Archdeacon of Cheltenham

The Archdeacon of Cheltenham is a senior cleric in the Diocese of Gloucester who is responsible for some pastoral care and discipline of clergy in the Cheltenham archdeaconry.

The archdeaconry was created as the Archdeaconry of Cirencester in the Diocese of Gloucester and Bristol on 8 December 1882^[1] from parts of the Gloucester and Bristol archdeaconries. When Gloucester & Bristol diocese was re-divided in 1897, Cirencester archdeaconry remained part of the Gloucester diocese. On 1 August 1919, the archdeaconry's boundaries were altered and it was renamed the Archdeaconry of Cheltenham.^[2]

The archdeaconry consists of the deaneries of Cheltenham, Cirencester, North Cotswold, & Tewkesbury and Winchcombe.

The archdeaconry is presently vacant since the consecration of Robert Springett as Bishop of Tewkesbury.

List of archdeacons

Archdeaconry created as Archdeaconry of Cirencester in Gloucester & Bristol Diocese in 1882.

• 1883 – 1908: Henry Hayward^[3]

Archdeaconry allocated to the new Diocese of Gloucester when Gloucester & Bristol diocese divided in 1897.

• 1908 – 30 April 1919 (d.): John Sinclair^[4]
• 1919 – 1919 (res.): Reginald Waterfield^[5] (afterwards Dean of Hereford, 1919)

During Waterfield's tenure, the archdeaconry was reconfigured and renamed Cheltenham archdeaconry.

• 1920 – 1924 (res.): George Gardner^[6]
• 1924 – 9 June 1932 (d.): Alan Cornwall^[7]
• 1932–1943: Frederick Sears
• 1943 – 1951 (ret.): Edmund Murray
• 1951 – 1965 (ret.): Ronald Sutch (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[8]
• 1965 – 1976 (ret.): George Hutchins (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[9]
• 1975 – 1988 (res.): Eric Evans^[10] (afterwards Dean of St Paul's, 1988)
• 1988 – 1998 (ret.): John Lewis (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[11]
• 1998 – December 2009 (ret.): Hedley Ringrose^[12]
• 2010 – 30 November 2016 (res.): Robert Springett (became Bishop of Tewkesbury)^[13]
• 11 March 2017 onwards (announced): Phil Andrew (archdeacon-designate)^[14]

References

1. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 25175. pp. 6241–6242. 8 December 1882. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
2. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 31486. pp. 9853–9854. 1 August 1919. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
3. ↑ Hayward, Henry Rudge. Who Was Who. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 30 December 2012. 
4. ↑ Sinclair, John Stewart. Who Was Who. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 30 December 2012. 
5. ↑ Waterfield, Reginald. Who Was Who. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 30 December 2012. 
6. ↑ Gardner, George Lawrence Harter. Who Was Who. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 30 December 2012. 
7. ↑ Cornwall, Alan Whitmore. Who Was Who. 1920–2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 30 December 2012. 
8. ↑ Sutch, Ronald Huntley. Who Was Who. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 30 December 2012. 
9. ↑ Hutchins, George Francis. Who Was Who. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 30 December 2012. 
10. ↑ Evans, (Thomas) Eric. Who Was Who. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 30 December 2012. 
11. ↑ Lewis, John Arthur. Who's Who. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 30 December 2012. 
12. ↑ Ringrose, Hedley Sidney. Who's Who. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 30 December 2012. 
13. ↑ Springett, Robert Wilfred. Who's Who. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 30 December 2012. 
14. ↑ Gloucester Diocese — Welcome to the new Archdeacon of Cheltenham (Accessed 23 November 2017)