Archdeacon of London
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The Archdeacon of London is an archdiaconal
post in the Church of England
. It covers one of two archdeaconries (the other is the Archdeaconry of Charing Cross) within the London and Westminster episcopal area of the Diocese of London
- that episcopal area's bishop is the Bishop of London
.
Archdeacon
An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in Anglicanism, Syrian Malabar Nasrani, Chaldean Catholic, and some other Christian denominations, above that of most clergy and below a bishop. In the High Middle Ages it was the most senior diocesan position below a bishop in the Roman Catholic Church...
post in the Church of England
Church of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
. It covers one of two archdeaconries (the other is the Archdeaconry of Charing Cross) within the London and Westminster episcopal area of the Diocese of London
Diocese of London
The Anglican Diocese of London forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England.Historically the diocese covered a large area north of the Thames and bordered the dioceses of Norwich and Lincoln to the north and west. The present diocese covers and 17 London boroughs, covering most of Greater...
- that episcopal area's bishop is the Bishop of London
Bishop of London
The Bishop of London is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of London in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers 458 km² of 17 boroughs of Greater London north of the River Thames and a small part of the County of Surrey...
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List
- William de Beaumais, 12th century (son of Richard de BeaumisRichard de BeaumisRichard de Beaumis was a medieval Bishop of London.-Life:Beaumis' family came from Beaumais-sur-Dive in the Calvados region of Normandy. He was elected to the see of London on 24 May 1108. His ordination as a priest took place on 14 June 1108, a little over a month before he was consecrated as a...
) - William of Sainte-Mère-Eglise, c. 1217-1223
- John ChishullJohn ChishullJohn Chishull or John de Chishull was Lord Chancellor of England, Bishop of London, and Lord High Treasurer during the 13th century. He also served as Dean of St. Paul's.-Life:...
, 1263-1268 - Richard SwinefieldRichard SwinefieldRichard Swinefield was a medieval Bishop of Hereford. He earned a doctor of divinity degree as well as holding a number of ecclesiastical offices, including Archdeacon of London, before being named bishop. While bishop, he worked to secure the canonization of Thomas de Cantilupe, his predecessor,...
, 1280-1282 - Richard Kylmington, 1348-1350
- Fortanerius VassalliFortanerius VassalliFortanerius Vassalli was an Italian Franciscan, who became Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor, and a cardinal a few weeks before he died. He died on the way to Avignon....
, 1361 - Pedro de AyalaPedro de AyalaDon Pedro de Ayala was a 16th-century Spanish diplomat employed by Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile at the courts of James IV of Scotland and Henry VII of England. His mission to Scotland was concerned with the King's marriage and the international crisis caused by the pretender...
, 1502-1513 - Richard GwentRichard GwentRichard Gwent , was the archdeacon of London.Gwent was the son of a Monmouthshire farmer. He was elected Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, in 1515...
, 1534-1543 - Edward Moylle, 1543
- John Wymmesley, 1543-1554
- John HarpsfieldJohn Harpsfield-Life:Harpsfield was educated in Winchester College and New College, Oxford . He was perpetual fellow of New College from 1534 until 1551 and was appointed the first Regius Professor of Greek...
, 1554-1559 - John Mullins, 1559-1591
- Theophilus Aylmer, 1591-1626 (son of John AylmerJohn Aylmer (English constitutionalist)John Aylmer was an English bishop, constitutionalist and a Greek scholar.-Early life and career:He was born at Aylmer Hall, Tilney St. Lawrence, Norfolk...
) - Thomas PaskeThomas Paske-Life:He was perhaps son of William Paske, vicar of Hendon, Middlesex, and may have been born there, but the registers do not begin until 1653. William Paske left Hendon for the living of Ashdon, Essex, in 1611; he died before 15 February 1639-40. Thomas was a scholar of Clare Hall, Cambridge, and...
, 1626-1662 - John DolbenJohn DolbenJohn Dolben was an English priest and Church of England bishop and archbishop.-Life:He was the son of William Dolben , prebendary of Lincoln and bishop-designate of Gloucester. He was educated at Westminster School under Richard Busby and at Christ Church, Oxford. He fought on the Royalist side at...
, 1662-1664 - Thomas LamplughThomas LamplughThomas Lamplugh was an English churchman who ended up being Archbishop of YorkHe was the son of Christopher Lamplugh of Little Riston, Yorkshire and his wife Anne, daughter and coheir of Thomas Roper of Octon in the East Riding of Yorkshire...
, 1664-1676 - Edward StillingfleetEdward StillingfleetEdward Stillingfleet was a British theologian and scholar. Considered an outstanding preacher as well as a strong polemical writer defending Anglicanism, Stillingfleet was known as "the beauty of holiness" for his good looks in the pulpit, and was called by John Hough "the ablest man of his...
, 1677-1689 - Thomas TenisonThomas TenisonThomas Tenison was an English church leader, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1694 until his death. During his primacy, he crowned two British monarchs.-Life:...
, 1689-1691 - William StanleyWilliam Stanley (dean)William Stanley was an English churchman and college head, Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, Archdeacon of London and Dean of St Asaph.-Life:...
, 1692-1731 - Robert Tyrwhit, 1731-1742
- Edward Cobden, 1742-1764
- John JortinJohn Jortin-Life:Jortin was the son of Renatus Jordain, a French Huguenot refugee and government official, and Martha Rogers, daughter of Daniel Rogers. He was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge, where he became a Fellow in 1721. He was Rede lecturer at Cambridge in 1724, and Boyle lecturer in 1749...
, 1764-1770 - Anthony Hamilton, 1770-1775
- Richard BeadonRichard BeadonRichard Beadon DD was Master of Jesus College, Cambridge 1781–1789 and later Vice-Chancellor of the University, Bishop of Gloucester and Bishop of Bath and Wells.-Life:...
, 1775-1789 - William Bingham, 1789-1813
- Joseph Holden PottJoseph Holden PottJoseph Holden Pott was an English churchman, archdeacon of London from 1813.-Life:He was son of Percivall Pott the surgeon, and was born in his father's house near St. Bartholomew's Hospital. He was educated at Eton College, and sent at an early age to St John's College, Cambridge. He graduated...
, 1813-1842 - William Hale HaleWilliam Hale HaleWilliam Hale Hale was an English churchman and author, Archdeacon of London in the Church of England, and Master of Charterhouse School.-Life:...
, 1842-1870 - Piers Calverley ClaughtonPiers Calverley ClaughtonPiers Calverley Claughton was a Bishop in the Anglican church.He was Archdeacon of London and Assistant Bishop of London. Chaplain-General of Her Majesty's Forces, First Bishop of St Helena 1859 - 1861 and Bishop of Colombo 1862-1871.A memorial was placed in the crypt of St. Paul's Cathedral,...
, (born 1814 - died 1884) 19th century - Edwin Hamilton GiffordEdwin Hamilton GiffordEdwin Hamilton Gifford, DD was an eminent Anglican Priest and author in the second half of the 19th century.Edwin Gifford was educated at Shrewsbury and St John's College, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1845. He was Second Master at his old school then Head Master of King Edward's School,...
1884-1889 - William Macdonald SinclairWilliam Macdonald SinclairWilliam Macdonald Sinclair, DD, FRGS , was an eminent Anglican priest and author in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.He was born into an ecclesiastical family on 3 June 1850, educated at Repton and Balliol and ordained in 1876. His first post was as assistant minister at the Quebec Chapel,...
, 1889-1911 - Ernest Edward HolmesErnest Edward HolmesErnest Edward Holmes , CVO, DD was an eminent Anglican Priest and author in the 20th century. He was born on 18 November 1854 and ordained in 1876. He began his career with a curacy in Rugeley after which he was Chaplain to the Lord Bishop of Cape Town and then the Lord Bishop of Oxford....
, 1911-1930 - Ernest Newton SharpeErnest Newton SharpeErnest Newton Sharpe was an eminent Anglican. Priest in the 20th century.He was born into an ecclesiastical family in 1866 and educated at Westminster and Clare College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1890, he began his career with a curacy at Bath Abbey. Following this he was Vicar of Emanuel Church,...
, 1930-1947 - Oswin Harvard Gibbs-SmithOswin Harvard Gibbs-SmithOswin Harvard Gibbs-Smith was Dean of Winchester in the third quarter of the 20th century .He was born on 15 November 1901 and educated at Westminster and Clare College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1925, after a short spell as an Assistant Master at Harrow he began his ecclesiastical career with a...
, 1947-61 - George AppletonGeorge AppletonGeorge Appleton CMG, MBE was an Anglican bishop in the third quarter of the twentieth century.He was educated at Selwyn College, Cambridge and ordained in 1926. After a curacy at Stepney Parish Church he spent 20 years in Burma as a SPG missionary before returning to England...
, 1962-63 - Martin Gloster SullivanMartin Gloster SullivanMartin Gloster Sullivan, KCVO was an Anglican Dean in the third quarter of the 20th century. Born in Auckland and was educated at Auckland Grammar School and the University of Auckland. He was ordained in 1934 and began his career with a curacy at St Matthew's, Auckland. After that he held...
, 1963-67 - Samuel Mostyn Forbes Woodhouse, 1967-78
- Francis William HarveyFrancis William HarveyFrancis William Harvey was an Anglican priest in the second half of the 20th century.He was born on 28 September 1930 educated at Chester College and ordained in 1962. He was a curate at St Ann's Rainhill and then vicar of St Mark's Edge Hill...
, 1978-1986 - George Henry CassidyGeorge Henry CassidyGeorge Henry Cassidy is a British Anglican bishop and the most recent Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham.The son of Joseph Abram Cassidy and Ethel McDonald, Cassidy was educated at Belfast High School and Queen's University, Belfast, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in politics and...
, 1987-99 - Peter Anthony DelaneyPeter Anthony DelaneyPeter Anthony Delaney MBE, AKC is an Anglican priest in the Church of England.Delaney was educated at King's College London and ordained in 1967. He began his ordained ministry as a curate at St Marylebone Parish Church after which he was a chaplain at the London University's Church of Christ the...
, 1999-2009 - David Meara, 26 July 2009-present
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- http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=34691