Archdeacon of Macclesfield
The Archdeacon of Macclesfield is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Chester.[1] As such she or he is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy[2] within its six rural deaneries: Bowdon, Congleton, Knutsford, Macclesfield, Mottram, Nantwich, Chadkirk, Cheadle and Stockport.[3]
The archdeaconry of Macclesfield was created from the Chester archdeaconry on 21 September 1880[4] (the Diocese of Liverpool having been created from the Liverpool archdeaconry earlier that year). The archdeaconry is currently vacant.
List of archdeacons[edit]
- 1880–1884 (res.): James Kelly[5]
- 1884–1893 (res.): Arthur Gore[6]
- 1893–1904 (res.): Maxwell Woosnam[7]
- 1904–28 December 1918 (d.): Maitland Wood[8]
- 1919–27 April 1922 (d.): Edward Mercer[9]
- 1922–7 January 1932 (d.): John Thorpe[10]
- 1932–26 October 1941 (d.): John Armitstead[11]
- 1941–7 October 1950 (d.): Frank Okell (also Bishop suffragan of Stockport from 1949)[12]
- 1950–1958 (ret.): Tyler Whittle (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[13]
- 1958–4 April 1965 (d.): Thomas Clarke[14]
- 1965–13 May 1967 (d.): Harry Saunders[15]
- 1967–1978 (ret.): Francis House (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[16]
- 1978–1985 (ret.): Rennie Simpson (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[17]
- 1985–1994 (res.): John Gaisford[18]
- 1994–2010 (ret.): Richard Gillings (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[19]
- 2011 – 29 September 2023: Ian Bishop[20] (became Bishop of Thetford)[21]
References[edit]
- ^ Diocesan web site
- ^ "ABCD: a basic church dictionary" Meakin, T: Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2001 ISBN 978-1-85311-420-5
- ^ Crockford's on line (Accessed Sunday 4 December 2011)
- ^ "No. 24884". The London Gazette. 21 September 1880. pp. 4986–4991.
- ^ "Kelly, James Butler Knill". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 December 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Gore, Arthur". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 December 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Woosnam, Charles Maxwell". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 December 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Wood, Alfred Maitland". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 December 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Mercer, John Edward". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 December 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Thorpe, John Henry". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 December 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Armitstead, John Hornby". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 December 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Okell, Frank Jackson". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 December 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Whittle, John Tyler". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 December 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Clarke, Thomas". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 December 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Saunders, Harry Patrick". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 December 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "House, Francis Harry". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 December 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Simpson, Rennie". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 December 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Gaisford, John Scott". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 December 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Gillings, Richard John". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 December 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Bishop, Ian Gregory". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 December 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Limbach, Katherine (14 June 2023). "New Bishop of Thetford announced". Diocese of Norwich. Archived from the original on 14 June 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.