Archdeacon of Sherborne
{{Short description|Church of England ecclesiastical office}}
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The Archdeacon of Sherborne is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Salisbury, England. 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 the five area deaneries: Dorchester, Lyme Bay, Sherborne, Weymouth and Portland, and Blackmore Vale.{{Cite web|url=http://www.salisbury.anglican.org/whos-who/diocese/map-of-the-diocese-of-salisbury/image|title=Map of Salisbury Diocese|website=The Diocese of Salisbury|access-date=5 March 2017}}{{Dead link|date=October 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
The archdeaconry was created by Order in Council of 31 March 1916{{London Gazette |issue=29529 |date=31 March 1916 |page=3454 }} from the Archdeaconry of Dorset. The current archdeacon is Penny Sayer.
List of archdeacons
- 1916–1919 (ret.): Frederic Wallis{{Who's Who
| title=Wallis, Frederic
| id = U204269
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2015
| edition = April 2014 online
| access-date = 15 December 2014
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- 1919–1941 (ret.): Albert Joscelyne, Assistant Bishop, Vicar of Chardstock (until 1930), then of Preston (1930–1937){{Who's Who
| title=Joscelyne, Albert Ernest
| id = U227568
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2015
| edition = April 2014 online
| access-date = 15 December 2014
}}
- 1941–1961 (res.): Jack Chute, Rector of Piddlehinton (until 1957){{Who's Who
| title=Chute, John Chaloner
| id = U53134
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2015
| edition = April 2014 online
| access-date = 15 December 2014
}}
- 1961–1967 (res.): David Maddock, Rector of Bradford Peverell and Stratton (until 1966), then of West Stafford with Frome Billet (became Bishop suffragan of Dunwich){{Who's Who
| title=Maddock, David Rokeby
| id = U166716
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2015
| edition = April 2014 online
| access-date = 15 December 2014
}}
- 1967–1984 (ret.): Edwin Ward, Rector of West Stafford (afterwards Archdeacon Emeritus){{Who's Who
| title=Ward, Edwin James Greenfield
| id = U38842
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2015
| edition = April 2014 online
| access-date = 15 December 2014
}}
- 1985–1990 (res.): John Oliver (became Bishop of Hereford){{Who's Who
| title=Oliver, John Keith
| id = U19927
| volume = 2015
| edition = October 2014 online
| access-date = 15 December 2014
}}
- 1991–2003 (ret.): Paul Wheatley, Priest in Charge of West Stafford with Frome Billet (afterwards Archdeacon Emeritus){{Who's Who
| title=Wheatley, Paul Charles
| id = U39473
| volume = 2015
| edition = October 2014 online
| access-date = 15 December 2014
}}
- 2004{{snd}}24 May 2018 (ret.):[https://www.churchofengland.org/sites/default/files/2018-04/Archdeacons%20News%2034.pdf National Archdeacons' Forum — Archdeacons’ News — #34, April 2018] (Accessed 1 May 2018) Paul Taylor (afterwards Archdeacon Emeritus){{Who's Who
| title=Taylor, Paul Stanley
| id = U44332
| volume = 2015
| edition = October 2014 online
| access-date = 15 December 2014
}}
- 25 November 2018{{snd}}present: Penny Sayer[https://www.salisbury.anglican.org/news/new-archdeacon-of-sherborne Diocese of Salisbury — New Archdeacon of Sherborne] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807002227/https://www.salisbury.anglican.org/news/new-archdeacon-of-sherborne |date=7 August 2018 }} (Accessed 6 August 2018)
References
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