- Archdeacon of Canterbury
The Archdeacon of Canterbury is an office-holder in the
Diocese of Canterbury in theChurch of England . Like otherarchdeacon s, he or she is an administrator in the diocese at large (having oversight of parishes in roughly half the diocese) and is aCanon Residentiary of the cathedral.Furthermore, the Archdeacon of Canterbury has an additional role beyond that of other archdeacons, traditionally serving as the
Archbishop of Canterbury 's representative at enthronement ceremonies for new diocesan bishops in his province. At these services, she reads the Archbishop's mandate and, taking the new bishop by the hand, conducts him onto his throne.The present incumbent is Sheila Watson.
elected office-holders
*John 1115-1125, later
Bishop of Rochester
*Walter 1139-1148, laterBishop of Rochester
*Roger de Pont L'Evêque 1148–1154, laterArchbishop of York
*Thomas Becket 1154–1162, laterArchbishop of Canterbury
*Geoffrey Ridel 1163–1173 laterBishop of Ely [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33863 British History Online Bishops of Ely] accessed on October 25, 2007]
*Herbert Poore 1176–1194 laterBishop of Salisbury
*Philip of Poitou 1194–1195 laterBishop of Durham [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33855 British History Online Archdeacons of Canterbury 1066-1300] accessed on October 25, 2007]
*Henry Sandford 1213-1226 later Bishop of Rochester
*William Middleton 1275-1278 laterBishop of Norwich
*John Lawrence Pritchard , 1996-2002, laterBishop of Oxford
*Patrick Evans , 2002-2007
*Sheila Watson, 2007—Notes
References
* [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33855 British History Online Archdeacons of Canterbury 1066-1300] accessed on October 25, 2007
* [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33863 British History Online Bishops of Ely] accessed on October 25, 2007
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