Archdeacon of Halifax
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The archdeacon of Halifax is the priest in charge of the archdeaconry of Halifax, an administrative division of the Church of England
Diocese of Wakefield
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since that diocese's creation in 1888. Prior to this, the archdeaconry (and archdeacon) were in the Diocese of Ripon. Under the recommendations of the Dioceses Commission's Yorkshire Review, the archdeaconry would become part of the new Huddersfield episcopal area of a new (different and expanded) Diocese of Wakefield.
Church of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
Diocese of Wakefield
Diocese of Wakefield
The Diocese of Wakefield is a Church of England diocese based in Wakefield in West Yorkshire, covering Wakefield, Barnsley, Kirklees and Calderdale...
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History
The archdeaconry of Halifax has constituted the western half of the Diocese of WakefieldDiocese of Wakefield
The Diocese of Wakefield is a Church of England diocese based in Wakefield in West Yorkshire, covering Wakefield, Barnsley, Kirklees and Calderdale...
since that diocese's creation in 1888. Prior to this, the archdeaconry (and archdeacon) were in the Diocese of Ripon. Under the recommendations of the Dioceses Commission's Yorkshire Review, the archdeaconry would become part of the new Huddersfield episcopal area of a new (different and expanded) Diocese of Wakefield.
List of archdeacons
- 1906–1925: William Foxley NorrisWilliam Foxley NorrisWilliam Foxley Norris KCVO was Dean of York between 1917 and 1925 and of Westminster from then until his death in 1937.Born into a clerical family, he was educated at Charterhouse and Trinity College, Oxford before taking Holy orders at Leeds Clergy School...
–1949: Arthur Morris - 1949–1961: Eric TreacyEric TreacyThe Rt Revd Eric Treacy MBE was an English railway photographer and Anglican Bishop.Born in London, Treacy was educated at Haberdashers' Aske's School and at King's College London, though he left without taking a degree...
- 1961–1972: John Lister
- 1985–1989: Alan Chesters–1994: David Hallatt
- 2003–28 October 2011: Robert FreemanRobert Freeman (bishop)Robert John Freeman BS MA is, since 2011, the Bishop of Penrith in the Church of England Diocese of Carlisle. Previously, he was the Archdeacon of Halifax from 2003 until 2011.-Education:...