Archdeacon of West Cumberland explained

The Archdeacon of West Cumberland is responsible for the archdeaconry of West Cumberland, one of three administrative divisions of the Church of England (Anglican) Diocese of Carlisle. The archdeaconry was created (mostly from the Archdeaconry of Westmorland but with a little territory from Furness and Carlisle archdeaconries) by Order-in-Council on 7 August 1959.

List of archdeacons

The archdeaconry was erected in 1959; Pugh was the first archdeacon.

1959–1970 (res.): Edward Pugh (became Bishop suffragan of Penrith)
1970 – 31 March 1979 (res.): Bill Hardie, Vicar of Haile
1979 – 31 March 1991 (ret.): Burnham Hodgson (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)
September 1991 – November 1996 (res.): John Packer, Priest-in-charge of Bridekirk from 1995 (became Bishop suffragan of Warrington)
1996–2004 (ret.): Alan Davis
2004–2008 (ret.): Colin Hill
20 January 2009 – 2022: Richard Pratt^[1] ^[2] (alone)
24 January 2022 – present:^[3] Stewart Fyfe was collated Archdeacon of West Cumberland and Richard Pratt licensed as Associate Archdeacon in a job-share arrangement.^[4] Pratt was then collated Archdeacon of Carlisle in 2023.^[5]

References

http://www.carlislediocese.org.uk/whoswho/archdeacons.html Diocese of Carlisle – Archdeacons
Web site: Diocese of Carlisle – New Archdeacon of West Cumberland . 7 September 2011 . 2 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180702100408/https://www.carlislediocese.org.uk/news/289/130/new-Archdeacon-of-West-Cumberland.html . dead .
Web site: Diocese of Carlisle . Diocesan Announcements (Section: January 2022) . https://web.archive.org/web/20220407212626/https://www.carlislediocese.org.uk/diocesan-announcements/ . 7 April 2022 . 7 April 2022 .
Web site: Diocese of Carlisle . Well-respected Cumbrian vicar appointed new job-share Archdeacon . https://web.archive.org/web/20220210160921/https://www.carlislediocese.org.uk/news/2022/02/10/well-respected-cumbrian-vicar-appointed-new-job-share-archdeacon/ . 10 February 2022 . 7 April 2022 .
Web site: Diocese of Carlisle . The Archdeacon of Carlisle Announces His Retirement . 5 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240205050028/https://www.carlislediocese.org.uk/news/2024/01/05/archdeacon-carlisle-announces-his-retirement/ . 5 February 2024 . 1 April 2024 .