Archdeacon of Oakham

The Archdeacon of Oakham is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Anglican Diocese of Peterborough. ^[1] As such, they are responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy ^[2] within its six rural deaneries: Corby, Higham, Kettering, Oundle, Peterborough and Rutland. ^[3]

The archdeaconry was created by splitting the Archdeaconry of Northampton on 29 June 1875; the archdeaconry has remained part of Peterborough diocese since its creation. ^[4]

List of archdeacons

• 1875–1879 (res.): Lord Alwyne Compton (became Dean of Worcester) ^[5]
• 1880–18 September 1906 (d.): Prideaux Lightfoot ^[6]
• 1906–1918 (res.): Edward Moore ^[7]
• 1918–1923 (res.): Walter Whittingham (became Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich) ^[8]
• 1924–1934 (res.): Arthur Greaves (became Sub-Dean of Lincoln) ^[9]
• 1934–1936 (res.): Frank Partridge (became Bishop of Portsmouth) ^[10]
• 1936–1945 (ret.): Norman Lang, Assistant Bishop of Peterborough ^[11]
• 1946–1966 (ret.): Norman Millard (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) ^[12]
• 1967–1977 (ret.): Frank Towndrow (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) ^[13]
• 1977–1999 (ret.): Bernard Fernyhough (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) ^[14]
• 2000–2011 (ret.): David Painter (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) ^[15]
• 25 February 2012 ^[16]  –30 November 2021 (ret.): Gordon Steele ^[17] (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) ^[18]
• 6 February 2022   present: Alison Booker ^[19]

References

1. Diocesan web site
2. "ABCD: a basic church dictionary" Meakin, T: Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2001 ISBN   978-1-85311-420-5
3. Crockford's on line accessed Sunday 4 December 2011 19:43 GMT
4. "No. 24223". The London Gazette . 29 June 1875. pp. 3291–3293.
5. "Compton, Lord Alwyne" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 1 August 2014.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
6. "Lightfoot, Reginald Prideaux" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 1 August 2014.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
7. "Moore, Edward Marsham" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 1 August 2014.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
8. "Whittingham, Walter Godfrey" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 1 August 2014.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
9. "Greaves, Arthur Ivan" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 1 August 2014.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
10. "Partridge, Frank" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 1 August 2014.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
11. "Lang, Norman Macleod" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 1 August 2014.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
12. "Millard, Ernest Norman" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 1 August 2014.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
13. "Towndrow, Frank Noel" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 1 August 2014.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
14. "Fernyhough, Bernard" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 1 August 2014.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
15. "Painter, David Scott" . Who's Who . Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 1 August 2014.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
16. Peterborough Cathedral – Welcome Service for the new Archdeacon of Oakham Archived August 8, 2014, at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 1 August 2014)
17. "Steele, Gordon John" . Who's Who . Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 1 August 2014.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
18. "Appointments and retirements (Section: April 2021)". Diocese of Peterborough. Archived from the original on 21 June 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
19. "Appointments and retirements (Section: October 2021)". Diocese of Peterborough. Archived from the original on 31 October 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.