Archdeacon of Bodmin

The Archdeacon of Bodmin is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Truro. The role was established by Order in Council on 21 May 1878,^[1] two years after the diocese itself was created, by splitting the Archdeaconry of Cornwall.

The archdeacon has statutory oversight over the archdeaconry of Bodmin, which is one of the two principal divisions of the diocese and covers its eastern parts. The archdeaconry includes five deaneries: East Wivelshire, Stratton, Trigg Major, Trigg Minor & Bodmin and West Wivelshire. Originally, the archdeaconry consisted of six deaneries – Bodmin and Trigg Minor were separate and East Wivelshire and West Wivelshire were referred to as East and West respectively.

The present archdeacon is the Ven Audrey Elkington who was installed in August 2011.^[2]

List of archdeacons

• 1878–1892 (res.): Reginald Hobhouse^[3][4]
• 1892–1924 (ret.): Henry Du Boulay
• 1924–1939 (d.): Montague Williamson
• 1939–1952 (ret.): William Rigg (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)
• 1953–1956 (ret.): John Wellington, assistant bishop^[5]
• 1956–1961 (ret.): William Prior (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)
• 1962–1969 (ret.): Arthur Williams^[6] (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)
• 1969–1979 (res.): Conrad Meyer
• 1979–1981 (ret.): John Wingfield (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)
• 1981–1989 (ret.): George Temple (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)
• 1989–2000 (ret.): Rodney Whiteman (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)
• 2000–2011 (ret.): Clive Cohen (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)
• 2011–present: Audrey Elkington

References

1. The London Gazette: no. 24583. pp. 3172–3174. 21 May 1878. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
2. "Installation of new archdeacon of Bodmin". BBC News. 2 August 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-24.
3. Prussia Cove houses ("Cornwall" is a mistake here)
4. "Cornwall Record Office; du Boulay". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 2011-09-24.
5. Brown, H. M. (1976) A Century for Cornwall. Truro: Blackford; pp. 18, 26, 89, 101, 103, 118
6. "Peals rung at St Mary the Virgin, Penzance". University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory. Retrieved 2011-09-27.