The Archdeaconry of Cleveland is an archdeaconry, or subdivision, of 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...

 Diocese of York

Diocese of York

The Diocese of York is an administrative division of the Church of England, part of the Province of York. It covers the city of York, the eastern part of North Yorkshire, and most of the East Riding of Yorkshire....

 in the Province of York

Province of York

The Province of York is one of two ecclesiastical provinces making up the Church of England, and consists of 14 dioceses which cover the northern third of England and the Isle of Man. York was elevated to an Archbishopric in 735 AD: Ecgbert of York was the first archbishop...

. It stretches west from Thirsk

Thirsk

Thirsk is a small market town and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. The local travel links are located a mile from the town centre to Thirsk railway station and to Durham Tees Valley Airport...

, north to Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough is a large town situated on the south bank of the River Tees in north east England, that sits within the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire...

, east to Whitby

Whitby

Whitby is a seaside town, port and civil parish in the Scarborough borough of North Yorkshire, England. Situated on the east coast of Yorkshire at the mouth of the River Esk, Whitby has a combined maritime, mineral and tourist heritage, and is home to the ruins of Whitby Abbey where Caedmon, the...

 and south to Pickering

Pickering, North Yorkshire

Pickering is an ancient market town and civil parish in the Ryedale district of the county of North Yorkshire, England, on the border of the North York Moors National Park. It sits at the foot of the Moors, overlooking the Vale of Pickering to the south...

. It has a varied geography, including the southern parts of the conurbation

Conurbation

A conurbation is a region comprising a number of cities, large towns, and other urban areas that, through population growth and physical expansion, have merged to form one continuous urban and industrially developed area...

 of Teesside

Teesside

Teesside is the name given to the conurbation in the north east of England made up of the towns of Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees, Redcar, Billingham and surrounding settlements near the River Tees. It was also the name of a local government district between 1968 and 1974—the County Borough of...

 and the open moor

Moorland

Moorland or moor is a type of habitat, in the temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome, found in upland areas, characterised by low-growing vegetation on acidic soils and heavy fog...

s of the North York Moors

North York Moors

The North York Moors is a national park in North Yorkshire, England. The moors are one of the largest expanses of heather moorland in the United Kingdom. It covers an area of , and it has a population of about 25,000...

 National Park

National park

A national park is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual nations designate their own national parks differently A national park is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or...

.

People

The archdeaconry is led by the Area Bishop of Whitby

Bishop of Whitby

The Bishop of Whitby is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of York, in the Province of York, England.The title takes its name after the town of Whitby in North Yorkshire...

, currently the Rt Revd

Right Reverend

The Right Reverend is a style applied to certain religious figures.*In the Anglican Communion and the Roman Catholic Church in Great Britain it applies to bishops except that The Most Reverend is used for archbishops .*In some churches with a...

 Martin Warner

Martin Warner (bishop)

Martin Clive Warner is an Anglican bishop in England. He is currently the Bishop of Whitby.-Education and career:Warner studied at the University of Durham in the 1970s and then trained for ordination at St Stephen's House, Oxford...

, who was consecrated on 26 January 2010, and by the Archdeacon of Cleveland, currently the Ven

Venerable

The Venerable is used as a style or epithet in several Christian churches. It is also the common English-language translation of a number of Buddhist titles.-Roman Catholic:...

 Paul Ferguson, Archdeacon since 2001.

Organization

In common with other archdeaconries, Cleveland is further subdivided into deaneries

Deanery

A Deanery is an ecclesiastical entity in both the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England. A deanery is either the jurisdiction or residence of a Dean.- Catholic usage :...

, shown below.

• Guisborough
• Middlesbrough
• Mowbray
• Northern Ryedale
• Stokesley
• Whitby

High Medieval

–: Hugh the Chanter–: Ralph de Baro–: John son of Letold: Ralph (disputed; possibly vice-Archdeacon)–1189: Jeremy

• 1189–: Geoffrey de Muschamp
• March 1200–1200: John de Gray
  John de Gray
  John de Gray was Bishop of Norwich in the English county of Norfolk, as well as being elected Archbishop of Canterbury, but was never confirmed as archbishop.-Life:...
  
  
• March 1201–: Ralph de Kyme
• March–September 1201: Hugh Murdac
• late 1201–: William of Ely
  William of Ely
  William of Ely was an English churchman and the fifth Lord High Treasurer of England. He was a relative of Richard FitzNeal and supposed descendant of Nigel, Bishop of Ely, both previous Lord High Treasurers. He was appointed a Canon of St. Paul's just before being nmade Lord High Treasurer in 1196...
  
  –: Matthew Scot–: Serlo (possibly the same-named Dean of Exeter): Walter de Taney (acting)–: John de Langeton the elder
• Roger (disputed)–: Rufinus of Tonengo
• 2 May 1281–: Thomas de Grimston

Late Medieval

• 17 July 1289–12 August 1317: Stephen de Mauley
• 1318–1334: Adrian de Fieschi
• August 1334–20 September 1348: Innocent de Fieschi
• August 1343–1344: William de Weston
• 20 September 1348–1351: John Ellerker
• 26 September 1351–5 March 1355: Thomas de Holwell
• 5 March 1355–21 September 1379: William de Ferriby
• 23 September 1379: William de Catton
• 7 November–9 November 1379: William de Kexby
• 9 November 1379–1380: Roger de Ripon
• 1380–14 January 1381: Robert de Manfeld
• 14 January 1381–2 April 1385: Adam Spencer
• 2 April 1385–1387: John Marshall
• 6 March–bef. 11 June 1387: John Fitzthomas
• June 1387–bef. 1391: Alexander Herle
• bef. 1391–August 1410: Thomas Walkington DCnL
  Doctor of Canon Law
  Doctor of Canon Law is the doctoral-level terminal degree in the studies of canon law of the Roman Catholic Church.It may also be abbreviated I.C.D. or dr.iur.can. , ICDr., D.C.L., D.Cnl., D.D.C., or D.Can.L. . Doctor of both laws are J.U.D...
  
  
• 31 August 1410–9 March 1411: Clement Stanton
• 9 March 1411–28 May 1414: Richard Pittes
• 10 June 1414–August or September 1434: William Pelleson BCnL
• September 1434–February or March 1453: William Duffield MA
  Master of Arts (postgraduate)
  A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees...
  
  
• 18 August 1453–1457: Stephen Wilton DCnL
• 12 August 1457–1470: William Brande
• September 1470–1485: William Poteman DCL
  Doctor of Civil Law
  Doctor of Civil Law is a degree offered by some universities, such as the University of Oxford, instead of the more common Doctor of Laws degrees....
  
  
• 13 January–bef. 11 October 1485: William Constable BCnL
• 11 October 1485–1493: Henry Carnebull
• 30 April 1493–1497: Geoffrey Blythe
  Geoffrey Blythe
  Geoffrey Blythe was the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry.Blythe was born at Norton in Derbyshire to William Blythe and a sister of Thomas Rotherham, Archbishop of York. He was schooled at Eton and then entered King's College, Cambridge in 1483. He was ordained a priest on 4 April 1496...
  
   MA (later Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield
  Bishop of Lichfield
  The Bishop of Lichfield is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Lichfield in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers 4,516 km² of the counties of Staffordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire and West Midlands. The bishop's seat is located in the Cathedral Church of the Blessed...
  
  )
• March–May 1497: John Hole BCnL
• May 1497–1499: Thomas Crossley

Early modern

• 18 August 1499–1506: John Reynald BCL
  Bachelor of Civil Law
  Bachelor of Civil Law is the name of various degrees in law conferred by English-language universities. Historically, it originated as a postgraduate degree in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, but many universities now offer the BCL as an undergraduate degree...
  
  
• 13 June 1507–1523: Richard Rawlyngs DTh (became Bishop of St David's
  Bishop of St David's
  The Bishop of St David's is the ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of St David's.The succession of bishops stretches back to Saint David who in the 6th century established his seat in what is today the city of St David's in Pembrokeshire, founding St David's Cathedral. The current Bishop of St...
  
  )
• 26 December 1523–1533: James Denton DCnL
• 1533: Thomas Bedell BCL
• 16 August 1533–1534: William Clyff DCL
• 7 October 1534–1547: Richard Langridge BTh
  Bachelor of Theology
  The Bachelor of Theology is a three to five year undergraduate degree in theological disciplines. Candidates for this degree typically must complete course work in Greek or Hebrew, as well as systematic theology, biblical theology, ethics, homiletics and Christian ministry...
  
   DD
  Doctor of Divinity
  Doctor of Divinity is an advanced academic degree in divinity. Historically, it identified one who had been licensed by a university to teach Christian theology or related religious subjects....
  
  
• 9 July 1547–1564: John Warner
  John Warner (physician)
  John Warner was a British academic, cleric, and physician. He was the first Regius Professor of Physic at the University of Oxford,, as well as the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford and the Dean of Winchester....
  
   MD
  Doctor of Medicine
  Doctor of Medicine is a doctoral degree for physicians. The degree is granted by medical schools...
  
  
• 31 March 1564–24 March 1570: Christopher Malton MA
• April 1570–8 May 1582: Ralph Coulton BD
  Bachelor of Divinity
  In Western universities, a Bachelor of Divinity is usually an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course taken in the study of divinity or related disciplines, such as theology or, rarely, religious studies....
  
  
• 8 June 1582–1589: Richard Remington MA
• 10 March 1589–19 April 1601: Richard Byrde BD
• 20 April 1601–1619: John Phillips MA (also Bishop of Sodor and Man
  Bishop of Sodor and Man
  The Bishop of Sodor and Man is the Ordinary of the Diocese of Sodor and Man in the Province of York in the Church of England. The diocese covers the Isle of Man. The see is in the town of Peel where the bishop's seat is located at the Cathedral Church of St German, elevated to cathedral status on 1...
  
   from 1605)
• August 1619–30 September 1635: Henry Thurscros MA
• 1 October 1635–15 October 1638: Timothy Thurscros BD
• 24 October 1638–1675: John Neale BD
• 27 April 1675–9 September 1680: Robert Feild DD
• 9 October 1680–1682: John Lake
  John Lake (bishop)
  John Lake was a 17th century Bishop of Sodor and Man, Bishop of Bristol and Bishop of Chichester in the British Isles.-Life:He was born in Halifax in the West Riding of Yorkshire and educated at St John's College, Cambridge...
  
   DD (became Bishop of Sodor and Man)
• 5 January 1683–1685: Barnabas Long BD
• 23 July 1685–24 November 1700: John Burton MA
• 7 December 1700–12 June 1711: James Fall DD
• 3 August 1711–28 November 1735: John Richardson MA
• 17 November 1735–1750: Jaques Sterne LLD
• 18 July 1750–7 August 1787: Francis Blackburne MA
• 22 August 1787–4 November 1805: Robert Peirson MA

Late modern

• 15 January 1806–19 June 1820: Charles Baillie MA (father of Charles Baillie-Hamilton
  Charles Baillie-Hamilton (Aylesbury MP)
  Charles John Baillie-Hamilton was a British Conservative Party politician.A member of the Baillie-Hamilton family headed by the Earl of Haddington, he was the son of the Ven Charles Baillie, Archdeacon of Cleveland, son of the Honourable George Baillie, second son of Charles Hamilton, Lord Binning...
  
   MP)
• 28 June 1820–1828: Francis Wrangham MA
• 3 December 1828–27 October 1832: Leveson Venables Vernon MA (son of Archbishop Harcourt; Venebles-Vernon-Harcourt (called Vernon Harcourt) from 1831)
• 2 November 1832–24 December 1845: Henry Todd MA
• 17 January 1846–17 January 1874: Edward Churton
  Edward Churton
  Edward Churton was an English churchman and Spanish scholar.-Life:He was born on 26 January 1800 at Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire, the second son of Ralph Churton, archdeacon of St. David's. He was educated at Charterhouse School and Christ Church, Oxford, where he proceeded B.A. 1821, and...
  
   MA
• 1874–19??: ?
• 19??–1957: George Townley (became Bishop of Hull
  Bishop of Hull
  The Bishop of Hull is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of York, England. The suffragan bishop, along with the Bishop of Selby and the Bishop of Whitby, assists the Archbishop of York in overseeing the diocese....
  
  )
• 1957–
• 1965-19?? Stanley Frederick Linsley
• 1991-2001: Christoper John Hawthorn
• 2001–present: Paul John Ferguson