Archdeacons in the Diocese of Southwark

The Archdeacons in the Diocese of Southwark are senior clergy in the Church of England in South London and Surrey. They currently include: the archdeacons of Southwark, of Reigate (formerly of Kingston-on-Thames) and of Lewisham & Greenwich (formerly of Lewisham), the Archdeacon of Croydon and the archdeacons of Wandsworth and of Lambeth. Each one has responsibility over a geographical area within the diocese.

History

The Diocese of Southwark was created on 1 May 1905 from two Diocese of Rochester archdeaconries: the archdeaconry of Southwark and the archdeaconry of Kingston-on-Thames. ^[1] Parts of Surrey (from the dioceses of Winchester and of London) had first been transferred to Rochester diocese on 1 August 1877, ^[2] and were organised into the Southwark archdeaconry on 3 May 1878. ^[3] In 1864, the Bishop of Winchester had split the rural deanery of Southwark into three: Lambeth, Southwark, and Streatham. ^[4] The Kingston archdeaconry was then created by Order in Council soon after, on 22 August 1879, by splitting the archdeaconry of Southwark: ^[5] the new Kingston archdeaconry consisted of the rural deaneries of Barnes, Beddington, Godstone, Kingston, Reigate, and Streatham; and the continuing Southwark one those of Battersea, Camberwell, Clapham, Kennington, Lambeth, Newington, and Southwark. ^[6] Lewisham rural deanery was erected, and other deanery boundaries altered, in early 1886. ^[7]

Not long after the erection of the Diocese of Southwark, the new archdeaconry of Lewisham was created, on 6 March 1906, from part of the Southwark archdeaconry (Camberwell and Dulwich deaneries) and part of the diocese not then in an archdeaconry (Greenwich, Lewisham, and Woolwich deaneries; ^[8] which had previously been in the Archdeaconry of Rochester). ^[9]

The archdeaconry of Wandsworth was created in 1973, the Croydon archdeaconry (er. 1930) was moved from the Diocese of Canterbury on 1 January 1985. ^[10] In 1986, the archdeaconry of Reigate was created from a renaming and reorganisation of the previous archdeaconry of Kingston-on-Thames ^[5] and the archdeaconry of Lambeth was created from Southwark archdeaconry. Lewisham archdeaconry was renamed the Archdeaconry of Lewisham & Greenwich in 2008.

Current composition

As of January 2021 ^[update] , the six archdeaconries of the Diocese of Southwark comprise the following 24 deaneries: ^[11]

• Archdeaconry of Southwark: Deaneries of Bermondsey, of Camberwell, of Dulwich, and of Southwark & Newington
• Archdeaconry of Reigate: Deaneries of Tandridge, of Reigate, and of Sutton
• Archdeaconry of Lewisham & Greenwich: Deaneries of Charlton, of Deptford, of East Lewisham, of Eltham & Mottingham, of Plumstead, and of West Lewisham
• Archdeaconry of Croydon: Deaneries of Croydon Addington, of Croydon Central, of Croydon North, and of Croydon South
• Archdeaconry of Wandsworth: Deaneries of Battersea, of Kingston, of Richmond & Barnes, of Tooting, and of Wandsworth
• Archdeaconry of Lambeth: Deaneries of Lambeth North, of Lambeth South, and of Merton

List of archdeacons

Archdeacons of Southwark

• 1879–1882 (res.): Samuel Cheetham ^[12]
• 1882–19 March 1904 (d.): John Richardson ^[13]
• 1904–1921 (res.): Samuel Taylor (also Bishop suffragan of Kingston from 1915) ^[14]

On 1 May 1905, Southwark archdeaconry was moved from Rochester diocese to the newly-created Diocese of Southwark.

• 1922–1926 (res.): Percy Herbert, Bishop suffragan of Kingston ^[15]
• 1927–1952 (res.): Frederick Hawkes, Bishop suffragan of Kingston ^[16]
• 1952–1955 (res.): William Gilpin, Bishop suffragan of Kingston ^[17]
• 1955–1966 (ret.): Havilland Sands ^[18]
• 1967–1973 (res.): Reginald Bazire ^[19]
• 1973–1982 (res.): Michael Whinney (became Bishop of Aston) ^[20]
• 1982–1985 (res.): Wilfred Wood (became Bishop of Croydon) ^[21]
• 1985–2004 (ret.): Douglas Bartles-Smith (afterwards Archdeacon emeritus) ^[22]
• 2004–2012 (res.): Michael Ipgrave (later Bishop of Lincoln from 2016) ^[23]
• 2012–2013 (act.): Dianna Gwilliams (became Dean of Guildford) ^[24]
• 2013–2021 (res.): Jane Steen ^[25] (became Bishop of Lynn)
• 15 May 2022 –present: ^[26] Jonathan Sedgwick (Acting Archdeacon from May 2021 until 30 June 2022) ^[27]

Archdeacons of Kingston-on-Thames and of Reigate

• 1879–1904 (res.): Charles Burney ^[28]
• 1904–1916 (res.): George Daniell ^[29]

The Archdeaconry of Kingston was moved from Rochester diocese to the newly-created Diocese of Southwark on 1 May 1905.

• 1916–1918 (res.): William Hough (became Bishop of Woolwich) ^[30]
• 1919–1931 (res.): Robert Joynt ^[31]
• 1931–1946 (ret.): George Marten (afterwards Archdeacon emeritus) ^[32]
• 1946–1952 (ret.): Nicol Anderson (afterwards Archdeacon emeritus) ^[33]
• 1953–28 November 1976 (d.): Percy Robb ^[34]
• 1977–1988 (ret.): Bernard Jacob (afterwards Archdeacon emeritus) ^[35]

In 1986, the archdeaconry was renamed to Reigate.

• 1988–1995 (ret.): Peter Coombs (afterwards Archdeacon emeritus) ^[36]
• 1996–2000 (ret.): Martin Baddeley ^[37]
• 2001 – 23 February 2016 (ret.): ^[38] Danny Kajumba ^[39] (afterwards Archdeacon emeritus) ^[40]
• April–July 2015 (act.): Andrew Cunnington ^{[41] [42]}
• Oct–Dec 2015 (act.): John Kronenberg ^[43]
• 18 December 2015 –20 October 2016 (act.): Jonathan Clark, also Bishop of Croydon ^[44]
• 30 October 2016 –present: Moira Astin ^[45] (to become Bishop of Crediton, 6 July 2025) ^[46]

Archdeacons of Lewisham and of Lewisham & Greenwich

• 1906–3 March 1919 (d.): Charles Escreet ^[47]
• 1919–1932 (ret.): William Hough, Bishop suffragan of Woolwich ^[30]
• 1932–19 July 1936 (d.): Arthur Preston, Bishop suffragan of Woolwich ^[48]
• 1936–1947 (res.): Leslie Lang, Bishop suffragan of Woolwich ^[49]
• 1947–1955 (res.): Robert Stannard, Bishop suffragan of Woolwich ^{[50] [51]}
• 1955–1960 (res.): Laurie Brown ^[52]
• 1960–1972 (ret.): William Hayman ^[53]
• 1972–1985 (ret.): Ivor Davies (afterwards Archdeacon emeritus) ^[54]
• 1985–1989 (ret.): Clifford Lacey (afterwards Archdeacon emeritus) [b. 1 April 1921 – d. 16 February 1997; wartime service RAFVR; educated at King's College London; ^[55] curacies: Crofton Park, Kingston upon Thames; ^[56] incumbencies: Merton, Eltham]
• 1989–1996 (res.): Gordon Kuhrt (afterwards Archdeacon emeritus) ^[57]
• 1996–2001 (res.): David Atkinson ^[58]
• September 2001–30 November 2012 (ret.):Christine Hardman (afterwards Archdeacon emeritus) ^[59]

In 2008, the archdeaconry was renamed Lewisham & Greenwich.

• 14 April 2013–3 July 2024 (res.): Alastair Cutting ^[25] (became Area Bishop of Woolwich)
• 20 September 2024 –present: Chigor Chike ^{[60] [61]}

Archdeacons of Croydon

Further information: Archdeacon of Croydon

Archdeacons of Wandsworth

• 1973–1975 (ret.): Reginald Bazire ^[19]
• 1975–1988 (res.): Peter Coombs ^[36]
• 1989–2004 (ret.): David Gerrard (afterwards Archdeacon emeritus) ^[62]
• 2004–September 2015 (res.): ^[63] Stephen Roberts ^[64]
• 22 July–22 November 2015 (act.): Tim Marwood ^[65]
• 22 November 2015–2025 (ret.): John Kiddle ^[66]
  • 2025 (elect): Bridget Shepherd ^[67]

Archdeacons of Lambeth

• 1986–1988 (ret.): Charles Pinder (afterwards Archdeacon emeritus) ^[68]
• 1988–1999 (res.): Dick Bird ^[69]
• 2000–2003 (res.): Nick Baines (became Bishop of Croydon) ^[70]
• 2004–14 April 2013 (res.): Chris Skilton ^{[71] [25]}
• 2013–present: Simon Gates ^[72]
  • 2018 (act.): David Stephenson ^[73]

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