Archdeacon of Aston

The Archdeacon of Aston is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Birmingham.

The Archdeacon is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy ^[1] within the archdeaconry's three deaneries: Aston and Sutton Coldfield, Coleshill and Polesworth, and Yardley and Solihull.

The post was created from the Archdeaconry of Birmingham by Order-in-Council on 23 October 1906 ^[2] and is currently held by Phelim O'Hare, who was collated at Aston Parish Church on 14 July 2024. ^{[3] [4]}

List of archdeacons

• 1906–1912 (res.): Mansfield Owen ^[5]
• 1912–1913 (res.): Walter Hobhouse ^[6]
• 1913–1920 (res.): George Gardner ^[7]
• 1920–1938 (res.): Harold Richards ^[8]
• 1938–1946 (res.): Henry McGowan (afterwards Bishop of Wakefield) ^[9]
• 1946–1954 (res.): Michael Parker (afterwards Bishop suffragan of Aston) ^[10]
• 1954–1955: vacant
• 1955–2 October 1964 (d.): Maxwell Dunlop ^[11]
• 1965–1977 (ret.): Francis Warman (afterward archdeacon emeritus) ^[12]
• 1977–1982 (res.): Donald Tytler (afterwards Bishop suffragan of Middleton) ^[13]
• 1982–1990 (res.): John Cooper ^[14]
• 1990–2003 (ret.): John Barton ^[15] (afterward archdeacon emeritus)
• 2005–25 January 2014 (res.): Brian Russell ^{[16] [17]}
• 16 November 2014 –30 September 2022 (res.): ^[18] Simon Heathfield ^[19]
• 14 July 2024 –present: Phelim O'Hare ^{[3] [4]}

References

1. "ABCD: a basic church dictionary" Meakin, T: Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2001 ISBN   978-1-85311-420-5
2. "No. 27960". The London Gazette . 23 October 1906. pp. 7089–7090.
3. Birmingham, Church of England. "Archdeacon of Aston announced - Church of England Birmingham". www.cofebirmingham.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
4. "notice sheet" (PDF). Elmdon Church. 7 July 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
5. "Owen, Charles Mansfield" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 March 2014.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
6. "Hobhouse, Walter" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 March 2014.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
7. "Gardner, George Lawrence Harter" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 March 2014.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
8. "Richards, John Harold" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 March 2014.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
9. "McGowan, Henry" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 March 2014.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
10. "Parker, Clement George St Michael" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 March 2014.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
11. "Dunlop, Maxwell Tulloch" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 March 2014.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
12. "Warman, Francis Frederic Guy" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 March 2014.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
13. "Tytler, Donald Alexander" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 March 2014.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
14. "Cooper, John Leslie" . Who's Who . Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 March 2014.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
15. "Barton, (Charles) John Greenwood" . Who's Who . Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 March 2014.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
16. "Russell, Brian Kenneth" . Who's Who . Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 March 2014.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
17. Diocese in Europe – From Aston to Oslo Archived 2014-03-17 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 8 November 2013)
18. "Resignations and retirements" . Church Times . 18 November 2022. ISSN   0009-658X.
19. Diocese of Birmingham – Notification of Appointments, 8 September 2014 Archived 14 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 13 September 2014)