archdeacon of Cheltenham
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The Archdeacon of Cheltenham is a senior cleric in the Diocese of Gloucester who is responsible for some pastoral care and discipline of clergy in the Cheltenham archdeaconry.
The archdeaconry was created as the Archdeaconry of Cirencester in the Diocese of Gloucester & Bristol on 8 December 1882{{London Gazette |issue=25175 |date=8 December 1882 |pages=6241–6242 }} from parts of the Gloucester and Bristol archdeaconries. When Gloucester & Bristol diocese was re-divided in 1897, Cirencester archdeaconry remained part of the Gloucester diocese. On 1 August 1919, the archdeaconry's boundaries were altered and it was renamed the Archdeaconry of Cheltenham.{{London Gazette |issue=31486 |date=1 August 1919 |pages=9853–9854 }}
The archdeaconry consists of the deaneries of Cheltenham, Cirencester, North Cotswold, and Tewkesbury & Winchcombe. Almost all of its parishes lie within the ceremonial county of Gloucester, the exceptions being Cirencester's Marston Meysey and Castle Eaton, both in Wiltshire.{{Cite web |title=Contact clergy and churches |url=https://www.gloucester.anglican.org/about-us/parish-and-church-websites/ |access-date=2022-12-06 |website=Diocese of Gloucester |language=en-US}}
The archdeaconry is vacant since Phil Andrew's resignation at the end of 2024.
List of archdeacons
: Archdeaconry created as Archdeaconry of Cirencester in Gloucester & Bristol Diocese in 1882.
- 1883 – 1908: Henry Hayward{{Who's Who
| title=Hayward, Henry Rudge
| id = U186956
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2007 online
| access-date = 30 December 2012
}}
:Archdeaconry allocated to the new Diocese of Gloucester when Gloucester & Bristol diocese divided in 1897.
- 1908 – 30 April 1919 (d.): John Sinclair{{Who's Who
| title=Sinclair, John Stewart
| id = U202986
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2007 online
| access-date = 30 December 2012
}}
- 1919 – 1919 (res.): Reginald Waterfield{{Who's Who
| title=Waterfield, Reginald
| id = U53307
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2007 online
| access-date = 30 December 2012
}} (afterwards Dean of Hereford, 1919)
:During Waterfield's tenure, the archdeaconry was reconfigured and renamed Cheltenham archdeaconry.
- 1920 – 1924 (res.): George Gardner{{Who's Who
| title=Gardner, George Lawrence Harter
| id = U196752
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2007 online
| access-date = 30 December 2012
}}
- 1924 – 9 June 1932 (d.): Alan Cornwall{{Who's Who
| title=Cornwall, Alan Whitmore
| id = U207904
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2007 online
| access-date = 30 December 2012
}}
- 1932–1943: Frederick Sears
- 1943 – 1951 (ret.): Edmund Murray
- 1951 – 1965 (ret.): Ronald Sutch (afterwards archdeacon emeritus){{Who's Who
| title=Sutch, Ronald Huntley
| id = U160077
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 30 December 2012
}}
- 1965 – 1976 (ret.): George Hutchins (afterwards archdeacon emeritus){{Who's Who
| title=Hutchins, George Francis
| id = U155935
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 30 December 2012
}}
- 1975 – 1988 (res.): Eric Evans{{Who's Who
| title=Evans, (Thomas) Eric
| id = U178296
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 30 December 2012
}} (afterwards Dean of St Paul's, 1988)
- 1988 – 1998 (ret.): John Lewis (afterwards archdeacon emeritus){{Who's Who
| title=Lewis, John Arthur
| id = U24454
| volume = 2013
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 30 December 2012
}}
- 1998 – 31 December 2009 (ret.): Hedley Ringrose{{Who's Who
| title=Ringrose, Hedley Sidney
| id = U32592
| volume = 2013
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 30 December 2012
}}
- 2010{{snd}}30 November 2016 (res.): Robert Springett (became Bishop of Tewkesbury){{Who's Who
| title=Springett, Robert Wilfred
| id = U251701
| volume = 2013
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 30 December 2012
}}
- 11 March 2017{{snd}}31 December 2024 (res.): Phil Andrew{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2016 |title=Welcome to the new Archdeacon of Cheltenham |url=http://www.gloucester.anglican.org/news/press-releases/welcome-to-the-new-archdeacon-of-cheltenham-.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124025019/http://www.gloucester.anglican.org/news/press-releases/welcome-to-the-new-archdeacon-of-cheltenham-.php |archive-date=24 November 2016 |website=Diocese of Gloucester |via=Internet Archive}}
- April 2025 onwards: Katrina Scott (announced){{cite news |website=Diocese of Gloucester |title=New Archdeacon of Cheltenham announced |date=17 December 2024 |url=https://gloucester.anglican.org/2024/new-archdeacon-of-cheltenham-announced/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250131231041/https://gloucester.anglican.org/2024/new-archdeacon-of-cheltenham-announced/ |archive-date=31 January 2025 |access-date=1 February 2025 }}
References
{{Archdeacons of Cheltenham}}
{{Diocese of Gloucester}}
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