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Archdeacon Of Plymouth
The Archdeacon of Plymouth is a senior clergy position in the Church of England Diocese of Exeter and is responsible for the supervision of the clergy within the five rural deaneries: Ivybridge, Plymouth Moorside, Plymouth Devonport, Plymouth Sutton and Tavistock. The archdeaconry was created by an Order-in-Council splitting the Archdeaconry of Totnes on 22 March 1918. The current archdeacon is Nick Shutt. List of archdeacons *19181920 (res.): Arthur Perowne *192128 April 1928 (d.): Ernest Newman *19281950 (ret.): Whitfield Daukes (also Bishop suffragan of Plymouth from 1934) *19501962 (ret.): Norman Clarke, Bishop suffragan of Plymouth *19621978 (res.): Frederick Matthews (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *19781982 (res.): Kenneth Newing (became Bishop suffragan of Plymouth) *19822000 (ret.): Robin Ellis Anthony Robin Ellis (born 8 January 1942) is a British actor and cookbook writer best known for his role as Captain Ross Poldark in 29 episodes of the BBC classic seri ...
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Church Of England
The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the mother church of the international Anglican Communion. It traces its history to the Christian church recorded as existing in the Roman province of Britain by the 3rd century and to the 6th-century Gregorian mission to Kent led by Augustine of Canterbury. The English church renounced papal authority in 1534 when Henry VIII failed to secure a papal annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon. The English Reformation accelerated under Edward VI's regents, before a brief restoration of papal authority under Queen Mary I and King Philip. The Act of Supremacy 1558 renewed the breach, and the Elizabethan Settlement charted a course enabling the English church to describe itself as both Reformed and Catholic. In the earlier phase of the English Reformation there were both Roman Catholic martyrs and radical Protestant martyrs. The later phases saw the Penal Laws punish Ro ...
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Ernest Newman (priest)
Ernest Frederick Newman (2 March 1859 – 28 April 1928) was Archdeacon of Plymouth from 1921 to 1928. He was educated at Marlborough and Keble College, Oxford and ordained in 1885. After a curacy at Reading Minster he became a Chaplain to the Forces serving at the Tower of London and in Bengal, Caterham, South Africa (where he was Mentioned in despatches) “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 and Portsmouth until his 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 ...’s appointment. Notes 1859 births People educated at Marlborough College Alumni of Keble College, Oxford Archdeacons of Plymouth 1928 deaths {{Canterbury-archdeacon-stub ...
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Ian Chandler (priest)
Ian Nigel Chandler (born 9 November 1965) is a British retired Anglican priest. From 2010 to 2018, he served as Archdeacon of Plymouth in the Diocese of Exeter. Chandler was educated at King's College London and ordained in 1993. After a curacy at All Saints' Hove he was domestic chaplain to Eric Kemp, the Bishop of Chichester, from 1996 to 2000 when he became Vicar of St Richard's Haywards Heath, a position he held until his 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 ...’s appointment. He retired effective 31 December 2018. References 1965 births Alumni of King's College London Archdeacons of Plymouth Living people {{Canterbury-archdeacon-stub ...
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Tony Wilds (priest)
Anthony Ronald (Tony) Wilds (born 4 October 1943) was the Archdeacon of Plymouth from 2001 until 2010. Ellis was educated at Durham University and Bishops' College, Cheshunt; and ordained deacon in 1966, and priest in 1967. After a curacy at Newport Pagnell he was Priest in charge of Chipili from 1972 to 1975. He was Vicar of Chandlers Ford from 1975 to 1985; and of Andover from 1985 to 1997. He was Rector of Solihull before his time as Archdeacon; and Priest in charge of Marnhull Marnhull ( ) is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies in the Blackmore Vale, north of Sturminster Newton. The resort towns of Bournemouth and Weymouth are approximately south. Marnhull is sited on a l ... afterwards.‘WILDS, Ven. Anthony Ronald’, Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016 ; online edn, Nov 201accessed 24 Jan 2017/ref> References 1943 births Alumn ...
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Robin Ellis (priest)
Robin Gareth Ellis (born 8 December 1935) was the Archdeacon of Plymouth from 1982 to 2000. Ellis was educated at Worksop College, Pembroke College, Oxford and Chichester Theological College After a curacy in Swinton he was Chaplain at his old school. He was Vicar of Swaffham Prior from, 1966 to 1974; of Wisbech from 1974 to 1982; and Vicar A vicar (; Latin: ''vicarius'') is a representative, deputy or substitute; anyone acting "in the person of" or agent for a superior (compare "vicarious" in the sense of "at second hand"). Linguistically, ''vicar'' is cognate with the English pref ... of Yelverton from 1982 to 1986.‘ELLIS, Ven. Robin Gareth’, Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016 ; online edn, Nov 201accessed 24 Jan 2017/ref> References 1935 births People educated at Worksop College Alumni of Pembroke College, Oxford Archdeacons of Plymouth Alumni of Chichester Theolog ...
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Kenneth Newing
Kenneth Albert Newing OSB (29 August 192315 May 2019) was the Anglican Bishop of Plymouth from 1982 to 1988. Newing was educated at Dover Grammar School for Boys and Selwyn College, Cambridge. After a period of study at The College of the Resurrection, Mirfield, he was made a deacon at Michaelmas 1955 (2 October), by Robert Mortimer, Bishop of Exeter, at Exeter Cathedral, ordained priest in 1956, and began his career with a curacy at Plymstock followed by a long period as Rector of Plympton St Maurice.''Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009 (100th edition)'', Church House Publishing (). In 1978 he became the Archdeacon of Plymouth and four years later Bishop suffragan of Plymouth. He was consecrated a bishop on 2 February 1982, by Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey. On resigning from the episcopate he joined the Anglican Benedictine community at Elmore Abbey Nashdom, also known as Nashdom Abbey, is a former English country house, countr ...
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Frederick Matthews
Frederick Albert John Matthews (4 January 1913 – 14 May 1985) was the Archdeacon of Plymouth from 1962 to 1978. Matthews was educated at Devonport High School for Boys, Exeter College, Oxford and Wycliffe Hall, Oxford After a curacy at Stoke Damerel he was Vicar of Pinhoe from 1944 to 1961; and Rural Dean of Aylesbeare from 1957 to 1961. He was Vicar of Plympton St Mary from 1961 to 1983; and a Prebendary of Exeter Cathedral Exeter Cathedral, properly known as the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter, is an Anglican cathedral, and the seat of the Bishop of Exeter, in the city of Exeter, Devon, in South West England. The present building was complete by about 140 ... from 1978 until his death.‘MATTHEWS, Ven. Frederick Albert John’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 201accessed 24 Jan 2017/ref> References 1913 births People educated at Devonpor ...
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Norman Clarke (bishop)
Norman Harry Clarke (31 July 189218 February 1974) was a British Anglican bishop who served as the third Bishop of Plymouth from 1950 to 1962 and, simultaneously, as the Archdeacon of Plymouth. Clarke was born in Sheffield and educated at Sheffield University,. He was made deacon on Trinity Sunday 1916 (18 June) and ordained priest the next Trinity Sunday (3 June 1917) — both times by Leonard Burrows, Bishop of Sheffield, at Sheffield Cathedral. He was a Diocesan Inspector of Schools, then a residential canon at Southwark Cathedral and finally (before his ordination to the episcopate) Vicar of St Andrew’s, Plymouth. He was consecrated a bishop on St James's Day 1950 (25 July) by Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury, at St Paul's Cathedral St Paul's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in London and is the seat of the Bishop of London. The cathedral serves as the mother church of the Diocese of London. It is on Ludgate Hill at the hig ...
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Bishop Of Plymouth (Anglican)
The Anglican Bishop of Plymouth is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Exeter, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after the city of Plymouth in Devon; the See was erected under the Suffragans Nomination Act 1888 by Order in Council dated 21 November 1922. The suffragan bishop has particular episcopal oversight of the archdeaconries of Plymouth and Totnes. It was announced on 6 July 2022 that James Grier James Grier (born 1974) is an English Anglican bishop. He currently serves as Bishop of Plymouth. Early life James Grier was born in 1974, to Sara and John Grier. His father was an NHS GP, and his mother was a nurse who went on to become Pre ... would be the next Bishop of Plymouth. Grier studied Theology at Oxford and later served his curacy at St Andrew's in North Oxford. He was Associate Vicar for St Johns Harborne, Birmingham, then returned to his native Devon as a team vicar and ...
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Whitfield Daukes
Francis Whitfield Daukes (27 March 1877 – 30 July 1954) was a Church of England bishop. Daukes was born into a clerical family as the eldest son of the Reverend Samuel Whitfield Daukes, sometime Vicar of Holy Trinity, Beckenham. He was educated at Harrow and Oriel College, Oxford. He studied for ordination at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford and his first appointment was as a Curate at South Lambeth. From 1905 until 1914 he was Vicar of St Saviour, Denmark Park. After this he was Rural Dean of Greenwich and then of the Three Towns Three Towns is a term used to refer to several groups of towns. United Kingdom There are several groups of towns in the United Kingdom referred to as the Three Towns, many of which form contiguous settlements, or are in close proximity to each ... before being appointed Archdeacon of Plymouth. From 1934 until 1950 he was the second Bishop of the area. A man with the clearest sense of fairness, he died on 30 July 1954. Notes 187 ...
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Arthur Perowne
Arthur William Thomson Perowne (13 June 18679 April 1948) was an Anglican bishop in Britain. He was the first Bishop of Bradford and, from 1931, was the Bishop of Worcester. Birth family and education Perowne was born into a distinguished ecclesiastical family: he was the fourth son of John Perowne, sometime Bishop of Worcester and Anna Woolrych, his uncles Thomas and Edward were Archdeacon of Norwich and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge respectively and his first-cousin Thomas also Archdeacon of Norwich. He was educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College and King's College, Cambridge (he was admitted 4 October 1886, matriculated that Michaelmas, and gained the degrees of Bachelor of Arts , Cambridge Master of Arts , and Doctor of Divinity ). Priest Having been assistant master at Magdalen College Choir School, Oxford since 1890, Perowne was ordained a deacon on Trinity Sunday (28 May) 1893 and a priest on Trinity Sunday (20 May) 1894 (both times b ...
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Diocese Of Exeter
The Diocese of Exeter is a Church of England diocese covering the county of Devon. It is one of the largest dioceses in England. The Exeter Cathedral, Cathedral Church of St Peter in Exeter is the seat of the diocesan Bishop of Exeter. It is part of the Province of Canterbury. The diocesan bishop (Robert Atwell since 30 April 2014) is assisted by two suffragan bishops, the Bishop of Crediton and the Bishop of Plymouth (Anglican), Bishop of Plymouth. The See of Crediton was created in 1897 and the See of Plymouth in 1923. History The Diocese of Crediton was created out of the Bishop of Sherborne (historic), Diocese of Sherborne in AD 909 to cover the area of Devon and Cornwall. Crediton was chosen as the site for its cathedral, possibly due it having been the birthplace of Saint Boniface and also the existence of a monastery there.
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