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Archdeacon of Birmingham

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

The archdeaconry was created by Order-in-Council on 12 August 1892 within the Diocese of Worcester but became part of the new Diocese of Birmingham upon its creation by Order-in-Council on 13 January 1905.

The Archdeacon is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within the seven area deaneries: Central Birmingham, Edgbaston, Handsworth, Kings Norton, Moseley, Shirley, and Warley.

The post is currently held by The Venerable Hayward Osborne.

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.
  • 1912–1915: Mansfield Owen
  • 1915–1944: Charles Hopton
  • 1944–1947: Geoffrey Allen
  • 1947–1967: Sidney Harvie-Clark
  • 1967–1974: Vernon Nicholls
  • 1974–1984: Gerald Hollis
  • 1985–January 2001: John Duncan
  • 2001–present: Hayward Osborne

    • References

    Archdeacon of Birmingham Wikipedia
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