Andrew Ballard

Andrew Edgar Ballard (born 14 January 1944) is an Anglican priest. He was Archdeacon of Rochdale from 2005 to 2009;[1] and Archdeacon of Manchester from 2005.[2]

He was educated at Rossall School, St John's College, Durham and Westcott House, Cambridge.[3] He was ordained in 1969.[4] After curacies at St Mary's, Bryanston Square and St Mary's Portsea, the largest parish in that city, he held incumbencies in Haslingden, Walkden, Little Hulton and Farnworth before his appointment as Archdeacon.

His father was also Archdeacon of Rochdale, from 1966 to 1972.[5]

References

  1. Rochdale on-line
  2. ‘BALLARD, Ven. Andrew Edgar’, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 25 June 2013
  3. Burke’s
  4. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  5. ‘BALLARD, Ven. Arthur Henry’, 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 25 June 2013
Church of England titles
Preceded by
John Mark Meredith Dalby
Archdeacon of Rochdale
2000–2005
Succeeded by
Mark Davies
Preceded by
Alan Wolstencroft
Archdeacon of Manchester
2005–2009
Succeeded by
Mark David Ashcroft


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