Archdeacon of Plymouth

The Archdeacon of Plymouth is a senior clergy position in the Church of England Diocese of Exeter ^[1] and is responsible for the supervision of the clergy within the five rural deaneries: Ivybridge, Plymouth Moorside, Plymouth Devonport, Plymouth Sutton and Tavistock. ^[2]

The archdeaconry was created by an Order-in-Council splitting the Archdeaconry of Totnes on 22 March 1918. ^[3] The current archdeacon is Jane Bakker.

List of archdeacons

• 1918 –1920 (res.): Arthur Perowne ^[4]
• 1921 –28 April 1928 (d.): Ernest Newman ^[5]
• 1928 –1950 (ret.): Whitfield Daukes (also Bishop suffragan of Plymouth from 1934) ^[6]
• 1950 –1962 (ret.): Norman Clarke, Bishop suffragan of Plymouth ^[7]
• 1962 –1978 (res.): Frederick Matthews (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) ^[8]
• 1978 –1982 (res.): Kenneth Newing (became Bishop suffragan of Plymouth) ^[9]
• 1982 –2000 (ret.): Robin Ellis ^[10]
• 2001 –2010 (ret.): Tony Wilds ^[11]
• 2010 –31 December 2018 (ret.): ^[12] Ian Chandler ^[13] (on leave during 2018) ^[14]
• 18 June 2019 –30 April 2023 (ret.): ^[15] Nick Shutt ^[16] (Acting since 2018) ^[14]
• 13 June 2023 –present: Jane Bakker ^[17]

References

1. Diocese of Extern website Archived 2012-03-19 at the Wayback Machine
2. Crockford's on line accessed 18 March 2012 21:12 GMT
3. "No. 30591". The London Gazette . 22 March 1918. pp. 3624–3625.
4. "Perowne, Arthur William Thomson" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 August 2014.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
5. "Newman, Ernest Frederick" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 August 2014.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
6. "Daukes, Francis Whitfield" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 August 2014.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
7. "Clarke, Norman Harry" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 August 2014.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
8. "Matthews, Frederick Albert John" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 August 2014.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
9. "Newing, Kenneth Albert" . Who's Who . Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 August 2014.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
10. "Ellis, Robin Gareth" . Who's Who . Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 August 2014.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
11. "Wilds, Anthony Ronald" . Who's Who . Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 August 2014.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
12. Exon, Robert. "Ad Clerum: Advent 2018" (PDF). Church of England in Devon - Diocese of Exeter.
13. "Chandler, Ian Nigel" . Who's Who . Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 August 2014.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
14. National Archdeacons' Forum — Archdeacons’ News — #30, January 2018 (Accessed 22 February 2018)
15. Nick Shutt [@nicthevic] (1 May 2023). "I am now officially retired!" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 2 June 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023– via Twitter.
16. "Collation of the Venerable Nick Shutt as the new Archdeacon of Plymouth". 19 June 2019.
17. "Plymouth archdeaconry welcomes its first female archdeacon". Diocese of Exeter. 20 June 2023. Archived from the original on 24 June 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.