Archdeaconry of Dudley - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The Archdeaconry of Dudley is one of two archdeaconries in the Anglican Diocese of Worcester

Anglican Diocese of Worcester

The Diocese of Worcester forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England.The diocese was founded in around 679 by St Theodore of Canterbury at Worcester to minister to the kingdom of the Hwicce, one of the many Anglo Saxon petty-kingdoms of that time...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

(the other being the Archdeaconry of Worcester

Archdeaconry of Worcester

The Archdeaconry of Worcester is the territorial jurisdiction of the Anglican archdeacon of Worcester. It is one of two divisions of the Anglican Diocese of Worcester, with the other being the Archdeaconry of Dudley.The Archdeacon is the Ven...

List of archdeacons

The archdeaconry has, since 2001, been the responsibility of Fred Trethewey, Archdeacon of Dudley.

Previous archdeacons of Dudley have included:

?–1984: Christopher Campling

Deaneries

The following deaneries are part of the Archdeaconry of Dudley

Dudley

Dudley is a large town in the West Midlands county of England. At the 2001 census , the Dudley Urban Sub Area had a population of 194,919, making it the 26th largest settlement in England, the second largest town in the United Kingdom behind Reading, and the largest settlement in the UK without...

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Bromsgrove

Bromsgrove

Bromsgrove is a town in Worcestershire, England. The town is about north east of Worcester and south west of Birmingham city centre. It had a population of 29,237 in 2001 with a small ethnic minority and is in Bromsgrove District.- History :Bromsgrove is first documented in the early 9th century...

Deanery

Rural Dean
Rural Dean
In the Anglican Communion and the Roman Catholic Church, a Rural Dean presides over a Rural Deanery .-Origins and usage:...

— The Revd Tricia Allsopp
Lay Chair — Mrs Rosemary Sumner

Droitwich Deanery

Rural Dean — The Revd Peter Kerr
Lay Chair — Mrs Angela Kovacevic

Dudley

Deanery

Rural Dean — The Revd Hilary Hanke
Lay Chair — Miss Diane Cooksey

Kidderminster

Kidderminster is a town, in the Wyre Forest district of Worcestershire, England. It is located approximately seventeen miles south-west of Birmingham city centre and approximately fifteen miles north of Worcester city centre. The 2001 census recorded a population of 55,182 in the town...

Deanery

Rural Dean — The Revd Keith James
Lay Chair — Miss June Thomas

Kingswinford

Kingswinford is a suburban area in the West Midlands.Historically within Staffordshire, the area is mentioned in the Domesday Book its name relates to a ford for the King's swine - Latin Swinford Regis. The current significance is probably in tourism, education and housing...

Deanery

Rural Dean — The Revd Garth Nathaniel
Lay Chair — Mrs Helen Jones

Stourbridge

Stourbridge is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, in the West Midlands of England. Historically part of Worcestershire, Stourbridge was a centre of glass making, and today includes the suburbs of Amblecote, Lye, Norton, Oldswinford, Pedmore, Wollaston, Wollescote and Wordsley The...

Deanery

Rural Dean — The Revd Andrew Hazlewood
Lay Chair — Mr John Nicholson

Stourport Deanery

Rural Dean — The Revd Louise Grace
Lay Chair — Mr Peter Dillistone

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