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 bishop by the hand, conducts him to his 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. As of 2012, 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
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Late Medieval
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Early modern
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References
- ^ Guérard, Louis (1903). Documents pontificaux sur la Gascogne d'après les archives du Vatican. Pontificat de Jean XXII (1316-1334) (in French). Vol. 2. Paris / Auch: Honoré Champion / Léonce Cocharaux. pp. 95-97.
- ^ . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ "EDEN, Rt. Rev. George Rodney". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 27 December 2012. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Gazette". Church Times. No. 7962. 23 October 2015. p. 33. ISSN 0009-658X.
- ^ Diocese of Canterbury — Notices about people and places (Accessed 10 January 2016)
- ^ Canterbury Cathedral — New Archdeacon of Canterbury (Accessed 8 February 2017)
- ^ "Services and Music List July 2022" (PDF). Canterbury Cathedral. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
Sources
- Greenway, Diana E. (1971), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300, vol. 2, pp. 12–15
- Jones, B. (1963), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541, vol. 4, pp. 6–9
- Horn, Joyce M. (1974), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, vol. 3, pp. 15–17