The Archdeacon of Dudley is one of two

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s in the

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(the other being the

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History

The archdeaconry of Dudley was created by

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on 11 February 1921 from the Worcester archdeaconry and named after the town of

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. It consists of the deaneries of Bromsgrove, Droitwich, Dudley, Kidderminster, Kingswinford, Stourbridge and Stourport. The present Archdeacon of Dudley is the Venerable

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, formerly vicar of St Stephen's Church,

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, in the

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; she is the first woman to hold the post and was installed on 5 January 2014.

List of archdeacons

*1921–1934 (d.): Sydney James *1934–1951 (ret.):

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(afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1951–1968 (ret.):

Alfred Hurley Alfred Vincent Hurley, CBE, TD, MA (12 January 1896 – 24 February 1986) was Archdeacon of Dudley from 1951 until 1968. Hurley was born in Caversham educated at Queen Mary's School for Boys, Basingstoke and Keble College, Oxford; and orda ...

(afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1968–1975 (res.):

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(afterwards

) *1976–1984 (res.):

Christopher Campling Christopher Russell Campling (4 July 1925 – 9 December 2020) was a British Anglican priest who was the Dean of Ripon. Early life and education Campling was born on 4 July 1925 and educated at Lancing College and St Edmund Hall, Oxford. Ordain ...

(afterwards Dean of Ripon) *1985–1986 (res.):

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*1987–2001 (ret.):

John Gathercole John Robert Gathercole (23 April 1937 – 8 October 2010) was Archdeacon of Dudley from 1987 until 2001. Gathercole was educated at The Judd School, Tonbridge and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge; and ordained after a period of study at Ridley Ha ...

*2001–September 2013 (ret.):

Fred Trethewey Frederick Martyn Trethewey (born 24 January 1949) was the Archdeacon of Dudley until his retirement in September 2013. Trethewey was educated at St Austell Grammar School and Bedford College, London. He was ordained in 1978 '' Crockford's Cleric ...

*2014-present:

Diocese of Worcester – London Vicar to be new Archdeacon of Dudley
(Accessed 4 October 2013)

Deaneries, rural deans and lay chairs as of 2019

References

External links

Worcester Diocesan websiteChurch of England Statistics 2002
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dudley, Archdeacon of Lists of Anglicans Christianity in Worcestershire Dudley Anglican Diocese of Worcester

History

List of archdeacons

Deaneries, rural deans and lay chairs as of 2019

See also

References

External links