The Archdeacon of London is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the
Church of England. They are responsible for the eastern Archdeaconry (the Archdeaconry of London) of the Two Cities (
London and
Westminster) in the
Diocese of London
The Diocese of London forms part of the Church of England's Province of Canterbury in England.
It lies directly north of the Thames. For centuries the diocese covered a vast tract and bordered the dioceses of Norwich and Lincoln to the north ...
, an area without
area bishop and, rather, overseen by the (diocese-leading)
Bishop of London. The immediate western counterpart in this area is the Archdeacon(ry) of Charing Cross.
Since 1989, the churches of this supervisory cleric are the numerous remaining churches of the City of London. Those of the Archdeacon of Charing Cross are the relatively few churches, but much more heavily populated zone that is the City of Westminster.
History
Before the 20th century, the early medieval-founded London archdeaconry included parts of the
East End
The East End of London, often referred to within the London area simply as the East End, is the historic core of wider East London, east of the Roman and medieval walls of the City of London and north of the River Thames. It does not have uni ...
as well as the
City of London. The extent of the archdeaconry was reduced in 1912 (with the creation of the
Archdeaconry of Hampstead
The Archdeacon of Hampstead is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of London, named after, and based in and around, the Hampstead area of London. He or she is the priest responsible for the Archdeaconry of Hampstead.
...
) and in 1951 (with the creation of the
Archdeaconry of Hackney) then latest boundary changes with the creation of the Archdeaconry of Charing Cross in 1989 saw the archdeaconry become coterminous with the limits of the
City of London.
Archdeacons of Charing Cross
This archdeaconry, comprising the
City of Westminster
The City of Westminster is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and London boroughs, borough in Inner London. It is the site of the United Kingdom's Houses of Parliament and much of the British government. It occupies a large area of cent ...
, was created shortly before Klyberg's appointment in June 1989. The archdeacon serves directly under the
Bishop of London, who takes direct responsibility for the Two Cities area since there is no
area bishop.
On 16 June 2015, it was announced that from 1 January 2016 the Archdeacon of London would take responsibility for the whole Two Cities area; a part-time Associate Archdeacon would also work across both.
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(Accessed 24 June 2015) Lain-Priestley was thus collated to the Charing Cross archdeaconry, and became known as the Archdeacon for the Two Cities.
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(Accessed 29 July 2017) Lain-Priestley resigned this on 31 December 2018 to become an Adviser to the Bishop of London.
As Archdeacon of Charing Cross since 2020, Atkinson is archdeacon full-time.
List of archdeacons
High Medieval
*?–bef. 1096 (d.):
Edward
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History
The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Sa ...
*bef. 1102–aft. 1114:
Reinger[Reigner is not recorded with the title Archdeacon of London; rather the nature of his post can be deduced.]
*bef. 1127–aft. 1152:
William de Beaumis
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(son of
Richard de Beaumis)
*bef. 1154–aft. 1157 (res.):
Hugh de Mareni
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* Hugh the Great (died 956), Duke of the Franks
* Hugh Magnus of France (1007–1025), co-King of France under his father, Robert II
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*bef. 1162–aft. 1189:
Nicholas
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*bef. 1192–aft. 1194:
Peter de Waltham
*bef. 1196–bef. 1199 (res.):
Alard de Burnham Alard may refer to:
* Alard (surname)
* Alard, son of Duke Aymon in the Matter of France
* Alard, Iran, a village in Tehran Province
* Alard, East Azerbaijan, a village in Iran
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*bef. 1202–bef. 1212 (d.):
Peter of Blois
*bef. 1213–bef. 1214:
Walter
*bef. 1214–aft. 1215:
Gilbert de Plesseto
*bef. 1217–aft. 1223: William of Sainte-Mère-Eglise
*bef. 1225–bef. 1231 (res.): Geoffrey de Lucy
*bef. 1229–aft. 1234: William de Rising
*bef. 1235–aft. 1261 (res.): Peter de Newport
*bef. 1263–aft. 1268 (res.): John Chishull
*bef. 1272–aft. 1275: William Passemer
*bef. 1278–aft. 1280: Geoffrey de Mortuo Mari
*bef. 1281–1282 (res.): Richard Swinefield
*bef. 1285–aft. 1290: Robert de Ros (priest), Robert de Ros
*bef. 1294–aft. 1299: Richard de Gravesend (Archdeacon of London), Richard de Gravesend
Late Medieval
*bef. 1302–bef. 1308 (d.): John de Bedford
*?–bef. 1305 (res.): John de Sancto Claro
*Peter de Dene (disputed with Bedford)
*1308–bef. 1320 (d.): Bego de Cavomonte
*bef. 1309–bef. 1311 (d.): Reginald de Sancto Albano
*1320–bef. 1323 (res.): Hélie de Talleyrand-Périgord (bishop), Hélie de Talleyrand-Périgord
*bef. 1321–bef. 1324: Richard de Aston
*bef. 1323–bef. 1332 (d.): Pontius de Podio Barzaco
*1332–aft. 1337: Itherius de Concoreto
*13 September 1338–?: Edmund Howard (priest), Edmund Howard
*21 March 1339 – 1347 (res.): John of Thoresby
*bef. 1350–1354 (res.): Richard Kilvington
*1354–?: Peter du Cros, Peter Cardinal du Cros (also Cardinal-priest of San Martino ai Monti, Santi Silvestro e Martino)
*1354–9 February 1356 (exch.): James de Beaufort
*9 February 1356 – 1361 (res.): John Barnet
*15 October–October 1361 (d.): Fortanerius Vassalli (also Patriarch of Grado)
*26 March 1362–aft. 1372: Adam de Hertyngdon, Adam de Hertington
*bef. 1383–bef. 1397 (d.): Thomas Baketon
*10 February 1397 – 1400 (res.): Thomas Stowe
*12 November 1400 – 1422 (res.): Reginald Kentwood
*16 March 1422–bef. 1431 (res.): John Snell (priest), John Snell
*28 January 1431 – 23 February 1443 (exch.): Richard Moresby
*23 February 1443–bef. 1466 (d.): William Fallan
*bef. 1469–1482 (res.): Richard Martyn (Bishop of St David's), Richard Martyn (also Archdeacon of Hereford from bef. 1478 and Archdeacon of Berkshire from 1478; became Bishop of St David's)
*22 June 1482–bef. 1490 (res.): John de Gigliis
*16 November 1490–bef. 1502 (res.): John Forster (priest), John Forster
*3 September 1502–aft. 1510: Pedro de Ayala
*bef. 1510–bef. 1514 (res.): William Horsey
*28 March 1514–bef. 1526 (d.): John Young (suffragan bishop in London), John Young, suffragan bishop (also Dean of Chichester from 1521)
*29 March 1526–bef. 1529 (d.): Geoffrey Wharton
*30 October 1529–bef. 1533 (exch.): William Clyff
*5 August 1533–bef. 1534 (res.): Thomas Bedyll
*19 December 1534–July 1543 (d.): Richard Gwent
Early modern
*23 July–October 1543 (res.): Edward Moylle
*29 October 1543 – 1554 (res.): John Wymmesley
*27 April 1554 – 23 October 1559 (deprived): John Harpsfield (deprived; also Dean of Norwich from 1558)
*1559–bef. 1591 (d.): John Mullins (priest), John Mullins
*1 June 1591–bef. 1626 (d.): Theophilus Aylmer (son of John Aylmer (bishop), John Aylmer)
*23 February 1626 – 19 September 1662 (d.): Thomas Paske
*11 October 1662–bef. 1664 (res.): John Dolben
*27 May 1664 – 1676 (res.): Thomas Lamplugh (also Dean of Rochester from 1673)
*27 April 1677 – 1689 (res.): Edward Stillingfleet
*1689–1691 (res.): Thomas Tenison
*1692–9 October 1731 (d.): William Stanley (priest), William Stanley
*23 October 1731 – 15 June 1742 (d.): Robert Tyrwhit
*12 July 1742 – 22 April 1764 (d.): Edward Cobden
*24 April 1764 – 5 September 1770 (d.): John Jortin
*29 September 1770 – 1775 (res.): Anthony Hamilton (Archdeacon of Colchester), Anthony Hamilton
*22 February 1775 – 1789 (res.): Richard Beadon
*1789–bef. 1813 (res.): William Bingham (priest), William Bingham
*31 December 1813–bef. 1842 (res.): Joseph Pott
*4 November 1842 – 27 November 1870 (d.): William Hale (priest), William Hale
Late modern
*March 187111 August 1884 (d.): Piers Claughton
*18841889 (ret.): Edwin Gifford
*18891911 (res.): William Sinclair (son), William Sinclair
*19111930 (ret.): Ernest Holmes (priest), Ernest Holmes
*19301947 (ret.): Ernest Sharpe
*19471961 (res.): Oswin Gibbs-Smith (afterwards Dean of Winchester, 1961)
*19621963 (res.): George Appleton
*19631967 (res.): Martin Sullivan (priest), Martin Sullivan
*19671978 (ret.): Sam Woodhouse (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)
*197810 November 1986 (d.): Frank Harvey (priest), Frank Harvey
*19871999 (res.): George Cassidy (bishop), George Cassidy
*19992009 (ret.): Peter Delaney (priest), Peter Delaney (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)
*26 July 200931 July 2014 (ret.): David Meara (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)
* 11 September 201430 June 2015: Nick Mercer, Vicar General and acting archdeacon
* 1 July 20156 January 2016: Nick Mercer, Vicar General
* 1 January 2016present: Luke Miller
(working across both archdeaconries)
Archdeacons of Charing Cross
*19891996 (ret.): John Klyberg, Bishop of Fulham, Bishop suffragan of Fulham (became a Roman Catholic priest and Honorary Prelate, prelate of honour)
*199631 December 2014 (ret.): Bill Jacob
*1 January 201631 December 2018 (res.):
Rosemary Lain-Priestley, Associate Archdeacon
/ Archdeacon for the Two Cities
(working across both archdeaconries)
*20172019: Paul Thomas (bishop-designate), Paul Thomas, Acting Archdeacon of Charing Cross
*23 March 2020present: Adam Atkinson
Notes
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