Archdeacon of Croydon explained

The Archdeacon of Croydon is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Southwark.[1] As such the deacon is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy [2] within its five rural deaneries: Croydon Addington, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South and Sutton.[3]

History

The archdeaconry was created in the Diocese of Canterbury from the Archdeaconry of Maidstone by Order in Council on 1 April 1930 and transferred to the Diocese of Southwark on 1 January 1985.[4]

List of archdeacons

The archdeaconry was transferred to Southwark diocese on 1 January 1985.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.southwark.anglican.org/who/bishops-and-officers Diocesan web site
  2. "ABCD: a basic church dictionary" Meakin, T: Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2001
  3. [Crockford's Clerical Directory|Crockford's on line]
  4. [Podmore, Colin]
  5. Web site: News Archive.
  6. New Archdeacons for Southwark Diocese . 16 December 2012 . The Diocese of Southwark . 16 December 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130112232804/http://www.southwark.anglican.org/news/pr/pr.php?id=2337 . 12 January 2013 .
  7. Web site: News Archive.
  8. Web site: News Archive.
  9. Web site: Diocese of Southwark . New Archdeacon of Croydon announced . 3 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220511101724/https://southwark.anglican.org/news-events/news/latest-news/new-archdeacon-of-croydon-announced/ . 11 May 2022 . 31 May 2022 .
  10. The Revd Greg Prior is collated and installed Archdeacon of Croydon... . Southwark Diocese . SouthwarkCofE . 1599424538789412865 . 4 December 2022 . 5 January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230105132042/https://twitter.com/SouthwarkCofE/status/1599424538789412865 . 5 January 2023 .
  11. Web site: Diocese of Southwark (issuu) . 'The Bridge' newspaper . 11 . December 2022 – January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230105132358/https://s3.amazonaws.com/document.issuu.com/221214110643-4d684523fac4ce8d4916d771288c7e3d/original.file?AWSAccessKeyId=ASIATDDRE5J73IGYIKOU&Signature=xHB9pw2SNkk15hakg4DlurqkT18%3D&x-amz-security-token=FwoGZXIvYXdzEM7%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaDBAitp1YeX1tWUUTVSLmAhb%2BAoBo3%2Fe7WlNnb9e4eajw8F570mH1uH2xF5hDmbwkCAmfV9l%2BkFifwj3SUSqE2mBMbbquUsz6ibRJyYDWoH4G7cCgJp469lV%2B%2Fd1FoG6d1sN3Hcky1W%2Fq2FrcGVSncji8lYJp0v4Y5Z4RkQ3%2Bz0T1chkyDUZ8L%2BwNA0XaS9GoeFHctpQjgOeOqO7SkAD%2FW4bqSRfnKxyoM4MzjRYBHKEnriJwGz80NvFl0xiLH%2FyOtex8jOKsDQgc74QRhVEouEvrb%2Fcu0aTeosVYN%2FWoubplA%2FmRQDyG%2F8gFDTT%2BWhFR2tvFz6qKpaNaGmdOTWN6t%2B5aTrqUgAoAy7oO20%2FDdpJUREZ2muhRGRQHz27XLPfT1Y5%2FKMGWSRBBeaNjKRmdDndMGynM5nRnjUnhiVT5561y4%2FcZwCDGSlVIdDAHzXY4xFGLMizcoDTHunQbu9I6Ivi8%2B%2B10adPtesx3Fo3rsIo1aJA7WZEoiZTbnQYyKUQzJxayaOKt3uZFnAtLxU0CY4L%2FtWBUw0Y69qNF1%2Fua2Q2wYWi4Iqd%2B&Expires=1672928255 . 5 January 2023 . 5 January 2023 .