The Archdeacon of Worcester is a senior clergy position in the Diocese of Worcester in the

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. Among the archdeacon's responsibilities is the care of clergy and church buildings within the area of the Archdeaconry of Worcester.

History

The first recorded archdeacons in the Diocese of Worcester occur from around the same time that archdeacons occur across the church in England. Two archdeacons are recorded simultaneously from that time, but no clear territorial title occurs until 1143, when Gervase is called Archdeacon of Gloucester. The Archdeaconry of Birmingham was created from Worcester and

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archdeaconries by

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on 12 August 1892 but became part of the new Diocese of Birmingham upon its creation by Order-in-Council on 13 January 1905. The archdeaconry is currently subdivided into six deaneries:

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, Malvern, Martley and Worcester West, Pershore,

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, and Worcester East.
Deaneries in the Diocese of Worcester
'', Diocese of Worcester, UK. The current Archdeacon of Worcester is the Venerable Robert Jones.

Deaneries, rural deans and lay chairs as of 2019

List of archdeacons

High Medieval

:Senior archdeacon of the diocese: *bef. 1086–bef. 1114 (d.): Ailric *bef. 1114–21 March 1125 (d.): Hugh (probably previously junior archdeacon) :Archdeacons of Worcester: *1125–1143 (deprived): William Cumin (also Bishop-elect of Durham, 1141; ''deprived'') *1144–bef. 1157 (res.):

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*bef. 1157–bef. 1159 (d.): William Cumin ''(restored)'' *bef. 1159–bef. 1168 (d.): Godfrey ''(restored)'' *bef. 1168–bef. 1190 (d.):

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*bef. 1190–bef. 1198 (d.):

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*bef. 1198–aft. 1196: John of Cornwall *bef. 1200–aft. 1217:

John Brancastre John Brancastre or John de Bramcastre (died 1218) was an English churchman and administrator, who became archdeacon of Worcester. Life He was included among the keepers of the great seal by Thomas Duffus Hardy, under the dates of 1203 and 1205; bu ...

*December 1218–bef. 1243:

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(also Bishop-elect of Durham, 1226–1227) *June 1243–aft. 1256:

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*bef. 1257–aft. 1270: Robert de Esthall *bef. 1275–27 July 1287 (d.): Hugh of Evesham *16 October 1287 – 4 July 1288 (deprived): Ralph de Hingham *4 July 1288–aft. 1311: Francesco Napoleone Cardinal Orsini (also cardinal-deacon of Santa Lucia in Orthea from 1295)

Late Medieval

*1312–1317 (d.): Henri de la Tour du Pin (later

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) *aft. 1317–1320 (d.):

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*15 May 1321–bef. 1329 (d.):

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*17 October 1329 – 7 April 1337 (exch.):

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*7 April 1337–bef. 1349:

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*16 May 1349 – 18 February 1353 (exch.):

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*18 February 1353 – 1366 (res.): John Harewell (became Bishop of Bath and Wells) *1366–4 May 1371 (exch.): Simon Clement *4 May 1371–bef. 1383 (d.):

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*4 December 1383 – 1389 (res.):

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''(royal candidate)'' *2 May 1388–bef. 1412:

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''(papal candidate)'' *28 October 1412–bef. 1432 (res.):

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*31 May 1431–bef. 1433 (res.): John Burdett *5 May 1433 – 13 November 1438 (exch.):

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*13 November 1438–bef. 1452 (res.): John Verney (probably Dean of Lichfield, 1432–1447) *19 October 1452–bef. 1467 (res.):

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*12 November 1467–bef. 1472 (res.): Thomas Hawkins (previously Archdeacon of Stafford) *4 May–May 1472 (res.): Robert Inkbarrow *19 May 1472–bef. 1476 (d.): Thomas Hawkins ''(again)'' *26 July–bef. November 1479: John Burton *24 November 1479 – 1483 (res.):

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*4 August 1483–aft. 1518: Thomas Alcock *bef. 1529–1531 (res.): Stephen Gardiner (became

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) *4 April 1531–bef. 1534 (d.):

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*12 May 1534 – 1563 (d.): Peter Vannes (also

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from 1536)

Early modern

*1563–bef. 1579 (res.): Thomas Powell *15 July 1579 – 1598 (res.): Godfrey Goldsborough (became Bishop of Gloucester) *1598–bef. 1610 (res.): John Johnson *1610–4 August 1623 (d.): William Swaddon *1623–bef. 1629 (d.): Hugh Lloyd *3 August 1629–bef. 1645 (d.): Edward Thornborough *30 May 1645–bef. 1676 (d.): William Hodges *4 September 1676–bef. 1705 (d.): John Fleetwood *14 December 1705 – 7 August 1742 (d.): William Worth *10 September 1742 – 21 November 1774 (d.):

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*1775–8 March 1787 (d.):

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*21 March 1787 – 12 August 1815 (d.): Thomas Evans *29 August 1815 – 18 October 1849 (d.): Richard Onslow *9 November 1849 – 5 May 1881 (d.):

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Late modern

*May 1881 – 1889 (d.): William Lea, sometime Vicar of St Peter's Droitwich *1889–1911 (ret.): William Walters, Vicar of Pershore until 1894, then Rector of Alvechurch until 1904, then Vicar of Malvern Wells from 1905 *1911–1921 (res.): John Greig, Rector of Hartlebury (became Bishop of Gibraltar) *1921–1938 (ret.):

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, Rector of Alvechurch until 1925, then of Ripple until 1926 *193826 September 1944 (d.):

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(Canon,

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from 1936, and Vice-Dean from 1940; former

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) *1944–1961 (ret.):

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, Rector of Hartlebury until 1956 *1961–1975 (ret.):

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, Vicar of

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with

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until 1965 (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1975–1980 (ret.):

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(afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1981–1984 (res.):

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(became Bishop suffragan of Crediton) *1984–1999 (ret.):

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(afterwards archdeacon emeritus) *1999–2008 (res.):

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*5 October 2008 – 25 July 2014 (res.): Roger Morris (became area Bishop of Colchester) *16 November 2014–present: Robert JonesDiocese of Worcester – Licensing of the new Archdeacon of Worcester
(Accessed 16 November 2014)

References

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External links

Worcester Diocesan websiteChurch of England Statistics 2002
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