Archdeacon of Canterbury

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The Archdeacon of Canterbury is an office-holder in the Diocese of Canterbury in the Church of England. Like other archdeacons, he or she is an administrator in the diocese at large (having oversight of parishes in roughly half the diocese) and is a Canon 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.

[edit] Selected office-holders

• John 1115-1125, later Bishop of Rochester
• Walter 1139-1148, later Bishop of Rochester
• Roger de Pont L'Evêque 1148–1154, later Archbishop of York
• Thomas Becket 1154–1162, later Archbishop of Canterbury
• Geoffrey Ridel 1163–1173 later Bishop of Ely^[1]
• Herbert Poore 1176–1194 later Bishop of Salisbury
• Philip of Poitou 1194–1195 later Bishop of Durham^[2]
• Henry Sandford 1213-1226 later Bishop of Rochester
• William Middleton 1275-1278 later Bishop of Norwich
• John Lawrence Pritchard, 1996-2002, later Bishop of Oxford
• Patrick Evans, 2002-2007
• Sheila Watson, 2007—

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

• British History Online Archdeacons of Canterbury 1066-1300 accessed on October 25, 2007
• British History Online Bishops of Ely accessed on October 25, 2007