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Michael Minden Hodgins
Michael Minden Hodgins (26 August 1912 – 11 May 1998) was the inaugural Archdeacon of London Borough of Hackney, Hackney: a post he held from 1951 to 1971. Born into a military family and educated at Wellington College, Berkshire, he was ordained after a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon in 1939.Crockford's Clerical Directory 1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941 After a Curate, curacy at St Barnabas, Northolt Park he was Secretary of the Diocese of London, London Diocesan Fund from 1946 to 1974. References 1912 births People educated at Wellington College, Berkshire Alumni of Ripon College Cuddesdon Archdeacons of Hackney 1998 deaths {{Canterbury-archdeacon-20C-stub ... [...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 Church, 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 ''oculus episcopi'', the "bishop's eye". 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 sen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
