Archdeacon of Macclesfield

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The Archdeacon of Macclesfield is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Chester. [1] As such she or he is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy [2] within its six rural deaneries: Bowdon, Congleton, Knutsford, Macclesfield, Mottram, Nantwich, Chadkirk, Cheadle and Stockport. [3]

The archdeaconry of Macclesfield was created from the Chester archdeaconry on 21 September 1880 [4] (the Diocese of Liverpool having been created from the Liverpool archdeaconry earlier that year). The archdeaconry is currently vacant.

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