Paddy Benson

The Ven. George Patrick (Paddy) Benson, BA (born 26 June 1949 in Derby) has been Archdeacon of Hereford^[1] since 2011.^[2]

Benson was educated at Bemrose School and Christ Church, Oxford. He was an Editorial Assistant then Director of Academic Studies at St Andrew’s College, Kabare in Kenya. He trained for ordination at Trinity College, Bristol and was priested in 1992. After a curacy at St Mary Upton, Wirrall he was Vicar of Christ Church, Barnston in the same area^[3] until his appointment as Archdeacon.^[4]

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↑ ‘BENSON, Ven. George Patrick’, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2015 ; online edn, Nov 2015 accessed 23 Feb 2016
↑ "George Patrick Benson". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 2016. (subscription required)
↑ Hereford Anglican

Church of England titles
Preceded by Malcolm Colmer	Archdeacon of Hereford 2011–	Succeeded by Current incumbent

Archdeacons of Hereford

High Medieval	Heinfrid (territory unspecified) Geoffrey (territory unspecified) Peter Ralph Foliot William fitzWalter Alexander de Walton William de Ria Henry Bustard William of Conflans Roger of Sevenoaks Richard of Hertford

Late Medieval	Henry de Shorne Thomas de Chaundos (Sr) John de Barton William de Sheynton John de Bedwardine/Smythes Richard Tissington Richard Kingston John Loveney John Hereford John Barowe Richard Rudhale/Rudhall Richard Martyn Robert Geffrey/Jeffry Thomas Morton William Webb/Webbe John Booth/Boothe

Early modern	John Styrmin Richard Cheyney John Glazier Robert Crowley Edward Cowper Simon Smith Silvanus Griffiths Richard Montagu John Hughes Matthew Burst George Benson Samuel Benson William Johnson Brian Turner Thomas Fox John Walker Robert Breton The Hon John Harley James Jones John Lilly Henry Wetherell Richard Lane Freer

Late modern	The Lord Saye and Sele The Hon Berkeley Scudamore-Stanhope Edward Winnington-Ingram Rowland Money-Kyrle Geoffrey Iliff Arthur Winnington-Ingram Thomas Randolph John Lewis Thomas Barfett Andrew Woodhouse Leonard Moss Michael Hooper John Tiller Malcolm Colmer Paddy Benson

Diocese of Hereford

Hereford Cathedral The Palace, Hereford

Office holders	Richard Frith, Bishop of Hereford Alistair Magowan, Bishop suffragan of Ludlow and Archdeacon of Ludlow AEO: Jonathan Goodall, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Michael Tavinor, Dean of Hereford Paddy Benson, Archdeacon of Hereford

Historic offices	Archdeacon of Shropshire/Salop (11th century–1876; renamed to Ludlow)

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