The Archdeacon of West Cumberland is responsible for the archdeaconry of West Cumberland, one of three administrative divisions of the Church of England ( Anglican) Diocese of Carlisle. The archdeaconry was created (mostly from the Archdeaconry of Westmorland but with a little territory from Furness and Carlisle archdeaconries) by Order-in-Council on 7 August 1959. [1]
List of archdeacons
- The archdeaconry was erected in 1959; Pugh was the first archdeacon.
- 1959–1970 (res.): Edward Pugh [2] (became Bishop suffragan of Penrith) [3]
- 1970 – 31 March 1979 (res.): Bill Hardie, Vicar of Haile [4] [5] [6]
- 1979 – 31 March 1991 (ret.): Burnham Hodgson [7] (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) [8]
- September 1991 – November 1996 (res.): John Packer, Priest-in-charge of Bridekirk from 1995 (became Bishop suffragan of Warrington) [9] [10]
- 1996–2004 (ret.): Alan Davis [11]
- 2004–2008 (ret.): Colin Hill [12]
- 20 January 2009 – 2022: Richard Pratt [13] [14] (alone)
- 24 January 2022 – present: [15] Stewart Fyfe was collated Archdeacon of West Cumberland and Richard Pratt licensed as Associate Archdeacon in a job-share arrangement. [16] Pratt was then collated Archdeacon of Carlisle in 2023. [17]
References
- ^ "No. 41783". The London Gazette. 7 August 1959. pp. 4921–4922.
- ^ "First archdeacon of W. Cumberland". Church Times. No. 5043. 9 October 1959. p. 8. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 24 February 2015 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ "Pugh, William Edward Augustus". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 14 April 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "New archdeacon of West Cumberland". Church Times. No. 5626. 11 December 1970. p. 2. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 14 April 2015 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ "Resignations". Church Times. No. 6034. 6 October 1978. p. 15. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 14 April 2015 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ "Hardie, Archibald George". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 14 April 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Briefly". Church Times. No. 6680. 22 February 1991. p. 2. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 14 April 2015 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ "Hodgson, Thomas Richard Burnham". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (November 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 14 April 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "From brown envelope to purple shirt". Church Times. No. 6980. 22 November 1996. p. 13. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 14 April 2015 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ "Packer, John Richard". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (November 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 14 April 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Davis, Alan Norman". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (November 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 14 April 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Hill, Colin". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (November 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 14 April 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Diocese of Carlisle – Archdeacons Archived August 29, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Diocese of Carlisle – New Archdeacon of West Cumberland". Archived from the original on 2 July 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
- ^ "Diocesan Announcements (Section: January 2022)". Diocese of Carlisle. Archived from the original on 7 April 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
- ^ "Well-respected Cumbrian vicar appointed new job-share Archdeacon". Diocese of Carlisle. Archived from the original on 10 February 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
- ^ "The Archdeacon of Carlisle Announces His Retirement". Diocese of Carlisle. 5 January 2024. Archived from the original on 5 February 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2024.