The Archdeacon of Lindisfarne is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the diocese of Newcastle of the

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History

The archdeaconry was formed by

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on 2 September 1842 from part of the

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archdeaconry of Northumberland; on 23 May 1882, the

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was created from those two archdeaconries. From 1842 to 2008, the Archdeaconry of Lindisfarne covered the deaneries of Morpeth, Alnwick, Bamburgh and Glendale, and Norham, and in 2008 this was extended to include Corbridge, Hexham and Bellingham. In 2008, the role of Archdeacon of Lindisfarne became a full-time position for the first time in many years.

List of archdeacons

*15 September 1842 – 3 April 1844 (d.): Edward Bigge *7 May 1844 – 1853 (res.): George Bland *2 April 1853 – 25 August 1865 (d.): Richard Coxe *1865–1882 (res.): George Hamilton :''The archdeaconry has been in Newcastle diocese since the diocese's creation in 1882.'' *1882–1903: Henry Martin *1904–1914 (res.): Henry Hodgson *1914–14 February 1924 (d.): George Ormsby *1924–27 June 1944 (d.): Robert Mangin *1944–1955 (ret.): Thomas Forman *1956–24 December 1959 (d.):

Wilfrid Pawson Wilfrid Denys Pawson (26 November 1905 – 24 December 1959) was Archdeacon of Lindisfarne from 1956 until his death. Pawson was educated at Osborne, Dartmouth, and Jesus College, Cambridge. After a curacy at St Mary's, Barnsley he held inc ...

*1960–3 August 1969 (d.): Leonard Hawkes *1970–14 December 1980 (d.): Harry Bates *1981–1987 (res.): David Smith *1987–2000 (ret.):

Michael Bowering Michael Ernest Bowering (25 June 1935 – 25 April 2015) was Archdeacon of Lindisfarne from 1987 until 2000. Bowering was educated at Barnstaple Grammar School; Kelham Theological College; and York St John University College. After curacies in ...

*2001–2007 (ret.):

Robert Langley The Venerable Robert Langley (born 25 October 1937) was Archdeacon of Lindisfarne from 2001 until 2007. Born on 25 October 1937 he was educated at Worksop College and St Catherine's College, Oxford and ordained in 1964. He was a curate at Aston ...

(afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *9 March 200820 July 2020: Peter Robinson (became

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) *14 November 2020present:

Catherine Sourbut Groves Catherine Ann Sourbut Groves ( Sourbut; born 1967) is a British Anglican priest. Since November 2020, she has served as Archdeacon of Lindisfarne in the Church of England Diocese of Newcastle. She had previously worked in academia and administra ...

References

Sources

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lindisfarne, Archdeacon of Lists of Anglicans Religion in Northumberland Lists of English people