Archdeacon of Manchester
{{Short description|Church of England ecclesiastical office}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
The Archdeacon of Manchester is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England in Greater Manchester.
The archdeaconry of Manchester was established on 29 September 1843{{London Gazette |issue=20265 |date=29 September 1843 |pages=3173–3174 }} a few years before the Diocese of Manchester (on 1 September 1847.){{London Gazette
|issue=20769
|date=31 August 1847
|pages=3157–3160
}} The archdeaconry was therefore initially, for the time being, established in the Diocese of Chester.
List of archdeacons
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| colspan="4" style="background-color: #33AA55;" | Archdeacons of Manchester |
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| style="text-align: center;" | 25 October 1843 | style="text-align: center;" | 1854 (res.) | |
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| style="text-align: center;" | 2 September 1854 | style="text-align: center;" | 1 July 1867 (d.) | Died in office. |
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| style="text-align: center;" | 1867 | style="text-align: center;" | 1870 (res.) | |
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| style="text-align: center;" | 1870 | style="text-align: center;" | 1890 (res.)[https://archive.org/stream/managementdeska00socigoog#page/n263/mode/2up Transactions of Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society, Vol. XVI p. 213] | Son of William Anson. |
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| style="text-align: center;" | 1890 | style="text-align: center;" | 1905 (res.) | title=Wilson, James Maurice | id = U219333 | type = was | volume = 1920–2007 | edition = December 2007 online | access-date = 14 January 2014 }} |
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| style="text-align: center;" | 1905 | style="text-align: center;" | 1 February 1909 (d.) | title=Blackburne, Foster Grey | id = U183805 | type = was | volume = 1920–2007 | edition = December 2007 online | access-date = 14 January 2014 }} Died in office. |
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| style="text-align: center;" | 1909 | style="text-align: center;" | 1909 (res.) | title=Wright, John Charles | id = U219534 | type = was | volume = 1920–2007 | edition = December 2007 online | access-date = 14 January 2014 }} Elected Anglican Archbishop of Sydney. |
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| style="text-align: center;" | 1909 | style="text-align: center;" | 1916 (res.) | title=Allen, Willoughby Charles | id = U234005 | type = was | volume = 1920–2007 | edition = December 2012 online | access-date = 14 January 2014 }} |
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| style="text-align: center;" | 1916 | style="text-align: center;" | 17 June 1934 (d.) | title=Aspinall, Noel Lake | id = U205427 | type = was | volume = 1920–2007 | edition = December 2007 online | access-date = 14 January 2014 }} Died in office. |
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| style="text-align: center;" | 1934 | style="text-align: center;" | 1966 (ret.) | Grandson of New Zealand prime minister Richard Seddon via his mother was Jennie Seddon Bean; afterwards archdeacon emeritus.{{Who's Who | title=Bean, Arthur Selwyn | id = U161856 | type = was | volume = 1920–2007 | edition = December 2012 online | access-date = 14 January 2014 }} |
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| style="text-align: center;" | 1966 | style="text-align: center;" | 1972 (res.) | title=Price, (Stuart) Hetley | id = U158650 | type = was | volume = 1920–2007 | edition = December 2012 online | access-date = 14 January 2014 }} |
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| style="text-align: center;" | 1972 | style="text-align: center;" | 1980 (ret.) | title=Ballard, Arthur Henry | id = U161705 | type = was | volume = 1920–2007 | edition = December 2012 online | access-date = 14 January 2014 }} |
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| style="text-align: center;" | 1980 | style="text-align: center;" | 1998 (ret.) | title=Harris, (Reginald) Brian | id = U19209 | volume = 2014 | edition = December 2013 online | access-date = 14 January 2014 }} |
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| style="text-align: center;" | 1998 | style="text-align: center;" | 2004 (ret.) | Afterwards archdeacon emeritus.{{Who's Who | title=Wolstencroft, Alan | id = U40479 | volume = 2014 | edition = December 2013 online | access-date = 14 January 2014 }} |
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| style="text-align: center;" | 2005 | style="text-align: center;" | 2009 (ret.) | title=Ballard, Andrew Edgar | id = U6338 | volume = 2014 | edition = December 2013 online | access-date = 14 January 2014 }} |
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| style="text-align: center;" | 24 May 2009 | style="text-align: center;" | 2016 | title=Ashcroft, Mark David | id = U250090 | volume = 2014 | edition = December 2013 online | access-date = 14 January 2014 }} |
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| style="text-align: center;" | 14 May 2017 | style="text-align: center;" | present |
References
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Sources
- {{Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae |last=Horn |first=Joyce M. |last2=Smith |first2=David M. |last3=Mussett |first3=Patrick |period=1541–1857 |volume=11 |pages=117–118}}
- {{Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae |last=Horn |first=Joyce M. |last2=Smith |first2=David M. |last3=Mussett |first3=Patrick |period=1541–1857 |volume=11 |page=121 |pagelink=121b}}
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