Christopher David Futcher (born 1958) is a British Anglican priest who became

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on 7 September 2019; he had previously been

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since 2012.

Biography

Futcher was educated at Strode's Grammar School, the

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and

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.Welcome to the Archdeaconry of Cyprus (as of 1 June 2023)
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in 1982, and

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in 1983. After a

curacy A curate () is a person who is invested with the ''care'' or ''cure'' () of souls of a parish. In this sense, ''curate'' means a parish priest; but in English-speaking countries the term ''curate'' is commonly used to describe clergy who are ass ...

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he was

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of All Saints, Pin Green, then St Stephen,

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, and then rector of

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before going to Exeter. In September 2019 Futcher was collated as Archdeacon in Cyprus and licensed as the parish priest of St Helena's Church

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in the

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. He is married to Anne, also a priest, and they have two adult children, James and Charlotte.

References

1958 births Living people People from Luton People educated at Strode's Grammar School Alumni of King's College London Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Alumni of Heythrop College Archdeacons of Exeter Archdeacons of Cyprus {{Canterbury-archdeacon-20C-stub