The

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in the

Diocese of Southwark The Diocese of Southwark is one of the 42 dioceses of the Church of England, part of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The diocese forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England. It was created on 1 May 1905 from part of the ancient Dio ...

are senior clergy in the Church of England in

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and

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. They currently include: the archdeacons of

Southwark Southwark ( ) is a district of Central London situated on the south bank of the River Thames, forming the north-western part of the wider modern London Borough of Southwark. The district, which is the oldest part of South London, developed ...

, of Reigate (formerly of

Kingston-on-Thames Kingston upon Thames (hyphenated until 1965, colloquially known as Kingston) is a town in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, southwest London, England. It is situated on the River Thames and southwest of Charing Cross. It is notable as ...

) and of Lewisham & Greenwich (formerly of Lewisham), the

Archdeacon of Croydon The Archdeacon of Croydon is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Southwark. As such the deacon is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within its five rural deaneries: Croydon Addington, Croydon Central, Cr ...

and the archdeacons of Wandsworth and of

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. Each one has responsibility over a geographical area within the diocese.

History

The Diocese of Southwark was created on 1 May 1905 from two Diocese of Rochester archdeaconries: the archdeaconry of Southwark and the archdeaconry of Kingston-on-Thames. Parts of Surrey (from the dioceses of Winchester and of London) had first been transferred to Rochester diocese on 1 August 1877, and were organised into the Southwark archdeaconry on 3 May 1878. In 1864, the Bishop of Winchester had split the rural deanery of Southwark into three: Lambeth, Southwark, and Streatham. The Kingston archdeaconry was then created by Order in Council soon after, on 22 August 1879, by splitting the archdeaconry of Southwark: the new Kingston archdeaconry consisted of the rural deaneries of Barnes, Beddington, Godstone, Kingston, Reigate, and Streatham; and the continuing Southwark one those of Battersea, Camberwell, Clapham, Kennington, Lambeth, Newington, and Southwark. Lewisham rural deanery was erected, and other deanery boundaries altered, in early 1886. Not long after the erection of the Diocese of Southwark, the new archdeaconry of Lewisham was created, on 6 March 1906, from part of the Southwark archdeaconry (Camberwell and Dulwich deaneries) and part of the diocese not then in an archdeaconry (Greenwich, Lewisham, and Woolwich deaneries; which had previously been in the Archdeaconry of Rochester). The archdeaconry of Wandsworth was created in 1973, the Croydon archdeaconry (er. 1930) was moved from the Diocese of Canterbury on 1 January 1985. In 1986, the archdeaconry of Reigate was created from a renaming and reorganisation of the previous archdeaconry of Kingston-on-Thames and the archdeaconry of Lambeth was created from Southwark archdeaconry. Lewisham archdeaconry was renamed the Archdeaconry of Lewisham & Greenwich in 2008.

Current composition

, the six archdeaconries of the Diocese of Southwark comprise the following 24 deaneries: *Archdeaconry of Southwark: Deaneries of Bermondsey, of Camberwell, of Dulwich, and of Southwark & Newington *Archdeaconry of Reigate: Deaneries of Tandridge, of Reigate, and of Sutton *Archdeaconry of Lewisham & Greenwich: Deaneries of Charlton, of Deptford, of East Lewisham, of Eltham & Mottingham, of Plumstead, and of West Lewisham *Archdeaconry of Croydon: Deaneries of Croydon Addington, of Croydon Central, of Croydon North, and of Croydon South *Archdeaconry of Wandsworth: Deaneries of Battersea, of Kingston, of Richmond & Barnes, of Tooting, and of Wandsworth *Archdeaconry of Lambeth: Deaneries of Lambeth North, of Lambeth South, and of Merton

List of archdeacons

Archdeacons of Southwark

*1879–1882 (res.): Samuel Cheetham *1882–19 March 1904 (d.): John Richardson *1904–1921 (res.): Samuel Taylor (also Bishop suffragan of Kingston from 1915) :''On 1 May 1905, Southwark archdeaconry was moved from Rochester diocese to the newly-created Diocese of Southwark.'' *1922–1926 (res.): Percy Herbert, Bishop suffragan of Kingston *1927–1952 (res.):

Frederick Hawkes Frederick Ochterloney Taylor Hawkes (22 November 187826 January 1966) was the fourth Bishop of Kingston. Hawkes was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford and was ordained in 1903. He became a curate at St Mary's Church, Portsea, and the ...

, Bishop suffragan of Kingston *1952–1955 (res.): William Gilpin, Bishop suffragan of Kingston *1955–1966 (ret.):

Havilland Sands Havilland Hubert Allport Sands (26 March 1896 – 22 March 1970) was the Archdeacon of Southwark from 1955 to 1966. Sands was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham and Oriel College, Oxford. After World War I service with the Royal Warw ...

*1967–1973 (res.):

Reginald Bazire Reginald Victor Bazire (30 January 1900 – 20 October 1990) was an Anglican priest: the Archdeacon of Southwark from 1967 to 1973; and of Wandsworth from 1973 to 1975. Bazire was educated at Christ's Hospital. and in 1922 Bazire went to China ...

*1973–1982 (res.):

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*1982–1985 (res.): Wilfred Wood *1985–2004 (ret.):

Douglas Bartles-Smith Douglas Leslie Bartles-Smith (3 June 1937 – 6 June 2014) was an English Anglican priest: he was the Archdeacon of Southwark from 1985 to 2004. Douglas Bartles-Smith was son of Leslie Charles and Muriel Rose Bartles-Smith.Article by Toby N ...

(afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *2004–2012 (res.): Michael Ipgrave *2012–14 April 2013: ''

Dianna Gwilliams Dianna Lynn Gwilliams DL (born 1957) is the current dean of Guildford. Background Gwilliams was born in Colorado and grew up in California. She was educated at the University of California (BA Physics & Chemistry, 1978) and King's College Lo ...

(Acting)'' *14 April 201323 June 2021:

Jane Steen Jane Elizabeth Steen (born 1964) is a British Church of England bishop. Since June 2021, she has served as the Bishop of Lynn, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Norwich. Previously, from 2013 to 2021, she served as Archdeacon of Southwark; an ...

Diocese of Southwark – New Archdeacons installed
(Accessed 9 June 2013) (became

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) *15 May 2022present:

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(Acting since 13 May 2021)

Archdeacons of Kingston-on-Thames and of Reigate

*1879–1904 (res.):

Charles Burney Charles Burney (7 April 1726 – 12 April 1814) was an English music historian, composer and musician. He was the father of the writers Frances Burney and Sarah Burney, of the explorer James Burney, and of Charles Burney, a classicist a ...

*1904–1916 (res.): George Daniell :''The Archdeaconry of Kingston was moved from Rochester diocese to the newly-created Diocese of Southwark on 1 May 1905.'' *1916–1918 (res.): William Hough *1919–1931 (res.):

Robert Joynt Robert Charles Joynt (14 April 1856 – 19 April 1938) was an Anglican priest and author. Joynt was born at List of townlands of County Laois, Coolbanagher and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was ordained in 1881 and began his career a ...

*1931–1946 (ret.): George Marten (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1946–1952 (ret.):

Nicol Anderson Nicol Keith Anderson (10 June 1882 – 1 September 1953) was an Anglican priest: he was the Archdeacon of Kingston-upon-Thames from 1946 until 1953. Richardson was educated at Marlborough and Oriel College, Oxford“Who was Who” 1897-19 ...

(afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1953–28 November 1976 (d.):

Percy Robb Percy Douglas Robb (7 August 1902 - 28 November 1976) was an Anglican priest: he was the Archdeacon of Kingston-upon-Thames from 1953 until 1976. Richardson was educated at Bedford School and Pembroke College, Oxford and ordained in 1927. C ...

*1977–1988 (ret.):

Bernard Jacob Bernard Victor Jacob (20 November 1921 – 7 December 1992) was an Archdeacon in the Anglican Diocese of Southwark from 1977 to 1988. Jacob was educated at the Liverpool Institute and St Peter's College, Oxford. After a curacy at Middlet ...

(afterwards archdeacon emeritus) :''In 1986, the archdeaconry was renamed to Reigate.'' *1988–1995 (ret.): Peter Coombs (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1996–2000 (ret.):

Martin Baddeley Martin James Baddeley (10 November 1936 – 28 June 2018) was an Anglican priest who served as the Archdeacon of Reigate from 1996 to 2000. Baddeley was the son of Walter Baddeley, Bishop of Melanesia and then Bishop of Blackburn. He was educat ...

*2001 – 23 February 2016 (ret.):

Danny Kajumba Daniel Steven Kimbugwe Kajumba (born 20 November 1952, Uganda) is an Anglican priest. Since 2001, he has been the Archdeacon of Reigate. Kajumba was educated at school in Uganda and also has a degree from the Open University; and was ordained aft ...

(afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *aft. April – bef. July 2015 (Acting): ''Andrew Cunnington'' *autumn–winter 2015 (Acting): ''John Kronenberg'' *winter 2015/2016 – 20 October 2016 (Acting): Jonathan Clark, Bishop of Croydon *30 October 2016 – present:

Moira Astin Moira Anne Elizabeth Astin (née Williams; born 18 February 1965) is an Anglican priest: she has been the Archdeacon of Reigate in the Church of England since 30 October 2016."The Bridge" Newspaper of the Anglican Diocese of Southwark Vol 21 No 10 ...

Archdeacons of Lewisham and of Lewisham & Greenwich

*1906–March 1919 (d.): Charles Escreet *1919–1932 (ret.): William Hough, Bishop suffragan of Woolwich *1932–19 July 1936 (d.): Arthur Preston, Bishop suffragan of Woolwich *1936–1947 (res.): Leslie Lang, Bishop suffragan of Woolwich *1947–1955 (res.): Robert Stannard, Bishop suffragan of Woolwich *1955–1960 (res.): Laurie Brown *1960–1972 (ret.):

William Hayman William Samuel Hayman (3 June 1903 – 7 February 1993) was an Anglican priest: he was the Archdeacon of Lewisham from 1960 to 1972. Hayman was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood and St John's College, Oxford. He was ordained in ...

*1972–1985 (ret.): Ivor Davies (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1985–1989 (ret.): Clifford Lacey (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)(1 April 1921 – 16 February 1997) ; wartime service

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; educated at

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; curacies,

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, Kingston upon Thames; incumbencies, Merton, Eltham *1989–1996 (res.): Gordon Kuhrt (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1996–2001 (res.): David Atkinson *September 2001–30 November 2012 (ret.):

Christine Hardman Christine Elizabeth Hardman ( Atkins; born 27 August 1951) is a retired British Anglican bishop and former Lord Spiritual. She served as Archdeacon of Lewisham, 2001–2008; Archdeacon of Lewisham & Greenwich, 2008–2012; and Bishop of ...

(afterwards archdeacon emeritus) :''In 2008, the archdeaconry was renamed Lewisham & Greenwich.'' *14 April 2013–present:

Alastair Cutting Alastair Murray Cutting (born 29 May 1960) is a British Church of England priest. Since 2013, he has served as the Archdeacon of Lewisham & Greenwich in the Diocese of Southwark. Early life and education Cutting was born on 29 May 1960 in Birmi ...

Archdeacons of Croydon

Archdeacons of Wandsworth

*1973–1975 (ret.): Reginald Bazire *1975–1988 (res.): Peter Coombs *1989–2004 (ret.):

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(afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *2004–before September 2015:

Stephen Roberts Stephen Roberts may refer to: * Stephen Roberts (footballer, born 1980), former Welsh football player * Stephen Roberts (Australian footballer) (born 1948), former Australian rules footballer * Stephen Roberts (darts player) (born 1957), English dar ...

*22 July–22 November 2015 (Acting): ''Tim Marwood'' *22 November 2015–present:

John Kiddle John Kiddle (born 28 June 1958) is an Anglican priest: in September 2015 he was appointed Archdeacon of Wandsworth. He was educated at Monkton Combe School, Bath; Queens' College, Cambridge and Ridley Hall, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1983. Afte ...

Diocese of Southwark — New faces in Southwark
(Accessed 27 November 2015)

Archdeacons of Lambeth

*1986–1988 (ret.): Charles Pinder (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1988–1999 (res.): Dick Bird *2000–2003 (res.): Nick Baines *2004–14 April 2013 (res.):

Chris Skilton Christopher John Skilton (born 19 March 1955) is a former Archdeacon of Croydon and Archdeacon of Lambeth. He was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge and ordained in 1981. After curacies at Ealing and Wimborne he became Team Vicar of St Pa ...

*2013–present:

Simon Gates Simon Philip Gates (born Bromley, 12 July 1960) has been Archdeacon of Lambeth since 2013. Gates was educated at the University of St Andrews then Durham University. He was ordained in 1988. After curacies in Southall and Hong Kong he became Vic ...

Diocese of Southwark – New Archdeacon of Lambeth
*20182 September 2018: David Stephenson (Acting)

References

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