William MacKennal

The Ven William Leavers MacKennal , MA was an eminent Anglican priest ^[1] in the first half of the 20th century.

He was born on 2 February 1881^[2] and educated at Rugby and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1908 and held curacies at Great St Mary’s, Cambridge and St George, Dunster.^[3] A Chaplain to the Forces from 1915 to 1918, when peace returned he held incumbencies at Compton Martin, Chesterton, Cambridge, Kirkby Lonsdale and Hitchin. He became Archdeacon of Ely in 1942, a post he held until his death on 20 June 1947.^[4]

Notes

↑ The Times, Saturday, 21 Jun 1947; pg. 4; Issue 50793; col F Obituary The Ven W. L. MacKennal
↑ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
↑ ”The Clergy List” London, Kelly’s, 1913
↑ Who was Who (ibid)

Church of England titles
Preceded by Horace MacCartie Eyre Price	Archdeacon of Ely 1942–1947	Succeeded by Herbert Kirkpatrick

Archdeacons of Ely and of Cambridge

High Medieval (Ely)	Nicholas William Brito William of Lavington Richard FitzNeal Richard Barre Stephen Ridel Adam de Tilneia Giles Robert of Leicester Nicholas of Ely John de Balsham Ralph Walpole John de Oseville Ralph de Foderingeye

Late Medieval (Ely)	Adam Ralph de Fodringhey (again) William Cardinal de Testa Gilbert de Bruer Richard de Bentworth John de Ufford Gaillard Cardinal de la Motte Stephen de Ketelbergh Bernard de Caulason James de Beaufort Nicholas Cardinal Roselli de Tarragona Androynus Cardinal de la Roche Edward Burnell John Crischirch Thomas de Pattesele Thomas Dalby Thomas Ferriby Richard Clifford Adam Mottrum John Welbourne John Metford Richard Wetheryngesete John Stokes Richard Bole Richard Robinson Thomas Morton

Modern (Ely)	Thomas Alcock Nicholas Hawkins Thomas Thirlby Richard Cox Henry Cole John Boxall John Warner Robert Wisdom John Parker John Palmer Robert Tinley Daniel Wigmore Edmund Mapletoft Bernard Hale Thomas Wren Barnabas Oley William Saywell Richard Bentley Robert Eyton Charles Plumptre Richard Watson Henry Browne Charles Hardwick William Emery William Cunningham Horace Price William MacKennal Herbert Kirkpatrick Michael Carey John Long David Walser Jeffrey Watson John Beer (retitled Archdeacon of Cambridge)

Cambridge	John Beer (previously Archdeacon of Ely) Alex Hughes

Diocese of Ely

Ely Cathedral Isle of Ely Bishop's House, Ely Bishop Woodford House

Office holders	The Bishop of Ely, Stephen Conway The Bishop suffragan of Huntingdon, David Thomson AEO: Norman Banks, Bishop suffragan of Richborough The Dean of Ely, Mark Bonney The Archdeacon of Huntingdon and Wisbech, Hugh McCurdy The Archdeacon of Cambridge, Alex Hughes

Historic offices	Archdeacon of Ely (c. 1106–ren. 2006) Archdeacon of Bedford (1837–1914) Archdeacon of Wisbech (1915–c. 2002)

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