The Archdeacon of Tonbridge is a senior ecclesiastical officer in charge of the Archdeaconry of Tonbridge in the

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Diocese of Rochester The Diocese of Rochester is a Church of England diocese in the English county of Kent and the Province of Canterbury. The cathedral church of the diocese is Rochester Cathedral in the former city of Rochester. The bishop's Latin episcopal signa ...

. The archdeaconry was created from Rochester archdeaconry by

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on 4 April 1906. The archdeaconry covers 6 deaneries, namely Malling, Paddock Wood, Sevenoaks, Shoreham, Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells.

List of archdeacons

*1906–18 June 1925 (d.): Avison Scott, Vicar of St James's

Tunbridge Wells Royal Tunbridge Wells is a town in Kent, England, southeast of central London. It lies close to the border with East Sussex on the northern edge of the High Weald, whose sandstone geology is exemplified by the rock formation High Rocks. T ...

(first archdeacon) *1925–1940 (ret.): Leonard Savill (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1940–1953 (ret.): William Gray, Vicar of St Nicholas,

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(until 1942) then Vicar of Kippington (until 1952; afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1953–1976 (ret.): Maples Earle, Rector of

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(until 1959) then Vicar of

Shipbourne Shipbourne ( ) is a village and civil parish situated between the towns of Sevenoaks and Tonbridge, in the borough of Tonbridge and Malling in the English county of Kent. In 2020 it was named as the most expensive village in Kent. It is located i ...

(afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1977–1995 (ret.): Richard Mason, Vicar of

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(until 1983) then Minister of St Luke's

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(afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1996–2002 (ret.): Judith Rose *200231 July 2017: Clive Mansell *24 September 201719 July 2021:

Julie Conalty Julie Anne Conalty (born 1963) is a British Anglican bishop. Since 19 July 2021, she has been the Bishop of Birkenhead, one of two suffragan bishops of the Church of England Diocese of Chester. She previously served as Archdeacon of Tonbridge ...

(became Bishop of Birkenhead) *16 January 2022 - current: Sharon Copestake

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