The Archdeacon of Lynn is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the
Diocese of Norwich
The Diocese of Norwich is an ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Church of England, forming part of the Province of Canterbury in England. Its origins trace back to the early medieval bishopric of See of Elmham, Elmham and Thetford, which were ...
.
As archdeacon is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within the
area deaneries. The archdeaconry of Lynn was created from those
of Norwich and
of Norfolk on 28 August 1894.
List of archdeacons
*1894–1903 (res.):
Arthur Lloyd,
Bishop suffragan of Thetford
*1903–6 January 1926 (d.):
John Bowers, Bishop suffragan of Thetford
*1926–1946 (ret.):
Harry Radcliffe (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)
*1946–1953 (ret.):
John Woodhouse, Bishop suffragan of Thetford
*1953–28 September 1956 (d.):
William Musselwhite
*1957–1961 (ret.):
Percival Smith (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)
*1961–1972 (ret.):
William Llewellyn (also first
Bishop suffragan of Lynn from 1963)
*1973–1980 (res.):
Aubrey Aitken
William Aubrey Aitken (known as Aubrey; 2 August 19111 June 1985) was the second Bishop of Lynn from 1973 until 1985.
Born into a family of Norfolk priests (his father, Robert Aitken (priest), Robert, was Vicar of Great Yarmouth, whose own fath ...
, Bishop suffragan of Lynn
*1980–1987 (ret.):
Geoffrey Grobecker (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)
*1987–1998 (res.):
Tony Foottit
Anthony Charles "Tony" Foottit (born 28 June 1935) was the Bishop of Lynn from 1999 to 2003.
Foottit was educated at Lancing College and King's College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1961, he was a curate at Wymondham, after which he was vicar of Blak ...
*1999–2009 (ret.):
Martin Gray (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)
*2009–2018 (ret.):
John Ashe
*9 September 20182022 (ret.):
Ian Bentley
Ian Robert Bentley (28 April 1955 – 31 May 2022) was an English Anglican priest. He was Archdeacon of Lynn from 2018 to 2022.
Bentley was born on 28 April 1955. He was educated at Westcliff High School for Boys; the University of Sheffield; an ...
(retired shortly before death, 31 May 2022)
*1 October 2022present:
Catherine Dobson
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