archdeacon of Stoke
{{Short description|Church of England ecclesiastical office}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
The Archdeacon of Stoke ("Archdeacon of Stoke-upon-Trent" in full{{London Gazette|issue=24486|page=4317|date=24 July 1877}} and often rendered "Archdeacon of Stoke-on-Trent") is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Church of England Diocese of Lichfield. The archdeaconry was created on 24 July 1877 from the archdeaconry of Stafford.
The Archdeacon, under the supervision of the Bishop of Stafford, is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy "ABCD: a basic church dictionary" Meakin, T: Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2001 {{ISBN|978-1-85311-420-5}} within the area deaneries: Cheadle, Eccleshall, Leek, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Stafford, Stoke-upon-Trent, Stoke North, Stone (formerly Trentham), Tutbury and Uttoxeter.{{cite web|url = http://www.lichfield.anglican.org/ourpeople/|title = Diocese of Lichfield - Bishops and Archdeacons|publisher = Diocese of Lichfield|access-date = 2012-11-01|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131205191157/http://www.lichfield.anglican.org/ourpeople/|archive-date = 2013-12-05|url-status = dead}}
List of archdeacons
- 1877–1888 (res.): Sir Lovelace Stamer, 3rd Baronet, Rector of Stoke and first archdeacon (became Bishop suffragan of Shrewsbury){{Who's Who
| title=Stamer, Lovelace Tomlinson
| id = U191161
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2015
| edition = April 2014 online
| access-date = 15 December 2014
}}
- 1888–1904 (res.): Ernald Lane, Rector of Leigh (became Dean of Rochester){{Who's Who
| title=Lane, Ernald
| id = U187967
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2015
| edition = April 2014 online
| access-date = 15 December 2014
}}
- 1905–1908 (res.): Herbert Crump{{Who's Who
| title=Crump, John Herbert
| id = U195242
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2015
| edition = April 2014 online
| access-date = 15 December 2014
}}
- 1908–2 December 1931 (d.): Malcolm Graham, Vicar of Trentham{{Who's Who
| title=Graham, John Malcolm Alexander
| id = U210295
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2015
| edition = April 2014 online
| access-date = 15 December 2014
}}
- 1932–1935 (res.): Douglas Crick, Rector of Stoke (also Bishop suffragan of Stafford from 1934){{Who's Who
| title=Crick, Douglas Henry
| id = U153567
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2015
| edition = April 2014 online
| access-date = 15 December 2014
}}
- 1935–1955 (ret.): Percy Hartill, Rector of Stoke (afterwards archdeacon emeritus){{Who's Who
| title=Hartill, Percy
| id = U48672
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2015
| edition = April 2014 online
| access-date = 15 December 2014
}}
- 1956–1970 (res.): George Youell, Vicar of Leek (until 1961) then of Horton{{Who's Who
| title=Youell, George
| id = U176426
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2015
| edition = April 2014 online
| access-date = 15 December 2014
}}
- 1971–1982 (ret.): Charles Borrett (also priest-in-charge of Sandon from 1975; afterwards archdeacon emeritus){{Who's Who
| title=Borrett, Charles Walter
| id = U177023
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2015
| edition = April 2014 online
| access-date = 15 December 2014
}}
- 1982–1990 (ret.): John Delight (afterwards archdeacon emeritus){{Who's Who
| title=Delight, John David
| id = U13424
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2015
| edition = April 2014 online
| access-date = 15 December 2014
}}
- 1989–1997 (ret.): Dennis Ede (afterwards archdeacon emeritus){{Who's Who
| title=Ede, Dennis
| id = U14611
| volume = 2015
| edition = October 2014 online
| access-date = 15 December 2014
}}
- 1997–2001 (res.): Alan Smith (became Bishop suffragan of Shrewsbury){{Who's Who
| title=Smith, Alan Gregory Clayton
| id = U35230
| volume = 2015
| edition = October 2014 online
| access-date = 15 December 2014
}}
- 2002–2013 (ret.): Godfrey Stone{{Who's Who
| title=Stone, Godfrey Owen
| id = U43167
| volume = 2015
| edition = October 2014 online
| access-date = 15 December 2014
}}
- 10 September 2013{{snd}}31 October 2020: Matthew Parker{{Who's Who
| title=Parker, Matthew John
| id = U258462
| volume = 2015
| edition = October 2014 online
| access-date = 15 December 2014
}} (appointed area Bishop of Stafford)
- 1 November 2020{{snd}}2021 (Acting): Alistair Magowan{{Cite web|url=https://www.lichfield.anglican.org/news/alistair-to-be-acting-archdeacon.php|title = Diocese of Lichfield | Alistair to be Acting Archdeacon}}
- 3 October 2021{{snd}}present:[https://www.lichfield.anglican.org/news/new-archdeacon-stoked.php Diocese of Lichfield — Megan collated at Minster] (Accessed 5 October 2021) Megan Smith
References
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{{Archdeacons of Stoke}}
{{Diocese of Lichfield}}
{{Archdeacons in the Church of England}}