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Archdeacons Of Liverpool
The archdeacons in the Diocese of Liverpool are senior ecclesiastical officers in the Church of England in a highly irregular area surrounding the city of Liverpool. They are the archdeacons of Liverpool, of St Helens and Warrington, of Knowsley and Sefton, and of Wigan and West Lancashire; each one has responsibility over a geographical area within the diocese. The archdeacons are responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within their archdeaconries. History The Archdeaconry of Liverpool was originally created on 10 August 1847 (from the Archdeaconry of Chester deaneries of Wirral and Warrington) in the Diocese of Chester and transferred to the Diocese of Liverpool when the latter was created on 9 April 1880. The Archdeaconry of Warrington was created from the Archdeaconry of Liverpool on 17 July 1880. Prior to the 2015 reorganisation, the old Liverpool archdeaconry consisted of eight area deaneries: Bootle, Huyton, Liverpool North, Liverpool South-Childwall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archdeacon
An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in the Church of the East, Chaldean Catholic Church, Syriac Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion, St Thomas Christians, Eastern Orthodox churches and some other Christian denominations, above that of most clergy and below a bishop. In the High Middle Ages it was the most senior diocesan position below a bishop in the Catholic Church. An archdeacon is often responsible for administration within an archdeaconry, which is the principal subdivision of the diocese. The ''Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church'' has defined an archdeacon as "A cleric having a defined administrative authority delegated to him by the bishop in the whole or part of the diocese.". The office has often been described metaphorically as that of ''oculus episcopi'', the "bishop's eye". Roman Catholic Church In the Latin Catholic Church, the post of archdeacon, originally an ordained deacon (rather than a priest), was once one of great importance as a senior offi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hardwicke Spooner
George Hardwicke Spooner (10 December 1851 – 7 February 1933) was an Anglican priest and author in the first half of the Twentieth century. Spooner was educated at The King's School, Worcester and Pembroke College, Oxford and ordained in 1874. After a curacy at All Saints, Liverpool he was Superintendent of the Liverpool Church of England Scripture Readers Society from 1876 to 1879. He held incumbencies at Litherland, Much Woolton and Walton-on-the-Hill; and was Rural Dean of Childwall from 1885 to 1906; Archdeacon of Warrington from 1906 to 1916; and Archdeacon of Liverpool from 1916 until his death aged 82. Amongst other books he wrote "The Ethics of Sunday School Work", 1886; "Inspiration", 1891; "A Word with You", 1894; Intercessory Services", 1899; and "Hymns for the South African War", 1902. His son His or HIS may refer to: Computing * Hightech Information System, a Hong Kong graphics card company * Honeywell Information Systems * Hybrid intelligent syste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike McGurk
Michael Joseph Patrick McGurk (born 18 September 1968) is a British Anglican priest who served as Archdeacon of Liverpool, 10 September 2017 until January 2023. McGurk trained for the ministry at St John's College, Nottingham; and was ordained deacon in 2007, and priest in 2008. After a curacy at Haughton he was Rector of Harpurhey from 2010 until his appointment as Archdeacon An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in the Church of the East, Chaldean Catholic Church, Syriac Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion, St Thomas Christians, Eastern Orthodox churches and some other Christian denominations, above that o .... References 1968 births Living people Archdeacons of Liverpool 20th-century English Anglican priests 21st-century English Anglican priests Alumni of St John's College, Nottingham {{York-archdeacon-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricky Panter
Richard John Graham "Ricky" Panter (born 18 September 1948) is a British Anglican priest. He was Archdeacon of Liverpool from 2002 until 2017. Panter was educated at Monkton Combe School, Worcester College of Education and Oak Hill Theological College. After three years as a teacher he was ordained in 1977. After a curacy at Holy Trinity, Rusholme he was Assistant Vicar at St Cyprian with Christchurch, Edge Hill. He was Vicar of St Andrews, Clubmoor from 1985 to 1996; and then of St John and St James, Bootle Bootle (pronounced ) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England, which had a population of 51,394 in 2011; the wider Parliamentary constituency had a population of 98,449. Historically part of Lancashire, Bootle ... until 2011.‘PANTER, Ven. Richard James Graham, (Ricky)’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, Nov 201accessed 2 Aug 2015 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Metcalf
Robert Laurence Metcalf (18 November 1935 – 26 December 2014) was an Anglican priest and author. Metcalf was educated at Durham University , mottoeng = Her foundations are upon the holy hills (Psalm 87:1) , established = (university status) , type = Public , academic_staff = 1,830 (2020) , administrative_staff = 2,640 (2018/19) , chancellor = Sir Thomas Allen , vice_chan .... After national service with REME he was ordained in 1963. He served curacies in Bootle and Widnes; and incumbencies in Wigan and Wavertree. He was Archdeacon of Liverpool from 1994 until 2002.‘METCALF, Ven. Robert Laurence’, Who's Who 2015, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2015 ; online edn, Feb 2015 References 1935 births 2014 deaths Archdeacons of Liverpool Alumni of St John's College, Durham {{York-archdeacon-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stoneycroft Stoneycroft is small leafy district in the east of Liverpool, England and part of the Tuebrook and Stoneycroft and Old Swan wards. Description Stoneycroft is a small residential district of Liverpool located to the east of the city. Liverpool's inner ring-road, Queens Drive, runs past Stoneycroft and creates a border between the area and West Derby. Stoneycroft is also bordered by Tuebrook and Old Swan. Government Stoneycroft is part of the Tuebrook and Stoneycroft ward. The elected councillors for the Tuebrook and Stoneycroft ward are councillors Carol Sung of the Labour Party, Steve Radford of the Liberal Party and Kevin John Morrison of the Liberal Party. It is represented in the House of Commons The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of parliament. ... in the parliamentary con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] |
