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Archdeacon of Aston

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The Archdeacon of Aston is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Birmingham.

The Archdeacon is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within the six area deaneries: Aston and Yardley, Bordesley, Coleshill, Polesworth and Solihull, Sutton Coldfield and Yardley.

The post was created from the Archdeaconry of Birmingham by Order-in-Council on 23 October 1906 and is currently held by Simon Heathfield.

List of archdeacons

  • 1906–1912 (res.): Mansfield Owen
  • 1912–1913 (res.): Walter Hobhouse
  • 1913–1920 (res.): George Gardner
  • 1920–1938 (res.): Harold Richards
  • 1938–1946 (res.): Henry McGowan (afterwards Bishop of Wakefield)
  • 1946–1954 (res.): Michael Parker (afterwards Bishop suffragan of Aston)
  • 1954–1955: vacant
  • 1955–2 October 1964 (d.): Maxwell Dunlop
  • 1965–1977 (ret.): Francis Warman (afterward archdeacon emeritus)
  • 1977–1982 (res.): Donald Tytler (afterwards Bishop suffragan of Middleton)
  • 1982–1990 (res.): John Cooper
  • 1990–2003 (ret.): John Barton (afterward archdeacon emeritus)
  • 2005–25 January 2014 (res.): Brian Russell
  • 16 November 2014–present: Simon Heathfield

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