List of Archdeacons of Dorset
Encyclopedia
This is a list of archdeacon
s of Dorset, a post historically in the diocese of Salisbury
, from 1542 in the diocese of Bristol
, England. It was later transferred back to the diocese of Salisbury, in 1836.
Archdeacon
An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in Anglicanism, Syrian Malabar Nasrani, Chaldean Catholic, 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 Roman Catholic Church...
s of Dorset, a post historically in the diocese of Salisbury
Diocese of Salisbury
The Diocese of Salisbury is a Church of England diocese in the south of England. The diocese covers Dorset and most of Wiltshire and is a constituent diocese of the Province of Canterbury. The diocese is led by the Bishop of Salisbury and the diocesan synod...
, from 1542 in the diocese of Bristol
Diocese of Bristol
The Diocese of Bristol is a Church of England diocese in the Province of Canterbury, England. It is based in the city of Bristol and covers South Gloucestershire and parts of north Wiltshire to Swindon...
, England. It was later transferred back to the diocese of Salisbury, in 1836.
- bef. 1139–aft. 1173: Adelelm
- bef. 1275–aft. 1280: Thomas Bek
- bef. 1281–1284: Henry BrandestonHenry Brandeston-Life:He held the offices of archdeacon of Wiltshire, archdeacon of Dorset, and Dean of Salisbury, all in the diocese of Salisbury.He was elected bishop on 2 January 1287 and consecrated on 1 June 1287...
- 1397–1400: Henry ChicheleHenry ChicheleHenry Chichele , English archbishop, founder of All Souls College, Oxford, was born at Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, in 1363 or 1364...
- 1486–1514: Robert Langton
- 1514–1523: Richard PaceRichard PaceRichard Pace was an English diplomat of the Tudor period. He was educated at Winchester College under Thomas Langton, and later at Padua, at Bologna, and probably at the University of Oxford...
- 1523–1530: John StokesleyJohn StokesleyJohn Stokesley was an English church leader who was Catholic Bishop of London during the reign of Henry VIII.He was born at Collyweston in Northamptonshire, and became a fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford in 1495, serving also as a lecturer. In 1498 he was made principal of Magdalen Hall, and in...
- 1530–1533: William Bennet
- 1533–1535: Edward FoxeEdward FoxeEdward Foxe was an English churchman, Bishop of Hereford. He was the most Lutheran of Henry VIII's bishops, and assisted in drafting the Ten Articles of 1536....
- ?–1542: John SkyppJohn SkyppJohn Skypp was the Bishop of Hereford from 1539 until 1552. Born of humble parents in Irstead Norfolk he graduated from Gonville College in 1518, and embarked on a clerical career that saw him become Vicar of Newington, Shepway and Archdeacon of Suffolk before elevation to the Episcopate.He was...
- 1542–?: Thomas Canner
- 1551–1572: John CotterellJohn CotterellJohn Cotterell DCL was an English clergyman and academic at the University of Oxford, who was one of the founding fellows of Jesus College, Oxford.-Life and career:...
- 1572–?: Henry Tynchiner
- 1572: James Proctor
- ?–1621: Edward Wickham
- 1621–1653/4: Richard Fitzherbert
- 1660–1671: Richard Meredith
- 1671–1683: Ralph Ironside
- 1683–1698: John Feilding
- 1698–1733: Robert Cooper
- 1733–1762: Edward Hammond
- 1762–1780: John Walker
- 1780–1801: Watson Hand
- 1801–1815: Henry Hall
- 1815–1835: William England
- 1836–1862: Bentley Buckle
- 2000–2009: Alistair Magowan
- 2009–2010: Patrick EvansPatrick EvansPatrick Evans is a Church of England clergyman. He trained originally to become a solicitor and then worked in marketing and sales management, before training for ordination at Lincoln Theological College and becoming Vicar of St Mildred's, Tenterden and Area Dean of West Charing.He then became...
(acting) - 18 April 2010–present: Stephen Waine