Archdeacon of Tonbridge

The Archdeacon of Tonbridge is a senior ecclesiastical officer in charge of the Archdeaconry of Tonbridge in the Church of England Diocese of Rochester. The archdeaconry was created from Rochester archdeaconry by Order in Council on 4 April 1906.^[1]

The archdeaconry covers 6 deaneries, namely Malling, Paddock Wood, Sevenoaks, Shoreham, Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells.^[2]

List of archdeacons

• 1906–18 June 1925 (d.): Avison Scott, Vicar of St James's Tunbridge Wells (first archdeacon)^[3]
• 1925–1940 (ret.): Leonard Savill (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[4]
• 1940–1953 (ret.): William Gray,^{[5][better source needed]} Vicar of St Nicholas, Rochester (until 1942) then Vicar of Kippington (until 1952; afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[6]
• 1953–1976 (ret.): Maples Earle,^[7] Rector of Wrotham (until 1959) then Vicar of Shipbourne (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[8]
• 1977–1995 (ret.): Richard Mason,^[9] Vicar of Edenbridge (until 1983) then Minister of St Luke's Sevenoaks (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[10]
• 1996–2002 (ret.): Judith Rose^[11][12]
• 2002 – 31 July 2017:^[13] Clive Mansell^[2][14]
• 24 September 2017^[15] – 19 July 2021: Julie Conalty^[16] (became Bishop of Birkenhead)^[17]
• 16 January 2022^[18] – present: Sharon Copestake (resignation scheduled for October 2024)^[19]

References

1. "No. 27903". The London Gazette. 10 April 1906. p. 2505.
2. "Archdeacon Clive Mansell". Retrieved 26 October 2013.
3. "Scott, Avison Terry". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 30 January 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
4. "Savill, Leonard". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 30 January 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
5. Kent and Sussex Courier. 22 December 1939. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
6. "Gray, William James". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 30 January 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
7. "The History of St James". Retrieved 26 October 2013.
8. "Earle, E(dward) E(rnest) Maples". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 30 January 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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10. "Mason, Richard John". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 30 January 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
11. "Archdeacon to retire". Kent Online. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
12. "Rose, (Kathleen) Judith". Who's Who. Vol. 2015 (October 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 30 January 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
13. "Resignations and retirements". Church Times. No. 8033. 3 March 2017. p. 34. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
14. "Mansell, Clive Neville Ross". Who's Who. Vol. 2015 (October 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 30 January 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
15. Diocese of Rochester — Archdeacon of Tonbridge (Accessed 1 September 2017)
16. James Langstaff — New Archdeacon of Tonbridge (Accessed 1 August 2017)
17. "Julie and Sam to be consecrated at York Minster - Diocese of Chester".
18. "Diocese of Rochester | Service welcomes the new Archdeacon of Tonbridge". www.rochester.anglican.org. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
19. "News regarding the Archdeacon of Tonbridge". Diocese of Rochester. 5 August 2024. Archived from the original on 6 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.