Dave Middlebrook
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{{Infobox Christian leader
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| name = Dave Middlebrook
| title = Archdeacon of Bedford
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| diocese = Diocese of St Albans
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| term = 30 March 2019{{snd}}present
| predecessor = Paul Hughes
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| other_post = {{nowrap|Priest-in-charge}}/Vicar of Watford {{nowrap|(2008–2019)}}
| ordination = 1998 (deacon); 1999 (priest)
| ordained_by = Christopher Herbert
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1961}}
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| nationality = British
| religion = Anglican
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| spouse = {{marriage|Anne|1987}}
| children = 2
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| education = distribution manager (former)
| alma_mater = Newcastle University
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David John Middlebrook (born 1961) is an Anglican priest and the Archdeacon of Bedford, in the Church of England Diocese of St Albans.
Education and training
Middlebrook graduated from Newcastle University with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in 1983 and from Cranfield Institute of Technology with a Master of Science (MSc) in 1985.{{Crockford| surname = Middlebrook | forenames = David John | id = 26109 | accessed = 8 January 2019}} His Masters was in "Distribution Technology and Management" and he worked for National Freight, based in Bedford; he married Anne in 1987 and they have two children. Middlebrook worked for The Leprosy Mission from 1993 - 1996. {{cite web |url=https://www.stalbans.anglican.org/next-archdeacon-of-bedford/ |title=Next Archdeacon of Bedford |author= |date=18 November 2018 |website= |publisher=Diocese of St Albans |access-date=8 January 2019 }} Dave then trained for the ministry at Trinity College Bristol from 1996 - 1998, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA).
Ministry
Middlebrook was made deacon at Petertide 1998 (28 June){{Church Times | title = Ordinations | archive = 1998_07_03_006 | issue = 7064 | date = 3 July 1998 | page = 6 | accessed = 8 January 2019 }} and ordained a priest the Petertide following (4 July 1999) — both times by Christopher Herbert, Bishop of St Albans, at St Albans Cathedral.{{Church Times | title = Ordinations | archive = 1999_07_09_007 | issue = 7117 | date = 9 July 1999 | page = 7 | accessed = 8 January 2019 }} His entire ministry has been exercised in the Diocese of St Albans: after a curacy at Chorleywood (1998–2002), he served as a Team Vicar (for Adeyfield) in the Hemel Hempstead Team Ministry.
He moved to Watford in 2008 to serve as parish priest (as priest-in-charge until 2012, and thereafter as vicar, a purely legal distinction); he has additionally been Rural Dean of Watford since 2009 and an honorary canon of St Albans Cathedral since 2013. On 18 November 2018, it was announced that he was to become Archdeacon of Bedford from he was collated on 30 March 2019.{{cite web |url=https://stlukeswatford.org/news/sunday-notice-sheet/ |title=Sunday notice sheet: Sunday 2nd December 2018 |author= |date= |website= |publisher=St Luke's Church, Watford |access-date=8 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203055915/https://stlukeswatford.org/news/sunday-notice-sheet/ |archive-date=3 December 2018}}
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Category:Alumni of Newcastle University