Archdeacon of Rochdale

The Archdeacon of Rochdale is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Manchester.

As Archdeacon, they are responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy^[1] within the five area deaneries: Ashton-under-Lyne, Heywood and Middleton, Rochdale, Oldham East and Oldham West.

Created on 3 June 1910 from the Manchester archdeaconry,^[2] the post is currently vacant.

List of archdeacons

1910–1919 (ret.): Arthur Clarke^[3]
1919–1935 (ret.): Thomas Sale (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[4]
1935–20 December 1950 (d.): Albert Gaskell^[5]
1951–1962 (ret.): Edgar Stephenson (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[6]
1962–1966 (res.): Len Tyler^[7]
1966–1972 (res.): Arthur Ballard (became Archdeacon of Manchester)^[8]
1972–1982 (ret.): Harold Fielding (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[9]
1982–1991 (res.): David Bonser (became Bishop suffragan of Bolton)^[10]
1991–2000 (res.): Mark Dalby (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[11]
2000–2005 (res.): Andrew Ballard (became Archdeacon of Manchester)^[12]
2006–2008 (res.): Mark Davies (became Bishop suffragan of Middleton)^[13]
2008 – 5 January 2020 (res.): Cherry Vann^[14] (became Bishop of Monmouth)^[15]
1 July 2020 – 31 March 2024 (retired): David Sharples (previously Archdeacon of Salford)^[16]^[17]

References

^ "ABCD: a basic church dictionary" Meakin, T: Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2001 ISBN 978-1-85311-420-5
^ "No. 28381". The London Gazette. 3 June 1910. pp. 3867–3868.
^ "Clarke, Arthur Frederic". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 November 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Sale, Thomas Rawlinson". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 November 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Gaskell, Albert Fisher". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 November 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Stephenson, Edgar". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 November 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Tyler, Leonard George". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 November 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Ballard, Arthur Henry". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 November 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Fielding, Harold Ormandy". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 November 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Bonser, David". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 November 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Dalby, (John) Mark (Meredith)". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 November 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Ballard, Andrew Edgar". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 November 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Davies, Mark". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 November 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Vann, Cherry Elizabeth". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 November 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "New bishop for Monmouth".
^ [1] Archived 18 December 2019 at the Wayback Machine & [2] Archived 2 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine
^ "David Sharples — Notice of Retirement". Diocese of Manchester. Archived from the original on 1 April 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2024.

Archdeacons of Rochdale

v t e Anglican Diocese of Manchester
Manchester Cathedral Bishopscourt, Broughton Church House, Manchester
Office holders	David Walker, Bishop of Manchester Mark Davies, Bishop suffragan of Middleton Matthew Porter, Bishop suffragan of Bolton AEO: Stephen Race, Bishop suffragan of Beverley & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Rogers Govender, Dean of Manchester Karen Lund, Archdeacon of Manchester Rachel Mann, Archdeacon of Bolton and Salford Archdeacon of Rochdale (vacant)
Historic offices	Bishop suffragan of Burnley (1901–1926; moved to Diocese of Blackburn) Bishop suffragan of Whalley (1909–1926; moved to Diocese of Blackburn) Bishop suffragan of Hulme (1924–2009) Archdeacon of Lancaster (1847–1926; became Diocese of Blackburn) Archdeacon of Blackburn (1877–1926; became Diocese of Blackburn)

Archdeacons in the Church of England

Current

northern province	Auckland Blackburn Bolton Bradford Carlisle Chester Cleveland Doncaster Durham East Riding (York) Halifax Lancaster Leeds Lindisfarne Liverpool Knowsley and Sefton Macclesfield Man Manchester Newark Nottingham Northumberland Pontefract Richmond and Craven Rochdale St Helens and Warrington Salford Sheffield and Rotherham Stoke Sunderland Walsall West Cumberland Westmorland and Furness Wigan and West Lancashire York (West Riding)
southern province	Ashford Aston Barnstaple Barking Bath Bedford Berkshire Birmingham Bodmin Boston Bournemouth Brighton & Lewes Bristol Bromley & Bexley Buckingham Cambridge Canterbury Chelmsford Charing Cross ("Two Cities") Cheltenham Chichester Colchester Cornwall Coventry ("Archdeacon Pastor") Croydon Derby City and South Derbyshire Derbyshire Peak and Dales Dorchester Dorking Dorset Dudley East Derbyshire Eastern Archdeaconry (Europe) Exeter France Germany and Northern Europe Gibraltar Gloucester Hackney Hampstead Harlow Hastings Hereford Hertford Horsham Huntingdon and Wisbech Ipswich Isle of Wight Italy and Malta Lambeth Leicester Lewisham & Greenwich Lichfield Lincoln London Loughborough Ludlow Lynn Maidstone Malmesbury The Meon Middlesex Norfolk North West Europe Northampton Northolt Norwich Oakham Oxford Plymouth Portsdown Reigate Rochester St Albans Salop/Shropshire (Lichfield diocese) Sarum Sherborne Southend Southwark Stansted Stow and Lindsey Sudbury Suffolk Surrey Switzerland Taunton Tonbridge Totnes Wandsworth Warwick ("Archdeacon Missioner") Wells West Ham Westminster Wilts Winchester Worcester
non-territorial	Military archdeacons: Royal Navy, Army, Royal Air Force Prison Service "Archdeacon Missioner" (see Warwick) & "Archdeacon Pastor" (see Coventry) Rural Mission (Eds & Ips diocese)