Archdeacon of Manchester

The Archdeacon of Manchester is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England in Greater Manchester.

The archdeaconry of Manchester, unusually, was established (on 29 September 1843)^[1] a few years before the Diocese of Manchester (on 1 September 1847.)^[2] The archdeaconry was therefore initially, for the time being, established in the Diocese of Chester.

List of archdeacons

Archdeacons of Manchester
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
25 October 1843	1854 (res.)	John Rushton
2 September 1854	1 July 1867 (d.)	Robert Master	Died in office.
1867	1870 (res.)	Richard Durnford
1870	1890 (res.)[3]	George Anson	Son of Sir William Anson.
1890	1905 (res.)	James Wilson	[4]
1905	1 February 1909 (d.)	Foster Blackburne	[5] Died in office.
1909	1909 (res.)	John Wright	[6] Elected Anglican Archbishop of Sydney.
1909	1916 (res.)	Willoughby Allen	[7]
1916	17 June 1934 (d.)	Noel Aspinall	[8] Died in office.
1934	1966 (ret.)	Selwyn Bean	Grandson of New Zealand prime minister Richard Seddon via his mother was Jennie Seddon Bean; afterwards archdeacon emeritus.[9]
1966	1972 (res.)	Hetley Price	[10]
1972	1980 (ret.)	Arthur Ballard	[11]
1980	1998 (ret.)	Brian Harris	[12]
1998	2004 (ret.)	Alan Wolstencroft	Afterwards archdeacon emeritus.[13]
2005	2009 (ret.)	Andrew Ballard	[14]
24 May 2009	present	Mark Ashcroft	[15]

References

1. The London Gazette: no. 20265. pp. 3173–3174. 29 September 1843. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
2. The London Gazette: no. 20769. pp. 3157–3160. 31 August 1847. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
3. Transactions of Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society, Vol. XVI p. 213
4. Wilson, The Ven. James Maurice. Who Was Who. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
5. Blackburne, Rev. Foster Grey. Who Was Who. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
6. Wright, Most Rev. John Charles. Who Was Who. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
7. Allen, Rev. Willoughby Charles. Who Was Who. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
8. Aspinall, Ven. Noel Lake. Who Was Who. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
9. Bean, Ven. Arthur Selwyn. Who Was Who. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
10. Price, Rt Rev. (Stuart) Hetley. Who Was Who. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
11. Ballard, Ven. Arthur Henry. Who Was Who. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
12. Harris, Ven. (Reginald) Brian. Who's Who 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
13. Wolstencroft, Ven. Alan. Who's Who 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
14. Ballard, Ven. Andrew Edgar. Who's Who 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
15. Ashcroft, Ven. Mark David. Who's Who 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 14 January 2014.

Sources

• Horn, Joyce M.; Smith, David M.; Mussett, Patrick, Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857 11, pp. 117–118
• Horn, Joyce M.; Smith, David M.; Mussett, Patrick, Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857 11, p. 121