Archdeacon of Birmingham explained

The Archdeacon of Birmingham is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Birmingham.

The archdeaconry was created within the Diocese of Worcester by Order-in-Council on 12 August 1892 (substantially from the Archdeaconry of Coventry but also from a small part of the Worcester archdeaconry) but became part of the new Diocese of Birmingham upon its creation by Order-in-Council on 13 January 1905.

The Archdeacon is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy^[1] within the archdeaconry's six deaneries: Edgbaston; Handsworth and Central; Kings Norton; Moseley; Shirley; and Warley.

The current archdeacon, since 2019, is Jenny Tomlinson.^[2]

List of archdeacons

• 1894–1903: Edmund Knox, Bishop suffragan of Coventry
• 1903–1904: John Diggle
• 1904–1912: Winfrid Burrows

The archdeaconry was transferred from the diocese of Worcester to the newly created diocese of Birmingham by Order-in-Council on 13 January 1905.

• 1912–1915: Mansfield Owen
• 1915–1944: Charles Hopton
• 1944–1947: Geoffrey Allen^[3]
• 1947–1967: Sidney Harvie-Clark
• 1967–1974: Vernon Nicholls
• 1974–1984: Gerald Hollis
• 1985–January 2001: John Duncan^[4]
• 20011 November 2018 (ret.): Hayward Osborne^[5]
• 1 December 201831 May 2019: Julian Francis (Acting)^{[6] [7]}
• 12 May 2019present: Jenny Tomlinson^[8]

Notes and References

1. "ABCD: a basic church dictionary" Meakin, T: Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2001
2. Web site: Jenny Tomlinson announced as new Archdeacon of Birmingham - The Church of England - Birmingham. www.cofebirmingham.com. 2019-02-16. 12 February 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190212012209/http://www.cofebirmingham.com/news/2019/02/10/jenny-tomlinson-announced-new-archdeacon-birmingham/. dead.
3. Web site: Allen Collection . Mundus . 17 June 2012.
4. http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Archdeacon+to+retire+after+40+years+of+service+duncan.-a063908231 Birmingham Post – Archdeacon to retire after 40 years of service
5. Web site: The Ven the Archdeacon of Birmingham . Debretts . 17 June 2012.
6. Web site: Announcement: Interim Archdeacon of Birmingham - The Church of England - Birmingham . www.cofebirmingham.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20181114060221/http://www.cofebirmingham.com/news/2018/11/13/announcement-interim-archdeacon-birmingham/ . 2018-11-14.
7. Web site: Resignations and retirements.
8. http://www.cofebirmingham.com/news/2019/02/10/jenny-tomlinson-announced-new-archdeacon-birmingham/ &amp http://www.birminghamcathedral.com/events/view/874/revd-canon-jenny-tomlinsons-collations-installation-service/