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The Archdeacons in the Diocese of Southwark are senior clergy in the Church of England in South London and Surrey. They currently include: the archdeacons of Southwark, of Reigate (formerly of Kingston-on-Thames) and of Lewisham & Greenwich (formerly of Lewisham), the Archdeacon of Croydon and the archdeacons of Wandsworth and of Lambeth. Each one has responsibility over a geographical area within the diocese.
The Diocese of Southwark was created on 1 May 1905 from two Diocese of Rochester archdeaconries: the archdeaconry of Southwark and the archdeaconry of Kingston-on-Thames.[1] Parts of Surrey (from the dioceses of Winchester and of London) had first been transferred to Rochester diocese on 1 August 1877,[2] and were organised into the Southwark archdeaconry on 3 May 1878.[3] In 1864, the Bishop of Winchester had split the rural deanery of Southwark into three: Lambeth, Southwark, and Streatham.[4] The Kingston archdeaconry was then created by Order in Council soon after, on 22 August 1879, by splitting the archdeaconry of Southwark:[5] the new Kingston archdeaconry consisted of the rural deaneries of Barnes, Beddington, Godstone, Kingston, Reigate, and Streatham; and the continuing Southwark one those of Battersea, Camberwell, Clapham, Kennington, Lambeth, Newington, and Southwark.[6] Lewisham rural deanery was erected, and other deanery boundaries altered, in early 1886.[7]
Not long after the erection of the Diocese of Southwark, the new archdeaconry of Lewisham was created, on 6 March 1906, from part of the Southwark archdeaconry (Camberwell and Dulwich deaneries) and part of the diocese not then in an archdeaconry (Greenwich, Lewisham, and Woolwich deaneries;[8] which had previously been in the Archdeaconry of Rochester).[9]
The archdeaconry of Wandsworth was created in 1973, the Croydon archdeaconry (er. 1930) was moved from the Diocese of Canterbury on 1 January 1985.[10] In 1986, the archdeaconry of Reigate was created from a renaming and reorganisation of the previous archdeaconry of Kingston-on-Thames[5] and the archdeaconry of Lambeth was created from Southwark archdeaconry. Lewisham archdeaconry was renamed the Archdeaconry of Lewisham & Greenwich in 2008.
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As of January 2021[update], the six archdeaconries of the Diocese of Southwark comprise the following 24 deaneries:[11]
- Archdeaconry of Southwark: Deaneries of Bermondsey, of Camberwell, of Dulwich, and of Southwark & Newington
- Archdeaconry of Reigate: Deaneries of Tandridge, of Reigate, and of Sutton
- Archdeaconry of Lewisham & Greenwich: Deaneries of Charlton, of Deptford, of East Lewisham, of Eltham & Mottingham, of Plumstead, and of West Lewisham
- Archdeaconry of Croydon: Deaneries of Croydon Addington, of Croydon Central, of Croydon North, and of Croydon South
- Archdeaconry of Wandsworth: Deaneries of Battersea, of Kingston, of Richmond & Barnes, of Tooting, and of Wandsworth
- Archdeaconry of Lambeth: Deaneries of Lambeth North, of Lambeth South, and of Merton
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Archdeacons of Southwark
- 1879–1882 (res.): Samuel Cheetham[12]
- 1882–19 March 1904 (d.): John Richardson[13]
- 1904–1921 (res.): Samuel Taylor (also Bishop suffragan of Kingston from 1915)[14]
- On 1 May 1905, Southwark archdeaconry was moved from Rochester diocese to the newly-created Diocese of Southwark.
- 1922–1926 (res.): Percy Herbert, Bishop suffragan of Kingston[15]
- 1927–1952 (res.): Frederick Hawkes, Bishop suffragan of Kingston[16]
- 1952–1955 (res.): William Gilpin, Bishop suffragan of Kingston[17]
- 1955–1966 (ret.): Havilland Sands[18]
- 1967–1973 (res.): Reginald Bazire[19]
- 1973–1982 (res.): Michael Whinney[20]
- 1982–1985 (res.): Wilfred Wood[21]
- 1985–2004 (ret.): Douglas Bartles-Smith (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[22]
- 2004–2012 (res.): Michael Ipgrave[23]
- 2012–14 April 2013: Dianna Gwilliams (Acting)[24]
- 14 April 2013 – 23 June 2021: Jane Steen[25] (became Bishop of Lynn)
- 15 May 2022[26] – present: Jonathan Sedgwick (Acting between May 2021 and 30 June 2022)[27]
Archdeacons of Kingston-on-Thames and of Reigate
- 1879–1904 (res.): Charles Burney[28]
- 1904–1916 (res.): George Daniell[29]
- The Archdeaconry of Kingston was moved from Rochester diocese to the newly-created Diocese of Southwark on 1 May 1905.
- 1916–1918 (res.): William Hough[30]
- 1919–1931 (res.): Robert Joynt[31]
- 1931–1946 (ret.): George Marten (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[32]
- 1946–1952 (ret.): Nicol Anderson (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[33]
- 1953–28 November 1976 (d.): Percy Robb[34]
- 1977–1988 (ret.): Bernard Jacob (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[35]
- In 1986, the archdeaconry was renamed to Reigate.
- 1988–1995 (ret.): Peter Coombs (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[36]
- 1996–2000 (ret.): Martin Baddeley[37]
- 2001 – 23 February 2016 (ret.):[38] Danny Kajumba[39] (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[40]
- aft. April – bef. July 2015 (Acting): Andrew Cunnington[41][42]
- autumn–winter 2015 (Acting): John Kronenberg[43]
- winter 2015/2016 – 20 October 2016 (Acting): Jonathan Clark, Bishop of Croydon[44]
- 30 October 2016 – present: Moira Astin[45]
Archdeacons of Lewisham and of Lewisham & Greenwich
- 1906–March 1919 (d.): Charles Escreet[46]
- 1919–1932 (ret.): William Hough, Bishop suffragan of Woolwich[30]
- 1932–19 July 1936 (d.): Arthur Preston, Bishop suffragan of Woolwich[47]
- 1936–1947 (res.): Leslie Lang, Bishop suffragan of Woolwich[48]
- 1947–1955 (res.): Robert Stannard, Bishop suffragan of Woolwich[49][50]
- 1955–1960 (res.): Laurie Brown[51]
- 1960–1972 (ret.): William Hayman[52]
- 1972–1985 (ret.): Ivor Davies (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[53]
- 1985–1989 (ret.): Clifford Lacey (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)(1 April 1921 – 16 February 1997) ; wartime service RAFVR; educated at King's College London;[54] curacies, Crofton Park, Kingston upon Thames;[55] incumbencies, Merton, Eltham
- 1989–1996 (res.): Gordon Kuhrt (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[56]
- 1996–2001 (res.): David Atkinson[57]
- September 2001–30 November 2012 (ret.): Christine Hardman (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[58]
- In 2008, the archdeaconry was renamed Lewisham & Greenwich.
- 14 April 2013 – 3 July 2024: Alastair Cutting[25] (became area Bishop of Woolwich)
- 20 September 2024 – present: Chigor Chike[59][60]
Archdeacons of Croydon
Archdeacons of Wandsworth
- 1973–1975 (ret.): Reginald Bazire[19]
- 1975–1988 (res.): Peter Coombs[36]
- 1989–2004 (ret.): David Gerrard (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[61]
- 2004–before September 2015:[62] Stephen Roberts[63]
- 22 July–22 November 2015 (Acting): Tim Marwood [64]
- 22 November 2015–present: John Kiddle[65]
Archdeacons of Lambeth
- 1986–1988 (ret.): Charles Pinder (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[66]
- 1988–1999 (res.): Dick Bird[67]
- 2000–2003 (res.): Nick Baines[68]
- 2004–14 April 2013 (res.): Chris Skilton[69][25]
- 2013–present: Simon Gates[70]
- 2018 – 2 September 2018: David Stephenson (Acting)[71]
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