Archdeacon of Oakham
{{Short description|Church of England ecclesiastical office}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
The Archdeacon of Oakham is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Anglican Diocese of Peterborough.[http://www.peterborough-diocese.org.uk/ Diocesan web site] As such, they are 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 six rural deaneries: Corby, Higham, Kettering, Oundle, Peterborough and Rutland.Crockford's on line accessed Sunday 4 December 2011 19:43 GMT
The archdeaconry was created by splitting the Archdeaconry of Northampton on 29 June 1875; the archdeaconry has remained part of Peterborough diocese since its creation.{{London Gazette |issue=24223 |date=29 June 1875 |pages=3291–3293 }}
List of archdeacons
- 1875–1879 (res.): Lord Alwyne Compton (became Dean of Worcester){{Who's Who
| title=Compton, Lord Alwyne
| id = U184870
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2014
| edition = April 2014 online
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- 1880–18 September 1906 (d.): Prideaux Lightfoot{{Who's Who
| title=Lightfoot, Reginald Prideaux
| id = U188214
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2014
| edition = April 2014 online
| access-date = 1 August 2014
}}
- 1906–1918 (res.): Edward Moore{{Who's Who
| title=Moore, Edward Marsham
| id = U200579
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2014
| edition = April 2014 online
| access-date = 1 August 2014
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- 1918–1923 (res.): Walter Whittingham (became Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich){{Who's Who
| title=Whittingham, Walter Godfrey
| id = U233415
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2014
| edition = April 2014 online
| access-date = 1 August 2014
}}
- 1924–1934 (res.): Arthur Greaves (became Sub-Dean of Lincoln){{Who's Who
| title=Greaves, Arthur Ivan
| id = U237906
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2014
| edition = April 2014 online
| access-date = 1 August 2014
}}
- 1934–1936 (res.): Frank Partridge (became Bishop of Portsmouth){{Who's Who
| title=Partridge, Frank
| id = U230189
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2014
| edition = April 2014 online
| access-date = 1 August 2014
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- 1936–1945 (ret.): Norman Lang, Assistant Bishop of Peterborough{{Who's Who
| title=Lang, Norman Macleod
| id = U239639
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2014
| edition = April 2014 online
| access-date = 1 August 2014
}}
- 1946–1966 (ret.): Norman Millard (afterwards archdeacon emeritus){{Who's Who
| title=Millard, Ernest Norman
| id = U55648
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2014
| edition = April 2014 online
| access-date = 1 August 2014
}}
- 1967–1977 (ret.): Frank Towndrow (afterwards archdeacon emeritus){{Who's Who
| title=Towndrow, Frank Noel
| id = U37921
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2014
| edition = April 2014 online
| access-date = 1 August 2014
}}
- 1977–1999 (ret.): Bernard Fernyhough (afterwards archdeacon emeritus){{Who's Who
| title=Fernyhough, Bernard
| id = U178371
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2014
| edition = April 2014 online
| access-date = 1 August 2014
}}
- 2000–2011 (ret.): David Painter (afterwards archdeacon emeritus){{Who's Who
| title=Painter, David Scott
| id = U29912
| volume = 2014
| edition = December 2013 online
| access-date = 1 August 2014
}}
- 25 February 2012[http://www.peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/individual-events/events/welcome-service-for-the-new-archdeacon-of-oakham.html Peterborough Cathedral – Welcome Service for the new Archdeacon of Oakham] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808072426/http://www.peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/individual-events/events/welcome-service-for-the-new-archdeacon-of-oakham.html |date=August 8, 2014 }} (Accessed 1 August 2014){{snd}}30 November 2021 (ret.): Gordon Steele{{Who's Who
| title=Steele, Gordon John
| id = U256574
| volume = 2014
| edition = December 2013 online
| access-date = 1 August 2014
- 6 February 2022 present: Alison Booker{{Cite web|title=Appointments and retirements (Section: October 2021)|url=https://www.peterborough-diocese.org.uk/news-and-events/clergy-announcements|access-date=2021-12-01|website=Diocese of Peterborough|archive-date=31 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211031204240/https://www.peterborough-diocese.org.uk/news-and-events/clergy-announcements|url-status=live}}
References
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{{Archdeacons of Oakham}}
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{{Archdeacons in the Church of England}}
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