Archdeacons in the Diocese of Southwark
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{{Use British English|date=January 2020}}
The Archdeacons in the Diocese of Southwark are senior clergy in the Church of England in South London and Surrey. They currently include: the archdeacons of Southwark, of Reigate (formerly of Kingston-on-Thames) and of Lewisham & Greenwich (formerly of Lewisham), the Archdeacon of Croydon and the archdeacons of Wandsworth and of Lambeth. Each one has responsibility over a geographical area within the diocese.
History
The Diocese of Southwark was created on 1 May 1905 from two Diocese of Rochester archdeaconries: the archdeaconry of Southwark and the archdeaconry of Kingston-on-Thames.{{London Gazette |issue=27777 |date=21 March 1905 |page=2169 }} Parts of Surrey (from the dioceses of Winchester and of London) had first been transferred to Rochester diocese on 1 August 1877,{{London Gazette |issue=24483 |date=17 July 1877 |page=4189 }} and were organised into the Southwark archdeaconry on 3 May 1878.{{London Gazette |issue=24578 |date=3 May 1878 |pages=2859–2860 }} In 1864, the Bishop of Winchester had split the rural deanery of Southwark into three: Lambeth, Southwark, and Streatham.{{Church Times | title = Church news (col. B) | archive = 1864_06_18_197 | issue = 72 | date = 18 June 1864 | page = 197 | accessed = 4 January 2021 }} The Kingston archdeaconry was then created by Order in Council soon after, on 22 August 1879, by splitting the archdeaconry of Southwark:{{London Gazette |issue=24755 |date=22 August 1879 |pages=5116–5117 }} the new Kingston archdeaconry consisted of the rural deaneries of Barnes, Beddington, Godstone, Kingston, Reigate, and Streatham; and the continuing Southwark one those of Battersea, Camberwell, Clapham, Kennington, Lambeth, Newington, and Southwark.{{Church Times | title = The Archdeaconry of Southwark | archive = 1879_08_29_540 | issue = 866 | date = 29 August 1879 | page = 540 | accessed = 4 January 2021 }} Lewisham rural deanery was erected, and other deanery boundaries altered, in early 1886.{{Church Times | title = Church news (col. C) | archive = 1886_02_26_150 | issue = 1205 | date = 26 February 1886 | page = 150 | accessed = 4 January 2021 }}
Not long after the erection of the Diocese of Southwark, the new archdeaconry of Lewisham was created, on 6 March 1906, from part of the Southwark archdeaconry (Camberwell and Dulwich deaneries) and part of the diocese not then in an archdeaconry (Greenwich, Lewisham, and Woolwich deaneries;{{London Gazette |issue=27892 |date=6 March 1906 |pages=1617–1618 }} which had previously been in the Archdeaconry of Rochester).{{Church Times | title = The Bishopric of Southwark| archive = 1905_05_26_683 | issue = 2209 | date = 26 May 1905 | page = 683 | accessed = 5 January 2021 }}
The archdeaconry of Wandsworth was created in 1973, the Croydon archdeaconry (er. 1930) was moved from the Diocese of Canterbury on 1 January 1985.[https://books.google.com/books?id=yIigL5EI260C&pg=PA84 Podmore, Colin – Aspects of Anglican Identity, p84 (Google Books)] (Accessed 23 February 2013) In 1986, the archdeaconry of Reigate was created from a renaming and reorganisation of the previous archdeaconry of Kingston-on-Thames and the archdeaconry of Lambeth was created from Southwark archdeaconry. Lewisham archdeaconry was renamed the Archdeaconry of Lewisham & Greenwich in 2008.
Current composition
{{As of|2021|01}}, the six archdeaconries of the Diocese of Southwark comprise the following 24 deaneries:[https://southwark.anglican.org/about-us/where/episcopal-areas-and-archdeaconries] (Accessed 5 January 2021)
- Archdeaconry of Southwark: Deaneries of Bermondsey, of Camberwell, of Dulwich, and of Southwark & Newington
- Archdeaconry of Reigate: Deaneries of Tandridge, of Reigate, and of Sutton
- Archdeaconry of Lewisham & Greenwich: Deaneries of Charlton, of Deptford, of East Lewisham, of Eltham & Mottingham, of Plumstead, and of West Lewisham
- Archdeaconry of Croydon: Deaneries of Croydon Addington, of Croydon Central, of Croydon North, and of Croydon South
- Archdeaconry of Wandsworth: Deaneries of Battersea, of Kingston, of Richmond & Barnes, of Tooting, and of Wandsworth
- Archdeaconry of Lambeth: Deaneries of Lambeth North, of Lambeth South, and of Merton
List of archdeacons
=Archdeacons of Southwark=
- 1879–1882 (res.): Samuel Cheetham{{Who's Who
| title=Cheetham, Samuel
| id = U184628
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2007 online
| access-date = 9 June 2013
}}
- 1882–19 March 1904 (d.): John Richardson{{Who's Who
| title=Richardson, John
| id = U190314
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2007 online
| access-date = 9 June 2013
}}
- 1904–1921 (res.): Samuel Taylor (also Bishop suffragan of Kingston from 1915){{Who's Who
| title=Taylor, Samuel Mumford
| id = U217979
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2007 online
| access-date = 9 June 2013
}}
:On 1 May 1905, Southwark archdeaconry was moved from Rochester diocese to the newly-created Diocese of Southwark.
- 1922–1926 (res.): Percy Herbert, Bishop suffragan of Kingston{{Who's Who
| title=Herbert, Percy Mark
| id = U51076
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 9 June 2013
}}
- 1927–1952 (res.): Frederick Hawkes, Bishop suffragan of Kingston{{Who's Who
| title=Hawkes, Frederick Ochterloney Taylor
| id = U48298
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2007 online
| access-date = 9 June 2013
}}
- 1952–1955 (res.): William Gilpin, Bishop suffragan of Kingston{{Who's Who
| title=Gilpin, William Percy
| id = U164548
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 9 June 2013
}}
- 1955–1966 (ret.): Havilland Sands{{Who's Who
| title=Sands, Havilland Hubert Allport
| id = U53968
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 9 June 2013
}}
- 1967–1973 (res.): Reginald Bazire{{Who's Who
| title=Bazire, Reginald Victor
| id = U161849
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 9 June 2013
}}
- 1973–1982 (res.): Michael Whinney (became Bishop of Aston){{Who's Who
| title=Whinney, Michael Humphrey Dickens
| id = U39513
| volume = 2013
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 9 June 2013
}}
- 1982–1985 (res.): Wilfred Wood (became Bishop of Croydon){{Who's Who
| title=Wood, Wilfred Denniston
| id = U12469
| volume = 2013
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 9 June 2013
}}
- 1985–2004 (ret.): Douglas Bartles-Smith (afterwards Archdeacon emeritus){{Who's Who
| title=Bartles-Smith, Douglas Leslie
| id = U6692
| volume = 2013
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 9 June 2013
}}
- 2004–2012 (res.): Michael Ipgrave (later Bishop of Lincoln from 2016){{Who's Who
| title=Ipgrave, Michael
| id = U44476
| volume = 2013
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 9 June 2013
}}
- 2012–2013 (act.): Dianna Gwilliams (became Dean of Guildford){{Church Times
| title = Appointments
| archive = 2012_03_09_029
| issue = 7773
| date = 9 March 2012
| page = 29
| accessed = 7 June 2014
}}
- 2013–2021 (res.): Jane Steen[http://www.southwark.anglican.org/news/pr/pr.php?id=2502 Diocese of Southwark – New Archdeacons installed] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130720045221/http://www.southwark.anglican.org/news/pr/pr.php?id=2502 |date=20 July 2013 }} (Accessed 9 June 2013) (became Bishop of Lynn)
- 15 May 2022{{snd}}present:{{cite web |website=Southwark Cathedral |title=Choral Evensong with the Collation and Installation of the Archdeacon of Southwark |url=https://cathedral.southwark.anglican.org/media/3624/22-05-15-os-installation-archdeacon-of-southwark-web.pdf |date=15 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630180846/https://cathedral.southwark.anglican.org/media/3624/22-05-15-os-installation-archdeacon-of-southwark-web.pdf |archive-date=30 June 2022 |access-date=30 June 2022 }} Jonathan Sedgwick (Acting Archdeacon from May 2021 until 30 June 2022){{cite web|url=https://southwark.anglican.org/news-events/news/latest-news/announcement-of-acting-archdeacon-of-southwark/|title = Announcement of Acting Archdeacon of Southwark|website=Diocese of Southwark |date=13 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618032422/https://southwark.anglican.org/news-events/news/latest-news/announcement-of-acting-archdeacon-of-southwark/ |archive-date=18 June 2021 |access-date=30 June 2022 }}
=Archdeacons of Kingston-on-Thames and of Reigate=
- 1879–1904 (res.): Charles Burney{{Who's Who
| title=Burney, Charles
| id = U184282
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2007 online
| access-date = 5 June 2013
}}
- 1904–1916 (res.): George Daniell{{Who's Who
| title=Daniell, George William
| id = U208292
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2007 online
| access-date = 5 June 2013
}}
:The Archdeaconry of Kingston was moved from Rochester diocese to the newly-created Diocese of Southwark on 1 May 1905.
- 1916–1918 (res.): William Hough (became Bishop of Woolwich){{Who's Who
| title=Hough, William Woodcock
| id = U211525
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2007 online
| access-date = 5 June 2013
}}
- 1919–1931 (res.): Robert Joynt{{Who's Who
| title=Joynt, Robert Charles
| id = U212125
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2007 online
| access-date = 5 June 2013
}}
- 1931–1946 (ret.): George Marten (afterwards Archdeacon emeritus){{Who's Who
| title=Marten, George Henry
| id = U53060
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 5 June 2013
}}
- 1946–1952 (ret.): Nicol Anderson (afterwards Archdeacon emeritus){{Who's Who
| title=Anderson, Nicol Keith
| id = U234059
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 5 June 2013
}}
- 1953–28 November 1976 (d.): Percy Robb{{Who's Who
| title=Robb, Percy Douglas
| id = U158996
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 5 June 2013
}}
- 1977–1988 (ret.): Bernard Jacob (afterwards Archdeacon emeritus){{Who's Who
| title=Jacob, Bernard Victor
| id = U173390
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 5 June 2013
}}
:In 1986, the archdeaconry was renamed to Reigate.
- 1988–1995 (ret.): Peter Coombs (afterwards Archdeacon emeritus){{Who's Who
| title=Coombs, Peter Bertram
| id = U11776
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 5 June 2013
}}
- 1996–2000 (ret.): Martin Baddeley{{Who's Who
| title=Baddeley, Martin James
| id = U6104
| volume = 2013
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 5 June 2013
}}
- 2001 – 23 February 2016 (ret.):[http://southwark.anglican.org/news/pr/pr.php?id=3883 Diocese of Southwark — Archdeacon of Reigate to retire] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130020708/http://southwark.anglican.org/news/pr/pr.php?id=3883 |date=2016-01-30 }} (Accessed 23 January 2016) Danny Kajumba{{Who's Who
| title=Kajumba, Daniel Steven Kimbugwe
| id = U42344
| volume = 2013
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 5 June 2013
- April–July 2015 (act.): Andrew Cunnington{{Church Times
| title = Gazette
| issue = 7936
| date = 24 April 2015
| page = 29
| accessed = 24 April 2015
- Oct–Dec 2015 (act.): John Kronenberg{{Church Times
| title = Gazette
| issue = 7962
| date = 23 October 2015
| page = 33
| accessed = 23 October 2015
}}
- 18 December 2015{{snd}}20 October 2016 (act.): Jonathan Clark, also Bishop of Croydon{{Church Times
| title = Gazette
| issue = 7970
| date = 18 December 2015
| page = 53
| accessed = 21 December 2015
}}
- 30 October 2016{{snd}}present: Moira Astin{{Who's Who
| title=Astin, Moira Anne Elizabeth
| id = U287739
| volume = 2019
| edition = 1 December 2018 online
| access-date = 3 January 2019
}} (to become Bishop of Crediton, 6 July 2025){{cite web |website=Diocese of Exeter |title=Moira Astin is Announced as New Bishop of Crediton |url=https://exeter.anglican.org/the-venerable-moira-astin-is-announced-as-new-bishop-of-crediton/ |date=3 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250603111132/https://exeter.anglican.org/the-venerable-moira-astin-is-announced-as-new-bishop-of-crediton/ |archive-date=3 June 2025 |access-date=4 June 2025 }}
=Archdeacons of Lewisham and of Lewisham & Greenwich=
- 1906–3 March 1919 (d.): Charles Escreet{{Who's Who
| title=Escreet, Charles Ernest
| id = U196109
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2007 online
| access-date = 9 June 2013
}}
- 1919–1932 (ret.): William Hough, Bishop suffragan of Woolwich
- 1932–19 July 1936 (d.): Arthur Preston, Bishop suffragan of Woolwich{{Who's Who
| title=Preston, Arthur Llewellyn
| id = U215751
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2007 online
| access-date = 9 June 2013
}}
- 1936–1947 (res.): Leslie Lang, Bishop suffragan of Woolwich{{Who's Who
| title=Lang, Leslie Hamilton
| id = U156561
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 9 June 2013
}}
- 1947–1955 (res.): Robert Stannard, Bishop suffragan of Woolwich{{Who's Who
| title=Stannard, Robert William
| id = U169384
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 9 June 2013
- 1955–1960 (res.): Laurie Brown{{Who's Who
| title=Brown, Laurence Ambrose
| id = U171388
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 9 June 2013
}}
- 1960–1972 (ret.): William Hayman{{Who's Who
| title=Hayman, William Samuel
| id = U173032
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 9 June 2013
}}
- 1972–1985 (ret.): Ivor Davies (afterwards Archdeacon emeritus){{Who's Who
| title=Davies, Ivor Gordon
| id = U172002
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 9 June 2013
}}
- 1985–1989 (ret.): Clifford Lacey (afterwards Archdeacon emeritus) [b. 1 April 1921 – d. 16 February 1997; wartime service RAFVR; educated at King's College London;“Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 {{ISBN|9780199540877}} curacies: Crofton Park, Kingston upon Thames;Crockfords (London, Church House, 1995) incumbencies: Merton, Eltham]
- 1989–1996 (res.): Gordon Kuhrt (afterwards Archdeacon emeritus){{Who's Who
| title=Kuhrt, Gordon Wilfred
| id = U23459
| volume = 2013
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 9 June 2013
}}
- 1996–2001 (res.): David Atkinson{{Who's Who
| title=Atkinson, David John
| id = U5944
| volume = 2013
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 9 June 2013
}}
- September 2001–30 November 2012 (ret.): Christine Hardman (afterwards Archdeacon emeritus){{Who's Who
| title=Hardman, Christine Elizabeth
| id = U41448
| volume = 2013
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 9 June 2013
}}
:In 2008, the archdeaconry was renamed Lewisham & Greenwich.
- 14 April 2013–3 July 2024 (res.): Alastair Cutting (became Area Bishop of Woolwich)
- 20 September 2024{{snd}}present: Chigor Chike{{cite web |website=Diocese of Southwark |title=Chigor Chike to be next Archdeacon of Lewisham & Greenwich |date=6 June 2024 |url=https://southwark.anglican.org/news-events/news/latest-news/the-revd-canon-dr-chigor-chike-to-be-next-archdeacon-of-lewisham-greenwich/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240606205914/https://southwark.anglican.org/news-events/news/latest-news/the-revd-canon-dr-chigor-chike-to-be-next-archdeacon-of-lewisham-greenwich/ |archive-date=6 June 2024 |access-date=4 August 2024 }}{{cite tweet |user=BishopSouthwark |number=1840434342893388242 |title=A joy to install +Kingston & +Woolwich and to collate Chigor Chike to his archdeaconry... |date=29 September 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241004185229/https://x.com/BishopSouthwark/status/1840434342893388242 |archive-date=4 October 2024 |access-date=4 October 2024 }}
=[[Archdeacon of Croydon|Archdeacons of Croydon]]=
{{Further|Archdeacon of Croydon}}
=Archdeacons of Wandsworth=
- 1973–1975 (ret.): Reginald Bazire
- 1975–1988 (res.): Peter Coombs
- 1989–2004 (ret.): David Gerrard (afterwards Archdeacon emeritus){{Who's Who
| title=Gerrard, David Keith Robin
| id = U16972
| volume = 2013
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 9 June 2013
}}
- 2004–September 2015 (res.):[http://southwark.anglican.org/news/pr/pr.php?id=3602 Diocese of Southwark — New Deputy Diocesan Secretary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627062442/http://southwark.anglican.org/news/pr/pr.php?id=3602# |date=2015-06-27 }} (Accessed 4 May 2015) Stephen Roberts{{Who's Who
| title=Roberts, Stephen John
| id = U45475
| volume = 2013
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 9 June 2013
}}
- 22 July–22 November 2015 (act.): Tim Marwood [http://southwark.anglican.org/news/pr/pr.php?id=3731 Diocese of Southwark — Acting Archdeacon of Wandsworth] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627044409/http://southwark.anglican.org/news/pr/pr.php?id=3731 |date=27 June 2015 }} (Accessed 26 June 2015)
- 22 November 2015–2025 (ret.): John Kiddle[http://southwark.anglican.org/news/pr/pr.php?id=3878 Diocese of Southwark — New faces in Southwark] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208142913/http://southwark.anglican.org/news/pr/pr.php?id=3878 |date=2015-12-08 }} (Accessed 27 November 2015)
- 2025 (elect): Bridget Shepherd{{Cite web |website=Diocese of Southwark |title=Next Archdeacon of Wandsworth named |url=https://southwark.anglican.org/news-events/news/latest-news/next-archdeacon-of-wandsworth-named/ |date=22 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241223223803/https://southwark.anglican.org/news-events/news/latest-news/next-archdeacon-of-wandsworth-named/ |archive-date=23 December 2024 |access-date=26 December 2024 }}
=Archdeacons of Lambeth=
- 1986–1988 (ret.): Charles Pinder (afterwards Archdeacon emeritus){{Who's Who
| title=Pinder, Charles
| id = U181148
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 9 June 2013
}}
- 1988–1999 (res.): Dick Bird{{Who's Who
| title=Bird, (Colin) Richard (Bateman)
| id = U7584
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2010 online
| access-date = 9 June 2013
}}
- 2000–2003 (res.): Nick Baines (became Bishop of Croydon){{Who's Who
| title=Baines, Nick
| id = U6192
| volume = 2013
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 9 June 2013
}}
- 2004–14 April 2013 (res.): Chris Skilton{{Who's Who
| title=Skilton, Christopher John
| id = U6000044
| volume = 2013
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 9 June 2013
- 2013–present: Simon Gates[http://www.southwark.anglican.org/news/pr/pr.php?id=2518 Diocese of Southwark – New Archdeacon of Lambeth] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130720030851/http://www.southwark.anglican.org/news/pr/pr.php?id=2518 |date=2013-07-20 }}
- 2018 (act.): David Stephenson{{Church Times
| title = Appointments
| url = https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2018/8-june/gazette/appointments/appointments
| issue = 8099
| date = 8 June 2018
| page = 30
| accessed = 11 June 2018
}}
References
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