Archdeacon of Canterbury explained
The Archdeacon of Canterbury is a senior office-holder in the Diocese of Canterbury (a division of the Church of England Province of Canterbury). Like other archdeacons, he or she is an administrator in the diocese at large (having oversight of parishes in roughly one-third of the diocese) and is a canon residentiary of the cathedral.
History
The Archdeacon of Canterbury has an additional role, traditionally serving as the Archbishop of Canterbury's representative at enthronement ceremonies for new diocesan bishops in his province. At these services, the archdeacon reads the archbishop's mandate and, taking the new bishops by the hand, conducts them to htheir episcopal throne.
The archdeaconry and archdeacon of Canterbury have been in constant existence since the 11th century. There was one short-lived attempt to split the role in the 12th century. In modern times, the archdeaconry has been split twice: creating Maidstone archdeaconry in 1841 and Ashford archdeaconry in 2011.
Composition
The archdeaconry covers approximately the north-east corner of the diocese., the archdeaconry of Canterbury consists the following deaneries in the Diocese of Canterbury:
- Deanery of Canterbury
- Deanery of East Bridge
- Deanery of Reculver
- Deanery of Thanet
- Deanery of West Bridge
List of archdeacons
Pre-Norman Conquest
- 798: Wulfred
- 844:Beornoth
- 853: Athelweald
- 864: Ealstan
- 866: Sigifrith
- 866: Liaving
- 890: Werbeald
- bef. 1054: Brinstan
- 1054 Haimo
High Medieval
- bef. –aft. : Valerius
- bef. 1075–aft. 1086: Ansketil
- bef. 1099–aft. 1108: William
- 1115–May 1125 (res.): John
- bef. 1126–1138: Helewise
- bef. –March 1148 (res.): Walter
- aft. 1148–October 1154 (res.): Roger de Pont L'Évêque
- aft. 1154–1163 (res.): Thomas Becket (also Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162)
- bef. 1163–October 1174 (res.): Geoffrey Ridel
- 1175–June 1194 (res.): Herbert Poore
- bef. 1194–aft. 1195 (res.): Philip of Poitou
- bef. 1196–aft. 1206: Henry de Castilion
- bef. 1213–May 1227 (res.): Henry Sandford
- 14 May 1227 – 1248 (d.): Simon Langton
- 28 January 1232–?: Richard de Sancto Johanne (ineffective royal appointment)
- bef. 1248–July 1269 (d.): Stephen de Monte Luelli (aka of Vienne)
- aft. July 1269–9 October 1275 (d.): Hugh de Mortuo Mari
- October 1275–May 1278 (res.): William Middleton
- 1278–bef. 1280 (d.): Robert of Gernemue
- aft. 1280–1299 (res.): Richard de Ferings
- 29 June 1299–September 1305 (res.): John de Langeton
Late Medieval
- 5 June 1416–bef. 1420 (d.): Henry Rumworth (or Circeter)
- 3 October 1420–bef. 1424 (d.): William Chichele
- 10 June 1424–bef. 1434 (res.): Prospero Cardinal Colonna
(cardinal-deacon of St George in Velabro)
- 14 December 1434 – 26 January 1467 (d.): Thomas Chichele
- bef. 1467–bef. 1479 (d.): Thomas Winterbourne
- February 1479–bef. 1495 (d.): John Bourgchier
- 26 November 1495 – 25 July 1504 (d.): Hugh Peynthwyn
- aft. 1505–bef. 1534 (res.): William Warham
- 9 March 1534 – 15 March 1554 (deprived): Edmund Cranmer
Early modern
Late modern
Notes and References
- Book: Guérard . Louis . Documents pontificaux sur la Gascogne d'après les archives du Vatican. Pontificat de Jean XXII (1316-1334) . 2 . 1903 . Honoré Champion / Léonce Cocharaux . Paris / Auch . 95-97 . French.
- Pakington, William.
- https://www.canterburydiocese.org/peopleandplaces/ Diocese of Canterbury — Notices about people and places
- https://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/whats-on/news/2017/01/23/new-archdeacon-of-canterbury-2/ Canterbury Cathedral — New Archdeacon of Canterbury
- Web site: Services and Music List July 2022 . Canterbury Cathedral . https://web.archive.org/web/20220731212405/https://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/July-2022-V2.pdf . 31 July 2022 . 31 July 2022 .