An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in the Church of the East, Chaldean Catholic Church, Syriac Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion, St Thomas Christians, Eastern Orthodox churches and some other Christian denominations, above that of most clergy and below a bishop. In the High Middle Ages it was the most senior diocesan position below a bishop in the Catholic Church. An archdeacon is often responsible for administration within an archdeaconry, which is the principal subdivision of the diocese. The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church has defined an archdeacon as "A cleric having a defined administrative authority delegated to him by the bishop in the whole or part of the diocese." The office has often been described metaphorically as oculus episcopi, the "bishop's eye".
The Queen's Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Education is an ecumenical theological college which, with the West Midlands Ministerial Training Course, forms the Centre for Ministerial Formation of the Queen's Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Education. It serves the Church of England and the Methodist Church, and its courses thus have a strong ecumenical emphasis.
Wilfrid Arthur Edmund Westall was an English Anglican bishop in the 20th century. He served as Archdeacon of Exeter and as Bishop of Crediton.
Clement George St Michael Parker was a British Anglican bishop who served as Bishop of Aston and later Bishop of Bradford.
Vernon Sampson Nicholls was an Anglican clergyman who served in the Church of England as the Bishop of Sodor and Man from 1974 to 1983.
Ronald Claud Dudley Jasper CBE was a British Anglican priest who was Dean of York between 1975 and 1984.
Paul Wright is a British retired Anglican priest who served as the Archdeacon of Bromley & Bexley, 2003–2022.
John Charles Williams was an Anglican priest.
Julian Tudor Henderson is a retired British Anglican bishop. From 2013 to 2022, he was the Bishop of Blackburn, the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Blackburn in the Church of England. From 2005 to 2013, he was the Archdeacon of Dorking in the Diocese of Guildford.
Thomas Maurice Hughes was an eminent Welsh Anglican priest in the second half of the twentieth century: he was Archdeacon of Margam from 1960 to 1964; and Archdeacon of Llandaff 1964 to 1969; and an Assistant Bishop of Llandaff from 1961 until 1970.
Colin Henry Williams is a British Anglican priest. Since 2015, he has served as an Archdeacon in the Diocese in Europe; he was Archdeacon of Lancaster from 1999 to 2005.
Jonathan Peter Smith is an Anglican priest: he was Archdeacon of St Albans from 2008 to 2020. Before becoming archdeacon in 2008, he served as a chaplain and a vicar.
Gerald Hollis was a British rugby player, Royal Navy officer and Church of England priest. He served as Archdeacon of Birmingham from 1974 to 1984.
Charles Eric Corbett was a clergyman in the Church of England, who was Archdeacon of Liverpool from 1970 to 1979.
Hayward John Osborne is a retired British Anglican priest. He was the Archdeacon of Birmingham from 2001 until his 2018 retirement. He was previously a parish priest in the Diocese of Rochester, the Diocese of Worcester, and the Diocese of Birmingham.
Edward Taylor was Archdeacon of Warwick from 1974 until his death.
John Mascal Evans was an Anglican priest, most notably archdeacon of Surrey from 1968 to 1980.
George John Charles Marchant was a British Anglican priest. From 1974 to 1983, he was Archdeacon of Auckland in the Diocese of Durham. He had previously been Vicar of St Nicholas' Church, Durham, and before that ministered in the Diocese of London, the Diocese of Ely, and the Diocese of Lincoln.
Charles Edward Thomas was a Church of England priest, most notably Archdeacon of Wells from 1983 to 1993.
The Venerable Thomas Hooton Michael Dix ARCO was Archdeacon of Zanzibar and Priest in Charge of Christ Church Cathedral, Zanzibar between 1954 and 1959. In 1970 he was made Hon. Canon of St Albans Cathedral and, in 1974, Canon (Emeritus) of St Albans Cathedral.
