Archdeacon of Plymouth

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The Archdeacon of Plymouth is a senior clergy position in the Church of England Diocese of Exeter [1] and is responsible for the supervision of the clergy within the five rural deaneries: Ivybridge, Plymouth Moorside, Plymouth Devonport, Plymouth Sutton and Tavistock. [2]

The archdeaconry was created by an Order-in-Council splitting the Archdeaconry of Totnes on 22 March 1918. [3] The current archdeacon is Jane Bakker.

List of archdeacons

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References

  1. ↑ Diocese of Extern website Archived 2012-03-19 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Crockford's on line accessed 18 March 2012 21:12 GMT
  3. ↑ "No. 30591". The London Gazette . 22 March 1918. pp. 3624–3625.
  4. ↑ "Perowne, Arthur William Thomson" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 August 2014.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  5. ↑ "Newman, Ernest Frederick" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 August 2014.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  6. ↑ "Daukes, Francis Whitfield" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 August 2014.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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  8. ↑ "Matthews, Frederick Albert John" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 August 2014.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  9. ↑ "Newing, Kenneth Albert" . Who's Who . Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 August 2014.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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  11. ↑ "Wilds, Anthony Ronald" . Who's Who . Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 August 2014.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  12. ↑ https://exeter.anglican.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/AD-CLERUM-2018-Advent.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  13. ↑ "Chandler, Ian Nigel" . Who's Who . Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 August 2014.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  14. 1 2 National Archdeacons' Forum — Archdeacons’ News — #30, January 2018 (Accessed 22 February 2018)
  15. ↑ Nick Shutt [@nicthevic] (1 May 2023). "I am now officially retired!" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 2 June 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023– via Twitter.
  16. ↑ "Collation of the Venerable Nick Shutt as the new Archdeacon of Plymouth". 19 June 2019.
  17. ↑ "Plymouth archdeaconry welcomes its first female archdeacon". Diocese of Exeter. 20 June 2023. Archived from the original on 24 June 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
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