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Archdeacon Of Dorking
The Archdeacon of Dorking is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Diocese of Guildford, responsible for clergy discipline and church buildings within the area of her/his archdeaconry. History The Archdeaconry of Dorking is a subdivision of the Church of England Diocese of Guildford (itself part of the Province of Canterbury.) The archdeaconry consists of the deaneries of Dorking, Emly, Epsom, Leatherhead, Runnymede and Woking. The archdeaconry of Dorking was split from archdeaconry of Surrey by Order in Council on 17 August 1928. List of archdeacons *1928–8 July 1930 (d.): Ronald Irwin DSO MC *1930–1936 (res.): Cyril Golding-Bird, Assistant Bishop (became Archdeacon of Surrey) *1936–24 July 1954 (d.): Edward Newill *1954–1957 (res.): David Loveday *1957–23 December 1962 (d.): Windsor Roberts *1963–1968 (res.): Kenneth Evans *1968–1982 (ret.): William Purcell *1982–1990 (ret.): Peter Hogben (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1990–1995 (res.): Christopher H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archdeacon
An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in the Church of the East, Chaldean Catholic Church, Syriac Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion, St Thomas Christians, Eastern Orthodox churches and some other Christian denominations, above that of most clergy and below a bishop. In the High Middle Ages it was the most senior diocesan position below a bishop in the Catholic Church. An archdeacon is often responsible for administration within an archdeaconry, which is the principal subdivision of the diocese. The ''Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church'' has defined an archdeacon as "A cleric having a defined administrative authority delegated to him by the bishop in the whole or part of the diocese.". The office has often been described metaphorically as that of ''oculus episcopi'', the "bishop's eye". Roman Catholic Church In the Latin Catholic Church, the post of archdeacon, originally an ordained deacon (rather than a priest), was once one of great importance as a senior o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Newill
Edward Joseph Newill was Archdeacon of Dorking from 1936 to 1954. Biography Born at Admaston, Shropshire on 26 January 1877, he was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham and Hertford College, Oxford; and ordained in 1901. After curacies in Guildford and Norland, West Yorkshire he was Vicar of Witley, Surrey and then Rural Dean of Godalming before his appointment as Archdeacon in 1936. He served and ministered until his death almost 18 years later. He died in Surrey on 24 July 1954 aged 77.Deaths in 3rd quarter of the General Register Office General Register Office or General Registry Office (GRO) is the name given to the civil registry in the United Kingdom, many other Commonwealth nations and Ireland. The GRO is the government agency responsible for the recording of vital record ... Surrey South-Western Division, volume 5g page 666. Notes {{DEFAULTSORT:Newill, Edward Joseph 1877 births Clergy from Shropshire People educated at King Edward's School, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Bryer
Paul Donald Bryer (born 21 June 1958) has been the Archdeacon of Cornwall in the Church of England since 2019. Bryer was educated at Sussex University and ordained in 1990. His first post was a curacy in Tonbridge. He was the incumbent of Camberley then of Dorking before his appointment as archdeacon in 2013 following his predecessor's appointment to Bishop of Blackburn. Bryer became Archdeacon of Cornwall (in the Diocese of Truro) in 2019: he was collated 1 September 2019. He has also served as Acting Archdeacon of Bodmin The Archdeacon of Bodmin is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Truro. The role was established by Order in Council on 21 May 1878, two years after the diocese itself was created, by splitting the Archdeaconry of Cor ... since 1 March 2021. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Bryer, Paul Donald 1958 births Alumni of the University of Sussex Archdeacons of Dorking Archdeacons of Cornwall Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop Of Blackburn
The Bishop of Blackburn is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Blackburn in the Province of York. The diocese covers much of the county of Lancashire and has its see in the town of Blackburn, where the seat of the diocese is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Mary. Despite having a cathedral Blackburn is not a city. The office has existed since the foundation of the see from part of the Diocese of Manchester in 1926 under George V. The See is currently vacant following the retirement of Julian Henderson on 31 August 2022; in the vacancy, Philip North, the Bishop suffragan of Burnley, is also acting diocesan bishop. The bishop's residence is Bishop's House, Salesbury. On 10 January 2023, it was announced that North had been nominated to become the next diocesan bishop. List of bishops Assistant bishops Among those who have served as assistant bishops in the diocese were: *19821999 (d.): Ken Giggall (former Bishop of St Helena and Auxiliary Bisho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Henderson
Julian Tudor Henderson (born 23 July 1954) is a retired British Anglican bishop. From 2013 to 2022, he was the Bishop of Blackburn, the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Blackburn in the Church of England. From 2005 to 2013, he was the Archdeacon of Dorking in the Diocese of Guildford. Early life and education Henderson was born on 23 July 1954, to Ian and Susan Henderson. He was educated at Radley College, an all-boys Public school (United Kingdom), public school in Oxfordshire before reading theology at Keble College, Oxford, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1976. As per tradition, his BA was promoted to a Master of Arts (Oxbridge and Dublin), Master of Arts (MA (Oxon)) degree in 1981. In 1977, he entered Ridley Hall, Cambridge, an Anglican theological college, and spent two years training for ordained ministry. Ordained ministry Henderson was made a Deacon#Anglicanism, deacon in the Church of England at Michaelmas 1979 (30 September), by Gerald Elliso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Wilson (priest)
Mark John Crichton Wilson (born January 1946) was the Archdeacon of Dorking in the Church of England from 1996 to 2005 when he retired. Life and ministry Wilson was educated at St Paul's Cathedral School, St John's School, Leatherhead, and Clare College, Cambridge. He was ordained after studies at Ridley Hall, Cambridge, in 1970. After curacies in Luton, Bedfordshire and Ashtead, Surrey, he was the chaplain at Epsom College from 1977 to 1981. He was Vicar of Christ Church, Epsom Common, from then until his appointment as archdeacon in 1996. Since his retirement he has practised as a psychotherapist.Who's Who ''Who's Who'' (or ''Who is Who'') is the title of a number of reference publications, generally containing concise biography, biographical information on the prominent people of a country. The title has been adopted as an expression meaning a gr ... (ibid) Notes {{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson, Mark 1946 births People educated at St. Paul's Cathedral School People ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Herbert
Christopher William Herbert (born 7 January 1944) is a British Anglican bishop. From 1996 to 2009, he was the Bishop of St Albans. Early life Herbert was born on 7 January 1944, in Lydney in the Forest of Dean. His father helped run the family road haulage business, but was also very proud of his roots as a foundryman in a local iron works. Herbert was educated at Monmouth School and went on to read Biblical Studies and Philosophy at the University of Wales, Lampeter. He studied for the ordained ministry at Wells Theological College, and also obtained a Postgraduate Certificate in Education at the University of Bristol. Ordained ministry Herbert was ordained in 1967 and from 1967 to 1971 was Assistant Curate at St Paul's, Tupsley, Hereford, and Assistant Master at the Bishop's School in Tupsley. From 1971 to 1976 he was Adviser in Religious Education, and from 1976 to 1981 Director of Education, for the Diocese of Hereford. From 1981 to 1990 he was Vicar of St Thomas on the Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Hogben
Peter Graham Hogben (5 July 192526 November 2011) was Archdeacon of Dorking from 1982 until 1990. Biography Hogben was educated at The Harvey Grammar School and left school to commence wartime service with the Royal Engineers. When peace returned he worked for two firms of agricultural auctioneers (in Kent and in Hertfordshire). He was ordained in 1961 and was Curate at St John, Hale, Surrey from 1961 to 1964. He was Vicar of Westborough, Guildford from 1964 to 1971; and Vicar of Ewell before his appointment as Archdeacon An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in the Church of the East, Chaldean Catholic Church, Syriac Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion, St Thomas Christians, Eastern Orthodox churches and some other Christian denominations, above that o ... from 1982 until his retirement eight year later.‘HOGBEN, Peter Graham’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2013 ; onl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Purcell (priest)
William Henry Samuel Purcell (1912-1994) was Archdeacon of Dorking from 1968 until 1982. Biography Purcell was born in or near to Norwich on 22 January 1912. Purcell was educated at Norwich School and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge and ordained in 1938. After a curacy in Headingley, Yorkshire he was raised to the position of a Minor Canon of Ripon Cathedral in that county. He held incumbencies (as priest leading a church) in Leeds, Yorkshire and Epsom, Surrey before his appointment as Archdeacon An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in the Church of the East, Chaldean Catholic Church, Syriac Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion, St Thomas Christians, Eastern Orthodox churches and some other Christian denominations, above that o ... which he retired at the age of 70.‘PURCELL, Ven. William Henry Samuel’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 201accessed 1 Feb 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Evans (bishop Of Dorking)
Kenneth Evans may refer to: * Kenneth Evans (actor) (1888-1954) in 1942 film In Which We Serve * Kenneth Evans (bishop of Ontario) (1903–1970) * Kenneth Evans (bishop of Dorking) (1915–2007) * Kenneth A. Evans (1898–1970), American Republican businessman and politician {{hndis, Evans, Kenneth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windsor Roberts
Windsor Roberts (1898–1962) was an Able Seaman towards the end of World War I who later served as parish priest in naval Bristol and parts of the Portsmouth conurbation, particularly during World War II and finally served as Archdeacon of Dorking from 1957 until his death. Birth and early life Windsor Roberts was born in Pontnewynydd in Monmouthshire on 4 May 1898, the son of John Wesley Roberts and his wife, Mary Jane Jones. When the census of Wales was taken in 1901 his father was described as an underground labourer living at 49, Hanbury Road there with his wife, four daughters and three-year-old son. He was educated at West Monmouth School, after which he was briefly employed as a pupil teacher. He joined the Armed Forces on 29 May 1916, engaging himself to serve three years in the Wales Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. He was mustered as an Ordinary Seaman aboard HMS ''Victory'' ''VI'', shore establishment, Portsmouth, on 6 November 1916, advanced to Able Sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Loveday
David Goodwin Loveday (13 April 1896 – 7 April 1985) was an Anglican bishop during the second half of the 20th century. He was educated at Shrewsbury School, and after World War I service with the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry he went up to Magdalene College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1924, his first posts were chaplaincies at Aldenham School and Malvern, after which he became Headmaster of Cranleigh School from 1931 to 1954. He was then appointed Archdeacon of Dorking before his elevation to the episcopate as the 3rd Bishop suffragan of Dorchester in 1957.''New Bishop of Dorchester''The Times Friday, Dec 28, 1956; pg. 6; Issue 53724; col E Retiring after 14 years, he continued to serve the Church as an assistant bishop within the Diocese of Oxford The Diocese of Oxford is a Church of England diocese that forms part of the Province of Canterbury. The diocese is led by the Bishop of Oxford (currently Steven Croft), and the bishop's seat is at Christ Chu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
