Archdeacon of Dorking explained

The Archdeacon of Dorking is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Diocese of Guildford, responsible for clergy discipline and church buildings within the area of her/his archdeaconry.

History

The Archdeaconry of Dorking is a subdivision of the Church of England Diocese of Guildford (itself part of the Province of Canterbury.) The archdeaconry consists of the deaneries of Dorking, Emly, Epsom, Leatherhead, Runnymede and Woking.^[1] The archdeaconry of Dorking was split from archdeaconry of Surrey by Order in Council on 17 August 1928.

List of archdeacons

• 1928–8 July 1930 (d.): Ronald Irwin DSO MC^[2]
• 1930–1936 (res.): Cyril Golding-Bird, Assistant Bishop (became Archdeacon of Surrey)
• 1936–24 July 1954 (d.): Edward Newill^[3]
• 1954–1957 (res.): David Loveday
• 1957–23 December 1962 (d.): Windsor Roberts^[4]
• 1963–1968 (res.): Kenneth Evans
• 1968–1982 (ret.): William Purcell^[5]
• 1982–1990 (ret.): Peter Hogben (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)
• 1990–1995 (res.): Christopher Herbert
• 1995–2005 (res.): Mark Wilson (archdeacon emeritus since 2011)
• 2005–2013: Julian Henderson
• 2014"summer" 2019 (announced):^[6] Paul Bryer
• 24 November 2019^[7] present: Martin Breadmore^[8]

Notes

1. http://www.cofeguildford.org.uk/parish-life/parishes/ Parishes
2. [The Times]
3. [The Times]
4. [The Times]
5. Death registered in Surrey Mid Eastern Registration District in June 1994.
6. Web site: Archdeacon of Cornwall welcomed to the diocese. 27 August 2019.
7. Web site: Archived copy . 1 October 2019 . 1 October 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191001165517/https://www.cofeguildford.org.uk/docs/default-source/default-document-library/diocesan-appointments-august-2019.pdf . dead .
8. Web site: StackPath.

References

1. http://www.cofeguildford.org.uk/parish-life/parishes/ Parishes
2. [The Times]
3. [The Times]
4. [The Times]
5. Death registered in Surrey Mid Eastern Registration District in June 1994.
6. Web site: Archdeacon of Cornwall welcomed to the diocese. 27 August 2019.
7. Web site: Archived copy . 1 October 2019 . 1 October 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191001165517/https://www.cofeguildford.org.uk/docs/default-source/default-document-library/diocesan-appointments-august-2019.pdf . dead .
8. Web site: StackPath.

Sources

• 1927 Diocese of Guildford Bishops Deans and Archdeacons of Dorking (Retrieved 16 February 2013)