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Archdeacon Of West Cumberland
The Archdeacon of West Cumberland is responsible for the archdeaconry of West Cumberland, one of three administrative divisions of the Church of England (Anglican) Diocese of Carlisle. The archdeaconry was created (mostly from the Archdeaconry of Westmorland but with a little territory from Furness and Carlisle archdeaconries) by Order-in-Council on 7 August 1959. List of archdeacons :''The archdeaconry was erected in 1959; Pugh was the first archdeacon.'' *1959–1970 (res.): Edward Pugh (became Bishop suffragan of Penrith) *1970 – 31 March 1979 (res.): Bill Hardie, Vicar of Haile *1979 – 31 March 1991 (ret.): Burnham Hodgson (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *September 1991 – November 1996 (res.): John Packer, Priest-in-charge of Bridekirk from 1995 (became Bishop suffragan of Warrington) *1996–2004 (ret.): Alan Davis Alan Davis (born 18 June 1956) is an English artist and writer of comic books, known for his work on titles such as ''Captain Britain'', ''The Unca ... [...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] |
Haile, Cumbria
Haile is a small village and civil parish in Copeland district, in the county of Cumbria, England. It had a population of 617 at the 2011 Census. Nearby settlements include the town of Egremont and the villages of Thornhill and Beckermet. For transport there is the A595 road nearby. The village stands high, and is exposed to the west winds. The parish is situated near the River Ellen, and comprised the townships of Hale and Wilton. In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales'' described Haile like this: "HAILE, or HALE, a parish in Whitehaven district, Cumberland; near Copeland forest, the river Eden, and the Whitehaven and Furness railway, 2½ miles SSE of Egremont. It includes the hamlet of Wilton; and its post town is Egremont, under Whitehaven. Acres, 3, 220." Historical map File:Nannycatch_from_side_of_Dent_Hill_-_geograph.org.uk_-_615536.jpg, Haile countryside Haile Hall Haile Hall is the historic seat of the Ponsonby family. It d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Pratt (priest)
Richard David Pratt (born 1955) is a British Anglican priests who has been serving as the Archdeacon of West Cumberland (in the Church of England Diocese of Carlisle) since 2009. Pratt was born in Cheltenham in 1955, and was educated at Ranelagh Grammar School and Lincoln College, Oxford. and ordained in 1984. Following a curacy at All Hallows' Wellingborough he held incumbencies at St Mark's Kingsthorpe and St Benedict's Hunsbury before his appointment as the communications officer for the Diocese of Carlisle in 1997, 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. On 24 January 2022, Pratt started a job-share arrangement with Stewart Fyfe as Archdeacon of West Cumberland; on that date, he was legally ceased to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Hill (priest)
Colin Hill (born 4 September 1942) is an English Anglican priest and author. Biography Hill was born on 4 September 1942, educated at the University of Leicester and Ripon College, Oxford ordained in 1967 Following curacies in Leicestershire he was vicar of St Thomas and St James, Worsbrough Dale from 1972 to 1978. He was then Churches Planning Officer for Mission and Ministry in Telford, Rural Dean in both Lichfield and Hereford Dioceses and Prebendary of Hereford Cathedral before becoming a canon residentiary and diocesan secretary at Carlisle Cathedral in 1996. He gained his Doctorate in 1988 (Living in two worlds: A study of the variety and characteristics of church life and policies in selected Church of England parishes. PhD thesis Open University). He was the archdeacon of West Cumberland The Archdeacon of West Cumberland is responsible for the archdeaconry of West Cumberland, one of three administrative divisions of the Church of England (Anglican) Diocese of Carlisle. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Davis (priest)
Alan Norman Davis (27 July 1938 – 3 March 2021) was an Anglican priest who was Archdeacon of West Cumberland from 1996 until 2004. Davis was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham; Durham University and Lichfield Theological College; and ordained in 1966. After a curacy in Birmingham at St Luke's, Kingstanding (1965-68), he was Priest in charge at St Paul, Sheffield, then Vicar of St James and St Christopher, Shiregreen. He was Team Rector of Maltby from 1980 to 1989; Archbishop of York's Officer for Urban Priority Areas from 1990 to 1992; and Communications Officer for the Diocese of Carlisle The Diocese of Carlisle was created in 11 April 1132 by Henry I out of part of the Diocese of Durham, although many people of Cumbric descent in the area looked to Glasgow for spiritual leadership. The first bishop was Æthelwold, who was the ki ... from 1992 to 1996. He died in 2021, aged 82. References 1938 births People educated at King Edward's School, B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop Of Warrington
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__NOTOC__ The Bishop of Warrington is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Liverpool, in the Province of York, England. The title takes its name after the town of Warrington in Cheshire; the current bishop's official residence is in Eccleston Park, St Helens. List of bishops of Warrington References Bibliography * External links Crockford's Clerical Directory - Listings Warrington Warrington () is a town and unparished area in the borough of the same name in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, on the banks of the River Mersey. It is east of Liverpool, and west of Manchester. The population in 2019 was estimat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridekirk
Bridekirk is a village and civil parish in the Allerdale district in the county of Cumbria, England. It is around north of the Derwent river and about the same distance from the nearest large town of Cockermouth just south of the river. Bridekirk is just outside the Lake District National Park ( by road) and is not far from the Maryport and Carlisle Railway. Bridekirk ecclesiastical parish had in 1811 a population of 1552 persons. It has since been altered in area by the formation of separate parishes: # Great Broughton, in 1863, which included Ribton. # Christ Church, Cockermouth, in 1865, was given part of the township of Papcastle. # Broughton Moor parish in 1898 was formed with Little Broughton. In addition to the township of Bridekirk itself, Bridekirk ecclesiastical parish now only contains Papcastle, Dovenby, and Tallentire. The civil parish of Bridekirk comprises only Bridekirk, Tallentire and Dovenby villages. Demography According to the United Kingdom Census 2001, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Packer
John Richard Packer (born 10 October 1946) is a retired British Anglican bishop. He was the only Bishop of Ripon and Leeds, serving from the renaming of the diocese from Ripon in 2000 to his 2014 retirement (prior to his former diocese's merge into the Diocese of Leeds at Easter that year).Bishop of Ripon and Leeds announces retirement Early life and education Born in , , firstly educated in |
Burnham Hodgson
(Thomas Richard) Burnham Hodgson (17 August 1926 - 30 September 2020) was Archdeacon of West Cumberland from 1979 until 1991. Hodgson was educated at Heversham Grammar School and the London College of Divinity; and ordained in 1953. He held curacies at Keswick and Stanwix and incumbencies in Whitehaven, Aikton, Raughton Head and Grange-over-Sands. Hodgson was a member of the General Synod of the Church of England The General Synod is the tricameral deliberative and legislative organ of the Church of England. The synod was instituted in 1970, replacing the Church Assembly, and is the culmination of a process of rediscovering self-government for the Church ... from 1983 until 1990. References 1926 births People educated at Heversham Grammar School Alumni of the London College of Divinity Archdeacons of West Cumberland 2020 deaths {{York-archdeacon-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Hardie
Archibald George "Bill" Hardie (19 December 1908 – 28 February 1997) was Archdeacon of West Cumberland from 1971 until 1979. The son of the Most Rev. William George Hardie (Archbishop of the West Indies from 1945 to 1949), he was educated at St. Lawrence College, Ramsgate; Trinity College, Cambridge and Westcott House, Cambridge; and ordained in 1935. After a curacy at All Hallows, Lombard Street he was Chaplain at Repton School from 1936 to 1938; Vicar of St Alban, Golders Green from 1938 to 1944; Rector of Hexham Abbey from 1944 to 63; and Vicar and Rural Dean In the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion as well as some Lutheran denominations, a rural dean is a member of clergy who presides over a "rural deanery" (often referred to as a deanery); "ruridecanal" is the corresponding adjective. ... of Halifax from 1963 until 1971. References 1908 births People educated at St Lawrence College, Ramsgate Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cumberland
Cumberland ( ) is a historic county in the far North West England. It covers part of the Lake District as well as the north Pennines and Solway Firth coast. Cumberland had an administrative function from the 12th century until 1974. From 1974 until 2023, Cumberland lay within Cumbria, a larger administrative area which also covered Westmorland and parts of Yorkshire and Lancashire. In April 2023, Cumberland will be revived as an administrative entity when Cumbria County Council is abolished and replaced by two unitary authorities; one of these is to be named Cumberland and will include most of the historic county, with the exception of Penrith and the surrounding area. Cumberland is bordered by the historic counties of Northumberland to the north-east, County Durham to the east, Westmorland to the south-east, Lancashire to the south, and the Scottish counties of Dumfriesshire and Roxburghshire to the north. Early history In the Early Middle Ages, Cumbria was part of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop Of Penrith
The Bishop of Penrith is an episcopal title which takes its name after the town of Penrith in Cumbria. The title was first mentioned (as Pereth) in the Suffragan Bishops Act 1534 (alongside a see for Penreth – now called Penrydd – in Pembrokeshire) and was first used for the Diocese of Ripon in 1888, but the incumbent had his episcopal title transferred to Richmond by Royal Warrant in 1889. Since 1939, the Bishop of Penrith is a suffragan bishop in the Church of England Diocese of Carlisle The Diocese of Carlisle was created in 11 April 1132 by Henry I out of part of the Diocese of Durham, although many people of Cumbric descent in the area looked to Glasgow for spiritual leadership. The first bishop was Æthelwold, who was the k ... who assists the diocesan Bishop of Carlisle in overseeing the diocese. List of bishops References D.H.Marston: "The Bishopric of Barrow-in-Furness" (2nd Edition, 2017) External links Crockford's Clerical Directory - Listings Bisho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
