List of Archdeacons of St Albans
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The Archdeacon of St Albans is an ecclesiastical post in the Church of England
Diocese of St Albans in the Province of Canterbury
. The current incumbent is the Venerable
Jonathan Smith, who became Archdeacon
of St Albans in July 2008.
, and was transferred to the diocese of Rochester
in 1845, and at that point its boundaries were made to coincide with those of Hertfordshire
. That change was followed by the transfer to the current diocese in 1878.
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 St Albans in the Province of Canterbury
Province of Canterbury
The Province of Canterbury, also called the Southern Province, is one of two ecclesiastical provinces making up the Church of England...
. The current incumbent is the Venerable
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:...
Jonathan Smith, who became Archdeacon
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...
of St Albans in July 2008.
History
Historically the archdeaconry was in the diocese of LondonDiocese 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...
, and was transferred to the diocese of Rochester
Diocese of Rochester
The Diocese of Rochester is a Church of England diocese in South-East England and forms part of the Province of Canterbury. It is an ancient diocese, having been established in 604; only the neighbouring Diocese of Canterbury is older in the Church of England....
in 1845, and at that point its boundaries were made to coincide with those of Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...
. That change was followed by the transfer to the current diocese in 1878.
List of archdeacons of St Albans
- 1550–1557: William East
- 1557–1560: James Dugdale
- 1560–1581: David Kempe
- 1581: Giles Lawrence
- 1581–unknown: William Hutchinson
- unknown–1631: Thomas Raymond
- 1631–1644: Thomas WestfieldThomas WestfieldThomas Westfield was an English churchman, Bishop of Bristol and member of the Westminster Assembly.-Life:He was born in the parish of St. Mary's, Ely, in 1573, and went the free school there. under Master Spight.' He proceeded to Jesus College, Cambridge, where he was elected a scholar, and...
(also Bishop of BristolBishop of BristolThe Bishop of Bristol heads the Church of England Diocese of Bristol in the Province of Canterbury, in England.The present diocese covers parts of the counties of Somerset and Gloucestershire together with a small area of Wiltshire...
) - 1660–1664: Mark FrankMark Frank (theologian)Mark Frank or Franck was an English churchman and academic, Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge.-Life:He was baptised at Little Brickhill, Buckinghamshire, and was admitted pensioner of Pembroke College, Cambridge, 4 July 1627. He was elected to a scholarship in 1630, and to a fellowship 8...
- 1664–1671: Christopher Shute
- 1671–1683: William Bell
- 1683–1688: Edward Carter
- 1688–1713: John Cole
- 1713–1715: Lionel Gatford
- 1715–1738: Philip StubbsPhilip Stubbs (archdeacon)Philip Stubbs was an English churchman, archdeacon of St Albans and Fellow of the Royal Society.-Life:He was son of Philip Stubbs, citizen and vintner of London, and was born on 2 October 1665, during the Great Plague of London, in the parish of St Andrew Undershaft...
- 1738–1741: Fifield Allen (afterwards Archdeacon of Middlesex)
- 1741–1754: John Cole
- 1754–1781: James Ibbetson
- 1781–1788: Samuel HorsleySamuel HorsleySamuel Horsley was a British churchman, bishop of Rochester from 1792.Entering Trinity Hall, Cambridge in 1751, he became LL.B. in 1758 without graduating in arts. In the following year he succeeded his father in the living of Newington Butts in Surrey...
(afterwards Bishop of St David'sBishop of St David'sThe 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...
) - 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...
(afterwards Archdeacon of LondonArchdeacon of LondonThe Archdeacon of London is an archdiaconal post in the Church of England. It covers one of two archdeaconries within the London and Westminster episcopal area of the Diocese of London - that episcopal area's bishop is the Bishop of London.-List:*William de Beaumais, 12th century *William of...
) - 1814–1816: Robert Hodgson
- 1816–1839: John James Watson
- 1839–1840: 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:...
(afterwards Archdeacon of Middlesex) - 1840–1845: Charles Parr Burney (afterwards Archdeacon of Colchester)
- 1846–1882: Anthony Grant (afterwards Archdeacon of Rochester)
- unknown–1900: Walter John LawranceWalter John LawranceThe Very Rev Walter John Lawrance was an eminent clergyman in the Church of England at the end of the 19th century and the very first part of the 20th....
(afterwards Dean of St AlbansDean of St AlbansThe Dean of St Albans is the head of the Chapter of St Albans Cathedral in the city of St Albans, England in the Diocese of St Albans. The first incumbent was Walter John Lawrance and the post is currently held by the Very Revd Jeffrey John,MA....
) - 1909–1935: Kenneth Francis Gibbs.
- unknown–1935: James Lumsden BarkwayJames Lumsden BarkwayThe Rt Rev James Lumsden Barkway was an eminent Bishop in the mid part of the Twentieth century. He was born on 9 July 1878 and educated at Liverpool University and Westminster College, Cambridge. After ten years as a Presbyterian minister his first Anglican post was as a Minor Canon at St Albans...
(afterwards Bishop of BedfordBishop of BedfordThe Bishop of Bedford is an episcopal title used by a Church of England suffragan bishop who, under the direction of the Diocesan Bishop of St Albans, oversees 150 parishes in Luton and Bedfordshire....
, then Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane) - 1936–1939: Alymer SkeltonAlymer SkeltonThe Rt Rev Alymer Skelton, DD was an eminent Bishop in the mid part of the Twentieth century. He was born in 1884 and educated at Felsted and Keble College, Oxford. After a curacy at Chertsey he moved to be Vicar of Epsom. After a spell in the Antipodes he became Rector of Toddington then Sub Dean...
(afterwards Bishop of BedfordBishop of BedfordThe Bishop of Bedford is an episcopal title used by a Church of England suffragan bishop who, under the direction of the Diocesan Bishop of St Albans, oversees 150 parishes in Luton and Bedfordshire....
, then Bishop of LincolnBishop of LincolnThe Bishop of Lincoln is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Lincoln in the Province of Canterbury.The present diocese covers the county of Lincolnshire and the unitary authority areas of North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire. The Bishop's seat is located in the Cathedral...
) - unknown–1948: Claud Thomas Thellusson WoodClaud Thomas Thellusson WoodThe Rt Rev Claud Thomas Thellusson Wood MC was an eminent Bishop in the mid part of the twentieth century.He was born on 27 February 1885 and educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge . After a curacy at Hatfield he spent ten years as the Chaplain to the Territorial Army before incumbencies...
- unknown–1957: Basil Tudor GuyBasil Tudor GuyBasil Tudor Guy was a bishop in the 20th century.Guy was born on 9 March 1910 and educated at Forest School and Trinity College, Cambridge . After a curacy at Wanstead, he was Vicar of Bradninch then Tavistock before his appointment as Bishop of Bedford in 1957...
(afterwards Bishop of BedfordBishop of BedfordThe Bishop of Bedford is an episcopal title used by a Church of England suffragan bishop who, under the direction of the Diocesan Bishop of St Albans, oversees 150 parishes in Luton and Bedfordshire....
, then Bishop of GloucesterBishop of GloucesterThe Bishop of Gloucester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Gloucester in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers the County of Gloucestershire and part of the County of Worcestershire and has its see in the City of Gloucester where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church...
) - unknown–1974: Peter MumfordPeter MumfordPeter Mumford was a bishop of the Church of England. He was the Bishop of Hertford from 1974 to 1981 and the Bishop of Truro from 1981 to 1989....
- unknown–1981: David John FarmbroughDavid John FarmbroughThe Rt Rev David John Farmbrough was Bishop of Bedford from 1981 to 1993. He was born on 4 May 1929 and educated at Bedford School and Lincoln College, Oxford before embarking on an ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Bishop's Hatfield, after which he was Priest in charge of St John’s Church...
(afterwards Bishop of BedfordBishop of BedfordThe Bishop of Bedford is an episcopal title used by a Church of England suffragan bishop who, under the direction of the Diocesan Bishop of St Albans, oversees 150 parishes in Luton and Bedfordshire....
) - 1982–unknown: E. M. Norfolk
- 1999–2002: Richard Ian CheethamRichard Ian CheethamRichard Ian Cheetham is the current Anglican Area Bishop of Kingston-upon-Thames. He was educated at Kingston Grammar School and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. After five years as a science teacher and two as an investment analyst he was ordained in 1987...
(afterwards Bishop of Kingston-upon-ThamesBishop of Kingston-upon-ThamesThe Bishop of Kingston-upon-Thames, often referred to simply as Bishop of Kingston, is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Southwark, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after Kingston upon Thames, a settlement in south-west...
) - July 2008–present: Jonathan Smith
External links
- Records of the Archdeaconry of St Alban's (National Archives)