An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in the Church of the East, Chaldean Catholic Church, Syriac Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion, St Thomas Christians, Eastern Orthodox churches and some other Christian denominations, above that of most clergy and below a bishop. In the High Middle Ages it was the most senior diocesan position below a bishop in the Catholic Church. An archdeacon is often responsible for administration within an archdeaconry, which is the principal subdivision of the diocese. The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church has defined an archdeacon as "A cleric having a defined administrative authority delegated to him by the bishop in the whole or part of the diocese." The office has often been described metaphorically as that of oculus episcopi, the "bishop's eye".
Robert Sidney Ladds is an English Anglican bishop. From 1999 to 2008, he served as the Bishop of Whitby, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of York.
Derek Hugh Goodrich was an Anglican priest who was the Dean of St George's Cathedral, Georgetown, Guyana, from 1984 to 1993.
Donald Llewellyn Redding, MBE was the fourth Anglican Bishop of Bunbury from 1951 to 1957.
Christopher Lowson is a British retired Anglican bishop. He was Bishop of Lincoln from 2011 to 2021.
Stephen John Waine is an Anglican priest. He served as the Dean of Chichester from February 2015 until April 2023 and is Dean Emeritus of Chichester. ref name="BBC - Archdeacon Stephen Waine named as new Dean of Chichester">"Archdeacon Stephen Waine named as new Dean of Chichester". BBC News. 19 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.</ref> and the Archdeacon of Dorset from 2010 to 2015.
Stephen Ronald Taylor, is a senior priest in the Church of England and a former Archdeacon of Maidstone in the Diocese of Canterbury.
John Richardson (1817–1904) was an Anglican priest: he was the Archdeacon of Southwark from 1882 until his death on 19 March 1904.
Andrew Edgar Ballard is an Anglican priest. He was Archdeacon of Rochdale from 2000 to 2005; and Archdeacon of Manchester from 2005 to 2009.
Raymond Jackson Pentland, is a British Church of England priest. He is a retired military chaplain, having served as Chaplain-in-Chief of the Royal Air Force and head of its Chaplains Branch from 2009 to 2014.
Alexander James Hughes is a British priest in the Church of England. Since 2014, he has been the Archdeacon of Cambridge.
Peter Hill is a retired Church of England bishop who served as Bishop of Barking, 2014–2021. He was previously Archdeacon of Nottingham, 2007–2014.
Jonathan Peter Smith is an Anglican priest: he was Archdeacon of St Albans from 2008 to 2020. Before becoming archdeacon in 2008, he served as a chaplain and a vicar.
Luke Jonathan Miller is a Church of England priest. Since January 2016, he has been Archdeacon of London. From 2010 until 2015, he was Archdeacon of Hampstead in the Diocese of London. He is an executive officer of the Society of Mary, an Anglican devotional society.
Andrew Tremlett is a British Church of England priest. Since 2022, he has served as Dean of St Paul's, and is therefore the head of the Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral and the most senior priest in the Diocese of London. Previously, he was a canon residentiary of Bristol Cathedral (2008–2010), a canon residentiary of Westminster Abbey (2010–2016) and Dean of Durham (2016–2022).
Peter Andrew Eagles, is a British Anglican bishop. Since 2017, he has been the Bishop of Sodor and Man; he was consecrated a bishop in the Church of England in June 2017, and he was installed in September 2017. He is a former chaplain of the British Army, serving as Archdeacon for the Army (2011–2017) and the Deputy Chaplain-General of the Royal Army Chaplains' Department (2014–2017).
Simon James Hill has been Archdeacon of Taunton since 1 October 2016.
Jennifer Gaines McKenzie is an American Anglican priest. She served as the Archdeacon of Wigan and West Lancashire in the Diocese of Liverpool, Church of England, 2015–2021; and had previously been a priest in the Diocese of Washington and the Diocese of Virginia in the Episcopal Church.
Andrew David Wooding Jones has been Archdeacon of Rochester since 2018.
Catherine Ann Sourbut Groves is a British Anglican priest. Since November 2020, she has served as Archdeacon of Lindisfarne in the Church of England Diocese of Newcastle. She had previously worked in academia and administration at the University of Bath, and in parish ministry in the Diocese of Bath and Wells.
