Archdeacon of Tonbridge
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The Archdeacon of Tonbridge is a senior ecclesiastical officer in charge of the Archdeaconry of Tonbridge in the Church of England Diocese of Rochester. The archdeaconry was created from Rochester archdeaconry by Order in Council on 4 April 1906.{{London Gazette |issue=27903 |date=10 April 1906 |page=2505 }}
The archdeaconry covers 6 deaneries, namely Malling, Paddock Wood, Sevenoaks, Shoreham, Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells.{{cite web|url = http://www.rochester.anglican.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=158&Itemid=319| title= Archdeacon Clive Mansell|access-date = 26 October 2013}}
List of archdeacons
- 1906–18 June 1925 (d.): Avison Scott, Vicar of St James's Tunbridge Wells (first archdeacon){{Who's Who
| title=Scott, Avison Terry
| id = U202713
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2015
| edition = April 2014 online
| access-date = 30 January 2015
}}
- 1925–1940 (ret.): Leonard Savill (afterwards archdeacon emeritus){{Who's Who
| title=Savill, Leonard
| id = U242682
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2015
| edition = April 2014 online
| access-date = 30 January 2015
}}
- 1940–1953 (ret.): William Gray,{{cite news|newspaper=Kent and Sussex Courier|date=22 December 1939}}{{Better source needed|reason=No article title, no page number(s), no scan of the newspaper or link to an archived copy. (WP:NOTRS).|date=August 2024}} Vicar of St Nicholas, Rochester (until 1942) then Vicar of Kippington (until 1952; afterwards archdeacon emeritus){{Who's Who
| title=Gray, William James
| id = U237903
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2015
| edition = April 2014 online
| access-date = 30 January 2015
}}
- 1953–1976 (ret.): Maples Earle,{{cite web|url = http://www.stjamestw.co.uk/thehistoryofstjames.htm|title= The History of St James|access-date = 26 October 2013}} Rector of Wrotham (until 1959) then Vicar of Shipbourne (afterwards archdeacon emeritus){{Who's Who
| title=Earle, E(dward) E(rnest) Maples
| id = U172234
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2015
| edition = April 2014 online
| access-date = 30 January 2015
}}
- 1977–1995 (ret.): Richard Mason,Oxford Index Vicar of Edenbridge (until 1983) then Minister of St Luke's Sevenoaks (afterwards archdeacon emeritus){{Who's Who
| title=Mason, Richard John
| id = U180326
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2015
| edition = April 2014 online
| access-date = 30 January 2015
}}
- 1996–2002 (ret.): Judith Rose{{cite web| url = http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kentonline/newsarchive.aspx?articleid=3737|title= Archdeacon to retire|publisher= Kent Online|access-date =26 October 2013}}{{Who's Who
| title=Rose, (Kathleen) Judith
| id = U33159
| volume = 2015
| edition = October 2014 online
| access-date = 30 January 2015
}}
- 2002{{snd}}31 July 2017:{{Church Times
| title = Resignations and retirements
| url = https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2017/3-march/gazette/resignations-and-retirements/resignations-and-retirements
| issue = 8033
| date = 3 March 2017
| page = 34
| accessed = 3 March 2017
| title=Mansell, Clive Neville Ross
| id = U43635
| volume = 2015
| edition = October 2014 online
| access-date = 30 January 2015
}}
- 24 September 2017[http://rochester.anglican.org/content.php?page_id=10108 Diocese of Rochester — Archdeacon of Tonbridge] (Accessed 1 September 2017){{snd}}19 July 2021: Julie Conalty[http://www.jameslangstaff.co.uk/?p=179 James Langstaff — New Archdeacon of Tonbridge] (Accessed 1 August 2017) (became Bishop of Birkenhead){{Cite web|url=https://chester.anglican.org/news/julie-and-sam-to-be-consecrated-at-york-minster.php|title = Julie and Sam to be consecrated at York Minster - Diocese of Chester}}
- 16 January 2022{{Cite web|title=Diocese of Rochester {{!}} Service welcomes the new Archdeacon of Tonbridge|url=https://www.rochester.anglican.org/news/service-welcomes-the-new-archdeacon-of-tonbridge.php|access-date=2022-01-19|website=www.rochester.anglican.org}}{{snd}}October 2024 (res.): Sharon Copestake{{cite web |website=Diocese of Rochester |title=News regarding the Archdeacon of Tonbridge |date=5 August 2024 |url=https://www.rochester.anglican.org/news/news-regarding-the-archdeacon-of-tonbridge.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806131935/https://www.rochester.anglican.org/news/news-regarding-the-archdeacon-of-tonbridge.php |archive-date=6 August 2024 |access-date=7 August 2024 }}
- 23 February 2025{{snd}}present: Nick Cornell{{cite web |website=Diocese of Rochester |title=New archdeacons welcomed |date=24 February 2025 |url=https://rochester.anglican.org/news/new-archdeacons-welcomed.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250302213617/https://rochester.anglican.org/news/new-archdeacons-welcomed.php |archive-date=2 March 2025 |access-date=2 March 2025 }}
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