The Archdeacon of Hampstead is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the

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, named after, and based in and around, the

Hampstead Hampstead () is an area in London, which lies northwest of Charing Cross, and extends from Watling Street, the A5 road (Roman Watling Street) to Hampstead Heath, a large, hilly expanse of parkland. The area forms the northwest part of the Lon ...

area of

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. He or she is the priest responsible for the Archdeaconry of Hampstead.

History

The archdeaconry was created by Order in Council on 23 July 1912 from the ancient archdeaconries of Middlesex and of London; at its erection it consisted the

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eries of Enfield, of Holborn, and of Tottenham (from the London archdeaconry) and of Hampstead, of Hornsey, of St Marylebone, of St Pancras, and of Willesden (from the Middlesex archdeaconry). Part of the archdeaconry was split off to create the Charing Cross archdeaconry before 1989. The Hampstead archdeaconry is geographically equivalent to the episcopal area overseen by the area Bishop of Edmonton.

List of archdeacons

*1912–1920 (ret.): Brook Deedes *1920–1950 (ret.): Charles Lambert (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1950–1962 (ret.):

Hubert Matthews Hubert John Matthews (18 June 1889 – 28 April 1971) was archdeacon of Hampstead from 1950 to 1961; and then archdeacon Emeritus until his death. Matthews was educated at Winchester College and St John's College, Oxford. Matthews originally inte ...

(afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1962–1964 (res.):

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(afterwards Bishop suffragan of Willesden) *1964–1974 (ret.):

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(afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1974–1984 (ret.):

Fred Pickering Frederick Pickering (19 January 1941 – 9 February 2019) was an English professional footballer. He played as a forward. Career Domestic career Pickering began his career with his hometown club, Blackburn Rovers, in 1959, signing professi ...

(afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1985–1994 (ret.):

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(afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1995–1999 (res.):

Peter Wheatley Peter Wheatley (born 7 September 1947) is a retired bishop in the Church of England, currently serving as Priest-in-Charge of Christ Church, St Leonards-on-Sea. From 1995 to 1999, he was the Archdeacon of Hampstead. From 1999 to 2014, he was ...

(afterwards area Bishop of Edmonton) *1999–2010 (res.):

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(since archdeacon emeritus) *2011–31 July 2015 (res.): Luke Miller (currently

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) *7 October 2015–present:

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Diocese of London — New bishops and archdeacon installed at St Paul’s Cathedral
(Accessed 11 October 2015)

References

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