Archdeacon of Halifax
{{Short description|Church of England ecclesiastical office}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
The Archdeacon of Halifax is the priest in charge of the archdeaconry of Halifax, an administrative division of the Church of England Diocese of Leeds (formerly in the Diocese of Wakefield.)[http://www.wakefield.anglican.org/people/page/archdeacons Diocese of Wakefield – Archdeaconry of Halifax] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414031007/http://www.wakefield.anglican.org/people/page/archdeacons |date=April 14, 2015 }}
History
The Archdeaconry was founded (from the Archdeaconry of Craven in the Diocese of Ripon, plus three parishes of the Archdeaconry of York) with the erection of the Diocese of Wakefield on 20 November 1888.{{London Gazette
|issue=25876
|date=20 November 1888
|pages=6279–6281
}} From then until its reorganisation in 1927, the archdeaconry of Huddersfield comprised all but the northwestern corner of that diocese. In 1927, the archdeaconry was renamed to that of Halifax and its borders moved to cover the western half of the diocese (the old Halifax archdeaconry became the archdeaconry of Pontefract).{{London Gazette
|issue=33248
|date=15 February 1927
|pages=1029–1034
}}
The (second) archdeaconry of Halifax has constituted the western half of the diocese since the 1927 reorganisation, covering the deaneries of Calder Valley, Halifax, Brighouse and Elland, Huddersfield, Almondbury and Kirkheaton. Since the creation of the Diocese of Leeds[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] on 20 April 2014, the archdeaconry forms the Huddersfield episcopal area.[http://www.churchofengland.org/media/1574318/ydcr5-report.pdf Moving towards a new diocese for West Yorkshire and the Dales] (Accessed 9 July 2013)
List of archdeacons
{{For|archdeacons of Halifax before 1927|Archdeacon of Pontefract}}
=Archdeacons of Huddersfield=
- 1888–1892 (res.): Norman Straton{{Who's Who
| title=Straton, Norman Dumenil John
| id = U203469
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2007 online
| access-date = 15 May 2013
}}
- April 1892 – 1913 (ret.): William Donne{{Who's Who
| title=Donne, William
| id = U185453
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2007 online
| access-date = 15 May 2013
}}
- 1914–1927: Richard Harvey (became Archdeacon of Halifax){{Who's Who
| title=Harvey, Richard Charles Musgrave
| id = U226551
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 15 May 2013
}}
=Archdeacons of Halifax=
With the diocesan reorganisation of 1927, the archdeaconry was renamed to Halifax.
- 1927–1935 (ret.): Richard Harvey (previously Archdeacon of Huddersfield)
- 1935–1946 (ret.): Albert Baines{{Who's Who
| title=Baines, Albert
| id = U234314
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 15 May 2013
}}
- 1946–1949 (res.): Arthur Morris{{Who's Who
| title=Morris, Arthur Harold
| id = U157750
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 15 May 2013
}}
- 1949–1961 (res.): Eric Treacy{{Who's Who
| title=Treacy, Eric
| id = U160407
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 15 May 2013
}}
- 1961–1972 (res.): John Lister{{Who's Who
| title=Lister, John Field
| id = U24661
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2007 online
| access-date = 15 May 2013
}}
- 1972–1984 (ret.): John Alford (afterwards archdeacon emeritus){{Who's Who
| title=Alford, John Richard
| id = U170803
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 15 May 2013
}}
- 1985–1989 (res.): Alan Chesters{{Who's Who
| title=Chesters, Alan David
| id = U7709
| volume = 2013
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 15 May 2013
}}
- 1989–1994 (res.): David Hallatt{{Who's Who
| title=Hallatt, David Marrison
| id = U34786
| volume = 2013
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 15 May 2013
}}
- 1995–2003 (res.): Richard Inwood (became Bishop suffragan of Bedford)
- 2003–28 October 2011 (res.): Robert Freeman{{Who's Who
| title=Freeman, Robert
| id = U6000019
| volume = 2013
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 15 May 2013
}}
- 22 January 2012{{snd}}31 October 2021 (ret.): Anne Dawtry[http://huddersfieldparishchurch.org/2012/01/20/archdeacon-anne-dawtry-welcome-in-st-peters/ Huddersfield Parish Church – Archdeacon Anne Dawtry's Welcome in St Peter’s]{{Who's Who
| title=Dawtry, Anne Frances
| id = U256462
| volume = 2013
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 15 May 2013
- 27 February 2022{{snd}}present:{{cite web| website=Diocese of Leeds |title=New Archdeacon for Halifax joins our Diocese at Wakefield Cathedral |date=28 February 2022 |url=https://www.leeds.anglican.org/news/new-archdeacon-halifax-joins-our-diocese-wakefield-cathedral |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228160156/https://www.leeds.anglican.org/news/new-archdeacon-halifax-joins-our-diocese-wakefield-cathedral |archive-date=28 February 2022 |access-date=7 April 2022}} Bill Braviner{{cite web| website=Diocese of Leeds |title=New Archdeacon of Halifax announced |date=1 November 2021 |url=https://www.leeds.anglican.org/news/new-archdeacon-halifax-announced|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101130933/https://www.leeds.anglican.org/news/new-archdeacon-halifax-announced|archive-date=1 November 2021|access-date=30 December 2021}}
References
{{Archdeacons of Halifax}}
{{Diocese of Leeds}}
{{Archdeacons in the Church of England}}
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