Archdeacon of St Asaph
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This is a list of the archdeacons of St Asaph. The Archdeacon of St Asaph is the priest in charge of the archdeaconry of St Asaph, an administrative division of the Church in Wales Diocese of St Asaph. The archdeaconry comprises the five rural deaneries of Denbigh, Dyffryn Clwyd, Holywell, Llanrwst/Rhos and St Asaph.{{cite web| url = http://www.churchinwales.org.uk/structure/places/archdeaconries/?id=1| title = St Asaph Archdeaconry (AA)- In the diocese of: St Asaph - Deaneries in this archdeaconry| publisher = The Church in Wales| accessdate = 5 January 2014| archive-date = 4 November 2013| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131104092505/http://www.churchinwales.org.uk/structure/places/archdeaconries/?id=1| url-status = dead}}
Archdeacons of St Asaph
- 1170: David{{Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae|editor-last=Pearson|editor-first=M. J.|period=1066–1300|volume=9|pages=38–39}}
- 1205–1210: Adam
- 1231–1240: David
- 1250:Anian I[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/banians.html Catholic Hierarchy: "Bishop Anian"] retrieved January 20, 2016
- 1266: David
- 1268-1293: Anian Schonaw (Anian II)[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bschonaw.html Catholic Hierarchy: "Bishop Anian Schonaw"] retrieved January 20, 2016
- 1277: Gruffudd ab Iorwerth
- 1293, 1306: Gruffudd{{Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae|editor-last=Jones|editor-first=B.|period=1300–1541|volume=11|pages=43–44}}
- ?–1330: Llywellyn ap Hwfa
- 1331: Llywellyn ap Madog ab Elis
- 1382–1383: Thomas Rushook (afterwards Bishop of Llandaff, 1383)
- 1390: Thomas Keler
- 1398: Griffith le Yonge{{cite book|title= Willis' Survey of St. Asaph|url= https://archive.org/details/willissurveysta01edwagoog|first=Browne|last= Willis|year= 1801}}
- ?–1402: Ithel ap Robert
- 1425: Edward Trefor
- 1442–?1457: John Tupney
- <1508–1532: Peter Conway
- 1535: Richard Shelton
- 1537: William ap Roberts
- 1539–1554: Richard Pollard
- 1539–1554: Thomas Davies (dismissed)
- 1554–1558: Humfrey Edwards
- 1558–1561: Thomas Davies (restored; afterwards Bishop of St Asaph, 1561)
- 1562–1566: Richard Rogers (later Bishop of Dover, 1569)
- 1566–1573: Thomas Powell
- 1573–1844: Post held in commendam by Bishops of St Asaph
- 1844–1854: Charles Butler Clough (afterwards Dean of St Asaph) {{CCEd |type=person |id=111940 |name=Clough, Charles Butler |year1=1816 |year2=1825 |accessed=6 October 2017 }}
- 1854–1877: Robert WickhamOxford University Alumni 1500-1886
- 1877-1878: Hugh Morgan{{cite web|url =https://archive.org/stream/montycollections17powyuoft/montycollections17powyuoft_djvu.txt|title= Collections historical & archaeological relating to Montgomeryshire and its borders|publisher= Internet Archive|accessdate = 20 January 2015}}
- 1878-1889: Edward Smart
- 1889–1892: Watkin Williams (afterwards Dean of St Asaph, 1892)
- 1892–1897: Hugh Jones
- 1897–1910: David Evans
- 1910–1935: Thomas Lloyd (also Bishop of Maenan, 1928)
- 1935–1942: Charles Roberts
- 1942–1959: Richard Roberts
- 1959–1964: John Edwards
- 1964–1970: Richard Owen
- 1970–1974: William Rees
- 1974–1984: John Jones
- 1984–1990: Selwyn Closs-Parry
- 1991–1999: John Davies (afterwards Bishop of St Asaph, 1999)
- 2000–2011: Bernard Thomas
- 2011–2014 (ret.): Chris Potter
- 1 December 2014{{cite web |url=http://cinw.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/05/December-14.doc |title=Archived copy |website=cinw.s3.amazonaws.com |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107103455/http://cinw.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/05/December-14.doc |archive-date=7 January 2015 |url-status=dead}}{{snd}}2018 John Lomas
- 7 October 2018{{cite web |website=The Leader |title=New Archdeacon of Wrexham to be installed next Sunday |date=1 October 2018 |url=https://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/16952202.new-archdeacon-wrexham-installed-next-sunday/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210403161307/https://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/16952202.new-archdeacon-wrexham-installed-next-sunday/ |archive-date=3 April 2021 |access-date=4 August 2023 }}{{snd}}present Andy Grimwood