The Archdeacon of Dudley is one of two

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s in the

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(the other being the

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History

The archdeaconry of Dudley was created by

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on 11 February 1921 from the Worcester archdeaconry and named after the town of

Dudley Dudley ( , ) is a market town in the West Midlands, England, southeast of Wolverhampton and northwest of Birmingham. Historically part of Worcestershire, the town is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley. In the ...

. It consists of the deaneries of Bromsgrove, Droitwich, Dudley, Kidderminster, Kingswinford, Stourbridge and Stourport. The present Archdeacon of Dudley is the Venerable Nikki Groarke, formerly vicar of St Stephen's Church,

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, in the

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; she is the first woman to hold the post and was installed on 5 January 2014.

List of archdeacons

*1921–1934 (d.): Sydney James *1934–1951 (ret.):

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(afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1951–1968 (ret.): Alfred Hurley (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1968–1975 (res.):

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(afterwards

) *1976–1984 (res.):

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(afterwards

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) *1985–1986 (res.): Robin Bennett *1987–2001 (ret.): John Gathercole *2001–September 2013 (ret.): Fred Trethewey *2014-present: Nikki GroarkeDiocese of Worcester – London Vicar to be new Archdeacon of Dudley
(Accessed 4 October 2013)

Deaneries, area deans and lay chairs as of 2024

References

External links

Worcester Diocesan websiteChurch of England Statistics 2002
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dudley, Archdeacon of Lists of Anglicans Christianity in Worcestershire Dudley Anglican Diocese of Worcester

History

List of archdeacons

Deaneries, area deans and lay chairs as of 2024

See also

References

External links