Archdeacon of Auckland explained

The archdeaconry of Auckland is a post in the Church of England Diocese of Durham. It was created from the Archdeaconry of Durham by Order-in-Council on 23 May 1882, when the Diocese of Newcastle was created from Durham's other two archdeaconries.

List of archdeacons

• JuneNovember 1882: Henry Watkins^[1]
• 1882-1907: Robert Long
• 1908-1914: Edwin Price
• 1914–1928: Percy Derry^[2]
• 1929–1936: Alfred Rawlinson, Canon of Durham and bishop's examining chaplain (afterwards Bishop of Derby)
• 1936–1943: Leslie Owen (Bishop suffragan of Jarrow from 1939; afterwards Bishop suffragan of Maidstone and Bishop of Lincoln)
• 1944–1949: Colin Dunlop, Bishop suffragan of Jarrow (afterwards Dean of Lincoln)
• 1950–1958: John Ramsbotham, Bishop suffragan of Jarrow
• 1958–1973: Charles Stranks
• 1974–1983: George Marchant
• 1983–1993: Derek Hodgson (afterwards Archdeacon of Durham)
• 1993–2001: Granville Gibson
• 2001–2006: Ian Jagger (afterwards Archdeacon of Durham)
• 2007–2017: Nick Barker
• 18 February 2018present:^[3] Rick Simpson

Notes and References

1. http://reed.dur.ac.uk/xtf/view?docId=ead/msc/sgd.xml SGD.83/1
2. Yorkshire Post, 11 December 1922, p.9, column g: installed as a canon residentiary in addition, holding both posts up to his death
3. Web site: New Archdeacon of Auckland Announced | Durham Diocese. 14 November 2017. 30 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171030233618/http://durhamdiocese.org/new-archdeacon-auckland-announced/. dead.