Archdeacon of Malmesbury

The Archdeacon of Malmesbury is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Bristol.[1] As such she or he is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy[2] within its four rural deaneries: Chippenham, Kingswood and South Gloucestershire, North Wiltshire and Swindon.[3] Christopher Bryan has been the incumbent since 2019.[4]

History

The Archdeaconry of North Wilts was created from the Archdeaconry of Bristol in the Diocese of Bristol by Order-in-Council on 12 August 1904[5] and renamed the Archdeaconry of Swindon on 30 May 1919, due to the bishop's concern over confusion with the similarly-named Archdeaconry of Wilts in Salisbury diocese.[6] In 1999, Alan Hawker, the last recorded Archdeacon of Swindon became the first recorded Archdeacon of Malmesbury;[7][8] the current Malmesbury archdeaconry covers a very similar area to the 1904 North Wilts archdeaconry.

John Sherman (d. 1671) was said (once, in 1814) to have succeeded Joshua Childrey as "Archdeacon of North Wiltshire" while serving as chaplain to Seth Ward, Bishop of Salisbury; it is well-recorded that Sharman succeeded Childrey as Archdeacon of Salisbury in 1670.[9]

List of archdeacons
At its creation, the archdeaconry was called North Wilts.
From 30 May 1919, the archdeaconry was renamed Swindon.
Since 1999, the archdeaconry has been called Malmesbury.
  • 1999 – 1 November 2010 (ret.): Alan Hawker (previously Archdeacon of Swindon; afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[22]
  • 1 November 2010–2011 (Acting): Hedley Ringrose[23]
  • 2011 – 30 September 2018 (ret.): Christine Froude[24] (also Acting Archdeacon of Bristol from December 2012)[25]
    • from January 2013 until 1 April 2015, Derek Chedzey was part-time Assistant Archdeacon for the diocese[26][27]
  • 4 October 2018 – 2019: Graham Archer (Acting)[4][28]
  • 7 May 2019 – present: Christopher Bryan[29][30]

References
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  2. "ABCD: a basic church dictionary" Meakin, T: Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2001 ISBN 978-1-85311-420-5
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  4. "Graham Archer seconded as Acting Archdeacon of Malmesbury". Diocese of Bristol. 4 October 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  5. "No. 27704". The London Gazette. 12 August 1904. pp. 5204–5205.
  6. "No. 31365". The London Gazette. 30 May 1919. pp. 6646–6647.
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  8. Diocese of Bristol – Hawker to retire
  9. BRYDGES, Sir Egerton, Restituta: Or, Titles, Extracts, and Characters of Old Books in English Literature, Reviewed, Volume 1 (Google eBook) page 63: Dr John Sharman
  10. Gloucestershire Archives, Tewkesbury Abbey Church: Stone Figure in memory of Archdeacon Hemming Robeson
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  20. "Clark, Kenneth James". Who's Who. 1920–2007 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 18 December 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
  21. "Middleton, Michael John". Who's Who. 1920–2007 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 18 December 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
  22. "Hawker, Alan Fort". Who's Who. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 18 December 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
  23. Diocese of Bristol – Ringrose appointed Acting Archdeacon (Accessed 21 March 2014)
  24. "Froude, Christine Ann". Who's Who. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 18 December 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
  25. "Appointments". Church Times (#7814). 21–28 December 2012. p. 58. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  26. Diocese of Bristol – Appointment of Assistant Archdeacon Archived 2014-03-13 at Archive.today (Accessed 13 March 2014)
  27. Diocese of Bristol – Changes at Diocesan Office (Accessed 24 June 2015)
  28. "Senior clergy". Diocese of Bristol. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
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