Archdeacon of Plymouth
The Archdeacon of Plymouth is a senior clergy position in the Church of England Diocese of Exeter[1] and is responsible for the supervision of the clergy within the five rural deaneries: Ivybridge, Plymouth Moorside, Plymouth Devonport, Plymouth Sutton and Tavistock.[2]
The archdeaconry was created by an Order-in-Council splitting the Archdeaconry of Totnes on 22 March 1918.[3] The current archdeacon is Jane Bakker.
List of archdeacons
[edit]- 1918 – 1920 (res.): Arthur Perowne[4]
- 1921 – 28 April 1928 (d.): Ernest Newman[5]
- 1928 – 1950 (ret.): Whitfield Daukes (also Bishop suffragan of Plymouth from 1934)[6]
- 1950 – 1962 (ret.): Norman Clarke, Bishop suffragan of Plymouth[7]
- 1962 – 1978 (res.): Frederick Matthews (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[8]
- 1978 – 1982 (res.): Kenneth Newing (became Bishop suffragan of Plymouth)[9]
- 1982 – 2000 (ret.): Robin Ellis[10]
- 2001 – 2010 (ret.): Tony Wilds[11]
- 2010 – 31 December 2018 (ret.):[12] Ian Chandler[13] (on leave during 2018)[14]
- 18 June 2019 – 30 April 2023 (ret.):[15] Nick Shutt[16] (Acting since 2018)[14]
- 13 June 2023 – present: Jane Bakker[17]
References
[edit]- ^ Diocese of Extern website Archived 2012-03-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Crockford's on line accessed 18 March 2012 21:12 GMT
- ^ "No. 30591". The London Gazette. 22 March 1918. pp. 3624–3625.
- ^ "Perowne, Arthur William Thomson". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 August 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Newman, Ernest Frederick". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 August 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Daukes, Francis Whitfield". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 August 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Clarke, Norman Harry". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 August 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Matthews, Frederick Albert John". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 August 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Newing, Kenneth Albert". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 August 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Ellis, Robin Gareth". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 August 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Wilds, Anthony Ronald". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 August 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Exon, Robert. "Ad Clerum: Advent 2018" (PDF). Church of England in Devon - Diocese of Exeter.
- ^ "Chandler, Ian Nigel". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 August 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ a b National Archdeacons' Forum — Archdeacons’ News — #30, January 2018 (Accessed 22 February 2018)
- ^ Nick Shutt [@nicthevic] (1 May 2023). "I am now officially retired!" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 2 June 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Collation of the Venerable Nick Shutt as the new Archdeacon of Plymouth". 19 June 2019.
- ^ "Plymouth archdeaconry welcomes its first female archdeacon". Diocese of Exeter. 20 June 2023. Archived from the original on 24 June 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
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