David Sharples AKC (born 17 March 1958) is a retired priest who served as

Archdeacon of Rochdale The Archdeacon of Rochdale is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Anglican Diocese of Manchester, Diocese of Manchester. As Archdeacon, they are responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within the five Rural Dean, area de ...

and former Archdeacon of Salford. He was educated at

King's College London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public university, public research university in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of George IV of the United Kingdom, King George IV ...

and ordained after a period of study at the

College of the Resurrection, Mirfield A college (Latin: ''collegium'') may be a tertiary educational institution (sometimes awarding degrees), part of a collegiate university, an institution offering vocational education, a further education institution, or a secondary school ...

in 1983. After a curacy at St Mary the Virgin,

Prestwich Prestwich ( ) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England, north of Manchester, north of Salford and south of Bury. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, Prestwich was the seat of the ...

he was

Vicar A vicar (; Latin: '' vicarius'') is a representative, deputy or substitute; anyone acting "in the person of" or agent for a superior (compare "vicarious" in the sense of "at second hand"). Linguistically, ''vicar'' is cognate with the English p ...

of St Anne's,

Royton Royton is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 21,284 in 2011. Close to the source of the River Irk, near undulating land at the foothills of the South Pennines, it is northwest of Ol ...

from 1987 to 2002; and Director of Ordinands for the

Anglican Diocese of Manchester The Diocese of Manchester is a Church of England diocese in the Province of York, England. Based in the city of Manchester, the diocese covers much of the county of Greater Manchester and small areas of the counties of Lancashire and Cheshire. H ...

from 2002. He retired effective 31 March 2024. A keen supporter of

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, he is married with two sons.

References

1958 births Living people Alumni of King's College London Associates of King's College London Alumni of the College of the Resurrection Archdeacons of Salford Archdeacons of Rochdale {{York-archdeacon-stub