The Archdeacon of Birmingham is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Birmingham.
The archdeaconry was created within the Diocese of Worcester by Order-in-Council on 12 August 1892 (substantially from the Archdeaconry of Coventry but also from a small part of the Worcester archdeaconry) [1] but became part of the new Diocese of Birmingham upon its creation by Order-in-Council on 13 January 1905. [2]
The Archdeacon is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy [3] within the archdeaconry's six deaneries: Edgbaston; Handsworth and Central; Kings Norton; Moseley; Shirley; and Warley.
The current archdeacon, since 2019, is Jenny Tomlinson. [4]
List of archdeacons
- 1894–1903: Edmund Knox, Bishop suffragan of Coventry
- 1903–1904: John Diggle
- 1904–1912: Winfrid Burrows
- The archdeaconry was transferred from the diocese of Worcester to the newly created diocese of Birmingham by Order-in-Council on 13 January 1905. [2]
- 1912–1915: Mansfield Owen
- 1915–1944: Charles Hopton
- 1944–1947: Geoffrey Allen [5]
- 1947–1967: Sidney Harvie-Clark
- 1967–1974: Vernon Nicholls
- 1974–1984: Gerald Hollis
- 1985–January 2001: John Duncan [6]
- 2001 – 1 November 2018 (ret.): Hayward Osborne [7]
- 1 December 2018 – 31 May 2019: Julian Francis (Acting) [8] [9]
- 12 May 2019 – present: Jenny Tomlinson [10]
References
- ^ "No. 26316". The London Gazette. 12 August 1892. pp. 4569–4582.
- ^ a b "No. 27754". The London Gazette. 13 January 1905. pp. 311–312.
- ^ "ABCD: a basic church dictionary" Meakin, T: Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2001 ISBN 978-1-85311-420-5
- ^ "Jenny Tomlinson announced as new Archdeacon of Birmingham - The Church of England - Birmingham". www.cofebirmingham.com. Archived from the original on 12 February 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ "Allen Collection". Mundus. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
- ^ Birmingham Post – Archdeacon to retire after 40 years of service
- ^ "The Ven the Archdeacon of Birmingham". Debretts. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
- ^ "Announcement: Interim Archdeacon of Birmingham - The Church of England - Birmingham". www.cofebirmingham.com. Archived from the original on 14 November 2018.
- ^ "Resignations and retirements".
- ^ http://www.cofebirmingham.com/news/2019/02/10/jenny-tomlinson-announced-new-archdeacon-birmingham/ Archived 12 February 2019 at the Wayback Machine & [1]