 1957{{snd}}1967 (res.): Jesse Clayson{{Who's Who
| title=Clayson, Jesse Alec Maynard
| id = U153253
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 23 February 2013
}}
- 1967{{snd}}1977 (ret.): John Hughes (also Bishop suffragan of Croydon since 1956){{Who's Who
| title=Hughes, John Taylor
| id = U21106
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 23 February 2013
}}
- 1978{{snd}}1993 (res.): Frederick Hazell{{Who's Who
| title=Hazell, Frederick Roy
| id = U19620
| volume = 2013
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 23 February 2013
}}
:The archdeaconry was transferred to Southwark diocese on 1 January 1985.
- 1994{{snd}}17 September 2011 (ret.): Tony Davies (afterwards archdeacon emeritus){{Who's Who
| title=Davies, (Vincent) Anthony
| id = U13136
| volume = 2013
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 23 February 2013
}}
- 2011{{snd}}1 February 2013 (ret.): Barry Goodwin (Acting)
- 14 April 2013{{snd}}29 February 2020 (ret.):{{Cite web|url=https://southwark.anglican.org/news/press-releases/2019/archdeacon-of-croydon-to-retire|title = News Archive}} Chris Skilton{{Church Times
| title = Appointments
| url = http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2012/2-november/gazette/appointments/appointments
| issue = 7807
| date = 2 November 2012
| page = 28
| accessed = 7 June 2014
|title=New Archdeacons for Southwark Diocese
|date=16 December 2012
|publisher=The Diocese of Southwark
|url=http://www.southwark.anglican.org/news/pr/pr.php?id=2337
|access-date=16 December 2012
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130112232804/http://www.southwark.anglican.org/news/pr/pr.php?id=2337
|archive-date=12 January 2013
}}
- 15 March 2020{{snd}}24 June 2022: Rosemarie Mallett{{Cite web|url=https://southwark.anglican.org/news/press-releases/2019/new-archdeacon-of-croydon-in-the-diocese-of-southwark|title=News Archive}}{{Cite web|url=https://southwark.anglican.org/news/press-releases/2020/new-archdeacon-of-croydon-installed|title=News Archive}} (became Bishop of Croydon)
- 4 December 2023{{snd}}present: Greg Prior{{cite web |website=Diocese of Southwark |title=New Archdeacon of Croydon announced |url=https://southwark.anglican.org/news-events/news/latest-news/new-archdeacon-of-croydon-announced/ |date=3 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511101724/https://southwark.anglican.org/news-events/news/latest-news/new-archdeacon-of-croydon-announced/ |archive-date=11 May 2022 |access-date=31 May 2022 }}{{Cite tweet |title=The Revd Greg Prior is collated and installed Archdeacon of Croydon... |author=Southwark Diocese |user=SouthwarkCofE |number=1599424538789412865 |date=4 December 2022 |access-date=5 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105132042/https://twitter.com/SouthwarkCofE/status/1599424538789412865 |archive-date=5 January 2023 }}{{cite web |website=Diocese of Southwark (issuu) |title='The Bridge' newspaper |page=11 |date=December 2022 – January 2023 |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/document.issuu.com/221214110643-4d684523fac4ce8d4916d771288c7e3d/original.file?AWSAccessKeyId=ASIATDDRE5J73IGYIKOU&Signature=xHB9pw2SNkk15hakg4DlurqkT18%3D&x-amz-security-token=FwoGZXIvYXdzEM7%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaDBAitp1YeX1tWUUTVSLmAhb%2BAoBo3%2Fe7WlNnb9e4eajw8F570mH1uH2xF5hDmbwkCAmfV9l%2BkFifwj3SUSqE2mBMbbquUsz6ibRJyYDWoH4G7cCgJp469lV%2B%2Fd1FoG6d1sN3Hcky1W%2Fq2FrcGVSncji8lYJp0v4Y5Z4RkQ3%2Bz0T1chkyDUZ8L%2BwNA0XaS9GoeFHctpQjgOeOqO7SkAD%2FW4bqSRfnKxyoM4MzjRYBHKEnriJwGz80NvFl0xiLH%2FyOtex8jOKsDQgc74QRhVEouEvrb%2Fcu0aTeosVYN%2FWoubplA%2FmRQDyG%2F8gFDTT%2BWhFR2tvFz6qKpaNaGmdOTWN6t%2B5aTrqUgAoAy7oO20%2FDdpJUREZ2muhRGRQHz27XLPfT1Y5%2FKMGWSRBBeaNjKRmdDndMGynM5nRnjUnhiVT5561y4%2FcZwCDGSlVIdDAHzXY4xFGLMizcoDTHunQbu9I6Ivi8%2B%2B10adPtesx3Fo3rsIo1aJA7WZEoiZTbnQYyKUQzJxayaOKt3uZFnAtLxU0CY4L%2FtWBUw0Y69qNF1%2Fua2Q2wYWi4Iqd%2B&Expires=1672928255 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105132358/https://s3.amazonaws.com/document.issuu.com/221214110643-4d684523fac4ce8d4916d771288c7e3d/original.file?AWSAccessKeyId=ASIATDDRE5J73IGYIKOU&Signature=xHB9pw2SNkk15hakg4DlurqkT18%3D&x-amz-security-token=FwoGZXIvYXdzEM7%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaDBAitp1YeX1tWUUTVSLmAhb%2BAoBo3%2Fe7WlNnb9e4eajw8F570mH1uH2xF5hDmbwkCAmfV9l%2BkFifwj3SUSqE2mBMbbquUsz6ibRJyYDWoH4G7cCgJp469lV%2B%2Fd1FoG6d1sN3Hcky1W%2Fq2FrcGVSncji8lYJp0v4Y5Z4RkQ3%2Bz0T1chkyDUZ8L%2BwNA0XaS9GoeFHctpQjgOeOqO7SkAD%2FW4bqSRfnKxyoM4MzjRYBHKEnriJwGz80NvFl0xiLH%2FyOtex8jOKsDQgc74QRhVEouEvrb%2Fcu0aTeosVYN%2FWoubplA%2FmRQDyG%2F8gFDTT%2BWhFR2tvFz6qKpaNaGmdOTWN6t%2B5aTrqUgAoAy7oO20%2FDdpJUREZ2muhRGRQHz27XLPfT1Y5%2FKMGWSRBBeaNjKRmdDndMGynM5nRnjUnhiVT5561y4%2FcZwCDGSlVIdDAHzXY4xFGLMizcoDTHunQbu9I6Ivi8%2B%2B10adPtesx3Fo3rsIo1aJA7WZEoiZTbnQYyKUQzJxayaOKt3uZFnAtLxU0CY4L%2FtWBUw0Y69qNF1%2Fua2Q2wYWi4Iqd%2B&Expires=1672928255 |archive-date=5 January 2023 |access-date=5 January 2023 }}
References
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{{Archdeacons of Croydon}}
{{Anglican Diocese of Southwark}}
{{Diocese of Canterbury}}
{{Archdeacons in the Church of England}}
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