Edward Birch

Edward Birch (17 May 1809 - 9 August 1886)^[1] was the inaugural Archdeacon of Blackburn.^[2]

He was educated at Eton and St John's College, Cambridge.^[3] He was ordained in 1832 and began his career as a curate at All Saints, Manchester.^[4] He was Rector of St Saviour, Manchester from 1836^[5] to 1868 when he was appointed Vicar of Blackburn.^[6] He was also Rural Dean of Blackburn from then until his Archdeacon’s appointment.^[7]

References

↑ Obituary The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Aug 10, 1886; pg. 6; Issue 31834
↑ Ecclesiastical Appointments The Times (London, England), Friday, Aug 31, 1877; pg. 8; Issue 29035
↑ Venn Database
↑ ’The Rev. Edward Birch, B. A. of St. John's College, Cambridge, has been appointed to the curacy of All Saints, Manchester’ The Lancaster Gazette and General Advertiser, for Lancashire, Westmorland, &c. (Lancaster, England), Saturday, August 18, 1832; Issue 1627
↑ ’Church’ The Lancaster Gazette and General Advertiser, for Lancashire, Westmorland, &c. (Lancaster, England), Saturday, December 24, 1836; Issue 1841
↑ ‘ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE’ The Hampshire Advertiser (Southampton, England), Saturday, March 21, 1868; pg. 2; Issue 2325
↑ ‘ECCLESIASTICAL NEWS’ Liverpool Mercury (Liverpool, England), Thursday, August 23, 1877; Issue 9237.

Church of England titles
Preceded by Inaugural appointment	Archdeacon of Blackburn 1877–1885	Succeeded by Robert Atherstone Rawstorne

Archdeacons of Blackburn

Manchester diocese	Edward Birch Robert Rawstorne Francis Cramer-Roberts Robert Fletcher Willoughby Allen Edward Richardson Atherton Rawstorne

Blackburn diocese	Atherton Rawstorne Henry Leonard Fosbrooke Richard Newman Charles Lambert Arnold Picton Norman Hodd Desmond Carroll David Robinson John Marsh John Hawley Roger Smith (Acting) Timothy Lipscomb (Acting) Mark Ireland (announced)

Anglican Diocese of Manchester

Manchester Cathedral Bishopscourt, Salford Church House, Manchester

Office holders	The Bishop of Manchester, David Walker The Bishop suffragan of Bolton, Chris Edmondson The Bishop suffragan of Middleton, Mark Davies AEO: Glyn Webster, Bishop suffragan of Beverley The Dean of Manchester, Rogers Govender The Archdeacon of Rochdale, Cherry Vann The Archdeacon of Bolton, David Bailey The Archdeacon of Manchester, Mark Ashcroft The Archdeacon of Salford, David Sharples

Historic offices	Bishop suffragan of Whalley (1909–1936) Bishop suffragan of Hulme (1924–2009) Archdeacon of Lancaster (1847–1926; became Diocese of Blackburn) Archdeacon of Blackburn (1877–1926; became Diocese of Blackburn)

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