The Archdeacons in the

Diocese of Chelmsford The Diocese of Chelmsford is a Church of England diocese, part of the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers Essex and the five East London boroughs of Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Newham, Redbridge, and Waltham Forest (most of which wer ...

are senior ecclesiastical officers in the Church of England in Essex and

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. They currently include: the Archdeacon of West Ham, the Archdeacon of Colchester and the archdeacons of Chelmsford, of Harlow, of Barking, of Stansted and of Southend. Each one has responsibility over a geographical area within the diocese. Chelmsford archdeaconry seals

History

When the diocese was created, it consisted of the ancient archdeaconries of Essex and Colchester. The first changes to the diocese's archdeaconries occurred on 17 March 1922 when the Archdeaconry of Southend was created from the old Essex archdeaconry and that old archdeaconry renamed to West Ham: at its erection, the 1922 Southend archdeaconry consisted of the Deaneries of Barstable/Brentwood, of Canewdon and Southend, of Chelmsford, of Chigwell, of Dengie, of Harlow, of Maldon, of Ongar, of Roding, and of Wickford. West Ham archdeaconry was further split in 1993 to create the Archdeaconry of Harlow following a 1989 decision of the Diocesan Synod. As part of

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's vision for the diocese's long-term future, consultations occurred on proposals to create three new archdeaconries. On 1 February 2013, by Pastoral Order of the Bishop of Chelmsford, the three archdeaconries were created: the new ''Archdeaconry of Stansted'' from Colchester archdeaconry, a new ''Archdeaconry of Barking'' from West Ham archdeaconry and a new ''Archdeaconry of Southend'' created from Southend archdeaconry after it had been renamed the ''Archdeaconry of Chelmsford''. Initially, the Archdeacons of Colchester, of West Ham, and of Chelmsford were also Acting Archdeacons of Stansted, of Barking, and of Southend respectively.

List of archdeacons

Archdeacons of Essex and of West Ham

*2007–present: Elwin Cockett

Archdeacons of Colchester

*2010–present: Ruth Patten

Archdeacons of Southend (before 2013) and of Chelmsford

;Archdeacons of Southend *1922–1937 (ret.):

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(afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1938–1953 (ret.):

Ellis Gowing Ellis Norman Gowing (24 April 1883 – 2 March 1960) was Archdeacon of Southend from 1938 until 1953. Gowing was educated at Fort Street High School and the University of Sydney; and ordained in 1907. He began his career as a Curate at The Oaks, ...

(afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1953–1972 (ret.): Neville Welch (also Bishop suffragan of Bradwell from 1968) *1972–1977 (res.): Peter Bridges *1977–1982 (res.): John Moses *1982–1992 (res.): Jonathan Bailey *1992–2000 (res.): David Jennings *20011 February 2013 (renamed): David Lowman ;Archdeacons of Chelmsford *1 February 201331 January 2016 (ret.): David Lowman *13 March 2016October 2022 (ret):

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(retired on or after 2 October 2022)

Archdeacons of Harlow

*1993–1996 (res.): Michael Fox *1996–2009 (ret.): Peter Taylor *200931 March 2017 (ret.): Martin Webster *24 September 2017present: Vanessa Herrick

Archdeacons of Barking

*1 February15 September 2013: Elwin Cockett, Archdeacon of West Ham ''(Acting)'' *15 September 20133 July 2018: John PerumbalathDiocese of Chelmsford – Three new Archdeacons appointed
(Accessed 12 May 2013) (became area Bishop of Bradwell) *12 May 2019present: Chris Burke

Archdeacons of Stansted

*1 February15 September 2013: Annette Cooper, Archdeacon of Colchester ''(Acting)'' *15 September 2013present:

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Archdeacons of Southend (since 2013)

*1 February15 September 2013: David Lowman, Archdeacon of Chelmsford ''(Acting)'' *15 September 201331 December 2016 (ret.): Mina Smallman *19 March 2017November 2021 (ret.): Mike Lodge (Acting since 1 August 2016) *26 June 2022present: Mike Power (Acting since November 2021)

References

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