Archdeacon of Lynn
{{Short description|Church of England ecclesiastical office}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
The Archdeacon of Lynn is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Norwich.
As 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 area deaneries. The archdeaconry of Lynn was created from those of Norwich and of Norfolk on 28 August 1894.{{London Gazette |issue=26546 |date=28 August 1894 |pages=4997–4999 }}
List of archdeacons
- 1894–1903 (res.): Arthur Lloyd, Bishop suffragan of Thetford{{Who's Who
| title=Lloyd, Arthur Thomas
| id = U188263
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2007
| edition = December 2007 online
| access-date = 12 December 2013
}}
- 1903–6 January 1926 (d.): John Bowers, Bishop suffragan of Thetford{{Who's Who
| title=Bowers, John Phillips Allcot
| id = U193786
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2007
| edition = December 2007 online
| access-date = 12 December 2013
}}
- 1926–1946 (ret.): Harry Radcliffe (afterwards archdeacon emeritus){{Who's Who
| title=Radcliffe, Harry Sydney
| id = U230760
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2007
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 12 December 2013
}}
- 1946–1953 (ret.): John Woodhouse, Bishop suffragan of Thetford{{Who's Who
| title=Woodhouse, John Walker
| id = U244649
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2007
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 12 December 2013
}}
- 1953–28 September 1956 (d.): William Musselwhite{{Who's Who
| title=Musselwhite, William Ralph
| id = U241150
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2007
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 12 December 2013
}}
- 1957–1961 (ret.): Percival Smith (afterwards archdeacon emeritus){{Who's Who
| title=Smith, (Harry Kingsley) Percival
| id = U51499
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2007
| edition = December 2007 online
| access-date = 12 December 2013
}}
- 1961–1972 (ret.): William Llewellyn (also first Bishop suffragan of Lynn from 1963){{Who's Who
| title=Llewellyn, William Somers
| id = U24732
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2007
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 12 December 2013
}}
- 1973–1980 (res.): Aubrey Aitken, Bishop suffragan of Lynn{{Who's Who
| title=Aitken, William Aubrey
| id = U161394
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2007
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 12 December 2013
}}
- 1980–1987 (ret.): Geoffrey Grobecker (afterwards archdeacon emeritus){{Who's Who
| title=Grobecker, Geoffrey Frank
| id = U164838
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2007
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 12 December 2013
}}
- 1987–1998 (res.): Tony Foottit{{Who's Who
| title=Foottit, Anthony Charles
| id = U25181
| volume = 2014
| edition = December 2013 online
| access-date = 12 December 2013
}}
- 1999–2009 (ret.): Martin Gray (afterwards archdeacon emeritus){{Who's Who
| title=Gray, Martin Clifford
| id = U17937
| volume = 2014
| edition = December 2013 online
| access-date = 12 December 2013
}}
- 2009–2018 (ret.): John Ashe{{Who's Who
| title=Ashe, (Francis) John
| id = U250094
| volume = 2014
| edition = December 2013 online
| access-date = 12 December 2013
}}
- 9 September 2018{{snd}}2022 (ret.): Ian Bentley[https://www.dioceseofnorwich.org/article?id=3642 Diocese of Norwich — New Archdeacon of Lynn announced] (Accessed 19 April 2018) (retired shortly before death, 31 May 2022){{Cite tweet |user=bishopnorwich |number=1523563186762534915 |date=9 May 2022 |title=Following Archdeacon Ian’s decision to retire... |access-date=3 August 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509071941/https://twitter.com/bishopnorwich/status/1523563186762534915 |archive-date=9 May 2022 }}
- 1 October 2022{{snd}}present: Catherine Dobson{{cite web |website=Norwich Cathedral |title=Notices for Sunday 25 September 2022 |url=https://norwichcathedralmedia.azureedge.net/live/docs/default-source/default-document-library/sunday-sheet-25-september---the-feast-of-the-dedication-of-the-cathedral-church5276571e0c8663e39143ff00009d7e70.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929221518/https://norwichcathedralmedia.azureedge.net/live/docs/default-source/default-document-library/sunday-sheet-25-september---the-feast-of-the-dedication-of-the-cathedral-church5276571e0c8663e39143ff00009d7e70.pdf |archive-date=29 September 2022 |access-date=29 September 2022 }}
References
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