Archdeacon of Winchester

For Archdeacons of Winchester before 2000, see Archdeacon of Bournemouth.

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

History

Originally created as the archdeaconry of Basingstoke on 26 July 1927^[1] within the Diocese of Winchester, the office replaced that of Archdeacon of Surrey, which had been newly transferred to the Diocese of Guildford. The Basingstoke archdeaconry was renamed to Winchester in 2000, the ancient Archdeaconry of Winchester having been renamed to Bournemouth.

As archdeacon, he is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within the archdeaconry, which (on its creation) consisted of six rural deaneries in the northern part of the diocese: Aldershot, Alton, Andover, Basingstoke, Kingsclere and Silchester.^[1] Since a pastoral reorganisation in 2000, the diocese now consists of the new archdeaconry of Winchester (the north) and the archdeaconry of Bournemouth (the south).

List of archdeacons

Archdeacons of Basingstoke

• 1927–1947 (ret.): John Turner^[2]
• 1948–2 April 1958 (d.): Anthony Chute^[3]
• 1958–1971 (ret.): Richard Rudgard (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[4]
• 1971–1982 (res.): Geoffrey Finch (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[5]
• 1982–1990 (ret.): Trevor Nash (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[6]
• 1990–1998 (res.): Alec Knight^[7]
• 1999–2000: John Guille (became Archdeacon of Winchester)^[8]

In 2000, the archdeaconry was renamed Winchester.

Archdeacons of Winchester

• 2000–2007 (res.): John Guille (previously Archdeacon of Basingstoke)^[8]
• 23 April 2009–30 November 2015 (ret.): Michael Harley^[9][10]
• 21 February 2016^[11]–present: Richard Brand^[12]

References

1. The London Gazette: no. 33297. pp. 1830–1831. 26 July 1927. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
2. TURNER, Ven. John Carpenter. Who Was Who. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
3. CHUTE, Ven. Anthony William. Who Was Who. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
4. RUDGARD, Ven. Richard Cuthbert. Who Was Who. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
5. FINCH, Ven. Geoffrey Grenville. Who Was Who. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
6. NASH, Ven. Trevor Gifford. Who's Who 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
7. KNIGHT, Very Rev. Alexander Francis. Who's Who 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
8. GUILLE, Very Rev. John Arthur. Who's Who 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
9. HARLEY, Ven. Michael. Who's Who 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
10. Diocese of Winchester — Archdeacon of Winchester to retire in November (Accessed 24 July 2015)
11. National Archdeacons' Forum — Archdeacons’ News, January 2015 (sic) (Accessed 31 January 2016)
12. Diocese of Winchester — A new Archdeacon for Winchester (Accessed 11 October 2015)