The Archdeacon of Halifax is the priest in charge of the archdeaconry of Halifax, an administrative division of the

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 ...

Diocese of Leeds (formerly in the

Diocese of Wakefield The Diocese of Wakefield is a former Church of England diocese based in Wakefield in West Yorkshire, covering Wakefield, Barnsley, Kirklees and Calderdale. The cathedral was Wakefield Cathedral and the bishop was the diocesan Bishop of Wakefie ...

.)Diocese of Wakefield – Archdeaconry of Halifax

History

The Archdeaconry was founded (from the Archdeaconry of Craven in the

Diocese of Ripon The Diocese of Ripon (Diocese of Ripon and Leeds from 1999 until 2014) was a former Church of England diocese, part of the Province of York. Immediately prior to its dissolution, it covered an area in western and northern Yorkshire as well as ...

, plus three parishes of the

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) with the erection of the

on 20 November 1888. From then until its reorganisation in 1927, the archdeaconry of Huddersfield comprised all but the northwestern corner of that diocese. In 1927, the archdeaconry was renamed to that of Halifax and its borders moved to cover the western half of the diocese (the old Halifax archdeaconry became the archdeaconry of Pontefract). The (second) archdeaconry of Halifax has constituted the western half of the diocese since the 1927 reorganisation, covering the deaneries of Calder Valley, Halifax, Brighouse and Elland, Huddersfield, Almondbury and Kirkheaton. Since the creation of the Diocese of Leeds on 20 April 2014, the archdeaconry forms the Huddersfield episcopal area.

List of archdeacons

Archdeacons of Huddersfield

*1888–1892 (res.): Norman Straton *April 1892 – 1913 (ret.): William Donne *1914–''1927'':

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(became Archdeacon of Halifax)

Archdeacons of Halifax

With the diocesan reorganisation of 1927, the archdeaconry was renamed to Halifax. *''1927''–1935 (ret.):

(previously Archdeacon of Huddersfield) *1935–1946 (ret.):

Albert Baines Albert Baines was Archdeacon of Halifax from 1935 to 1946. Baines was educated at St John's College, Cambridge. He was Curate of All Saints', Sheffield; and then held incumbencies in Newcastle-under-Lyme, St Helens, and Huddersfield before his ...

*1946–1949 (res.):

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*1949–1961 (res.):

Eric Treacy Eric Treacy, (2 June 1907 – 13 May 1978) was an English railway photographer and Anglican bishop. Early life and education Born in London, Treacy was educated at Haberdashers' Aske's School and at King's College London, though he left wit ...

*1961–1972 (res.): John Lister *1972–1984 (ret.): John Alford (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1985–1989 (res.):

Alan Chesters Alan David Chesters CBE (born 26 August 1937) was the Bishop of Blackburn from 1989 to 2003. Early life and education Chesters is the son of Herbert and Catherine Chesters, of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. He was educated at Elland Grammar Scho ...

*1989–1994 (res.):

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*1995–2003 (res.):

Richard Inwood Richard Neil Inwood (4 March 1946 - 14 April 2019) was a Bishop suffragan of Bedford. Inwood was born in Burton-on-Trent and studied chemistry at University College, Oxford and theology at the University of Nottingham. Before ordination, he spe ...

(became Bishop suffragan of Bedford) *2003–28 October 2011 (res.): Robert Freeman *22 January 201231 October 2021 (ret.):

Anne Dawtry Anne Frances Dawtry (born 25 October 1957) is a retired priest who served as Archdeacon of Halifax. Dawtry was educated at Westfield College, London and Ripon College Cuddesdon; and was a lecturer at the University of Chester before being ordai ...

*27 February 2022present:

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References

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