Archdeacon of Tonbridge

The Archdeacon of Tonbridge is a senior ecclesiastical officer in charge of the Archdeaconry of Tonbridge in the Church of England Diocese of Rochester. The archdeaconry was created from Rochester archdeaconry by Order in Council on 4 April 1906. ^[1]

The archdeaconry covers 6 deaneries, namely Malling, Paddock Wood, Sevenoaks, Shoreham, Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells. ^[2]

List of archdeacons

• 1906–18 June 1925 (d.): Avison Scott, Vicar of St James's Tunbridge Wells (first archdeacon) ^[3]
• 1925–1940 (ret.): Leonard Savill (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) ^[4]
• 1940–1953 (ret.): William Gray, ^{[5] [ better source needed ]} Vicar of St Nicholas, Rochester (until 1942) then Vicar of Kippington (until 1952; afterwards archdeacon emeritus) ^[6]
• 1953–1976 (ret.): Maples Earle, ^[7] Rector of Wrotham (until 1959) then Vicar of Shipbourne (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) ^[8]
• 1977–1995 (ret.): Richard Mason, ^[9] Vicar of Edenbridge (until 1983) then Minister of St Luke's Sevenoaks (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) ^[10]
• 1996–2002 (ret.): Judith Rose ^{[11] [12]}
• 2002 –31 July 2017: ^[13] Clive Mansell ^{[2] [14]}
• 24 September 2017 ^[15]  –19 July 2021: Julie Conalty ^[16] (became Bishop of Birkenhead) ^[17]
• 16 January 2022 ^[18]  –October 2024 (res.): Sharon Copestake ^[19]
• 23 February 2025 –present: Nick Cornell ^[20]

References

1. "No. 27903". The London Gazette . 10 April 1906. p. 2505.
2. "Archdeacon Clive Mansell" . Retrieved 26 October 2013.
3. "Scott, Avison Terry" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 30 January 2015.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
4. "Savill, Leonard" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 30 January 2015.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
5. Kent and Sussex Courier. 22 December 1939.{{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
6. "Gray, William James" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 30 January 2015.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
7. "The History of St James" . Retrieved 26 October 2013.
8. "Earle, E(dward) E(rnest) Maples" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 30 January 2015.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
9. Oxford Index
10. "Mason, Richard John" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 30 January 2015.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
11. "Archdeacon to retire". Kent Online. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
12. "Rose, (Kathleen) Judith" . Who's Who . Vol. 2015 (October 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 30 January 2015.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
13. "Resignations and retirements" . Church Times . No. 8033. 3 March 2017. p. 34. ISSN   0009-658X . Retrieved 3 March 2017.
14. "Mansell, Clive Neville Ross" . Who's Who . Vol. 2015 (October 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 30 January 2015.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
15. Diocese of Rochester — Archdeacon of Tonbridge (Accessed 1 September 2017)
16. James Langstaff — New Archdeacon of Tonbridge (Accessed 1 August 2017)
17. "Julie and Sam to be consecrated at York Minster - Diocese of Chester".
18. "Diocese of Rochester | Service welcomes the new Archdeacon of Tonbridge". www.rochester.anglican.org. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
19. "News regarding the Archdeacon of Tonbridge". Diocese of Rochester. 5 August 2024. Archived from the original on 6 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
20. "New archdeacons welcomed". Diocese of Rochester. 24 February 2025. Archived from the original on 2 March 2025. Retrieved 2 March 2025.