List of Archdeacons of Worcester
Encyclopedia
This is a list of the archdeacon
s of the diocese of Worcester
, in England.
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...
s of the 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...
, in England.
- c.1125 William CuminWilliam CuminWilliam Cumin was Regius Professor of Midwifery at the University of Glasgow between 1834 and 1840.He was the son of Patrick Cumin , Professor of Oriental Languages at the University of Glasgow, and his wife Rachael Baird...
- c.1197 John of Cornwall
- 1200? John of Brancaster
- 1275 Hugh of EveshamHugh of EveshamHugh of Evesham was a 13th century English churchman, physician and alchemist. Given his name, it is likely that he came from Evesham, Worcestershire. Hugh studied at Oxford University in the 1260s and in 1275, now Archdeacon of Worcester, went to study in Continental Europe...
- Henri, Dauphin of ViennoisHenri, Dauphin of ViennoisHenri Dauphin was a bishop of Metz. He was the son of Humbert I and his wife Anne of Burgundy. In 1318 he succeeded as regent to the Dauphiné of Viennois, on behalf of his nephew Guigues VIII, and held that role until 1323.Whilst bishop of Passau and despite never being ordained priest, he was...
- 1412-1432 John Ixworth
- 1479 Richard Burton
- 1483-1500 Thomas Alcock
- 1526 Richard PateRichard Pate (bishop)-Life:Born in Oxfordshire, he was a nephew of John Longland. He graduated B.A. from Corpus Christi College, Oxford, in 1523. He studied under Juan Luis Vives, at Bruges....
- 1531-1534 William Claybrook
- 1534-1563 Peter VannesPeter VannesPeter Vannes was an Italian Catholic churchman who became a royal official in England, and Dean of Salisbury.-Life:Born at Lucca in northern Italy, he was son of Stephen de Vannes of that city. In one of his letters Erasmus calls him Peter Ammonius; and he was related to Andrea Ammonio...
- ?-1579 Thomas Powell
- 1579-1598 Godfrey GoldsboroughGodfrey GoldsboroughGodfrey Goldsborough was a Church of England clergyman and bishop of Gloucester from 1598-1604. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. He also served as a Prebendary of Worcester.-References:...
- 1610-1623 William Swaddon
- 1623-1629 Hugh Floyd
- 1676-1705 John Fleetwood
- 1705-1742 William Worth
- 1742-1774 John Tottie
- ?-1779 John WarrenJohn Warren (bishop)John Warren was Bishop of St David's 1779-1783, and Bishop of Bangor from 1783 until his death.Before his promotion to bishop, Warren was Archdeacon of Worcester. During the bishop's time at Bangor, he was involved in two major controversies...
- ?-1921 John Harold GreigJohn Harold GreigThe Rt Rev John Harold Greig was Bishop of Gibraltar then Guildford in the first half of the 20th century. He was born on 13 February 1865 and educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He was ordained deacon in 1888 and priest a year later...
- Ridley Duppuy
- ?-1984 Peter Everard ColemanPeter Everard ColemanThe Rt Rev Peter Everard Coleman AKC was Bishop of Crediton from 1984 to 1996. He was born on 28 August 1928 and educated at Haileybury and King's College London after which he was Chaplain there until 1966...
- ?-2008 Joy Tetley
- 5 October 2008–present Roger Morris