Archdeacon of Aston

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

The Archdeacon is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy[1] within the archdeaconry's three deaneries: Aston and Sutton Coldfield, Coleshill and Polesworth, and Yardley and Solihull.

The post was created from the Archdeaconry of Birmingham by Order-in-Council on 23 October 1906[2] and is currently held by Simon Heathfield.

List of archdeacons

• 1906–1912 (res.): Mansfield Owen[3]
• 1912–1913 (res.): Walter Hobhouse[4]
• 1913–1920 (res.): George Gardner[5]
• 1920–1938 (res.): Harold Richards[6]
• 1938–1946 (res.): Henry McGowan (afterwards Bishop of Wakefield)[7]
• 1946–1954 (res.): Michael Parker (afterwards Bishop suffragan of Aston)[8]
• 1954–1955: vacant
• 1955–2 October 1964 (d.): Maxwell Dunlop[9]
• 1965–1977 (ret.): Francis Warman (afterward archdeacon emeritus)[10]
• 1977–1982 (res.): Donald Tytler (afterwards Bishop suffragan of Middleton)[11]
• 1982–1990 (res.): John Cooper[12]
• 1990–2003 (ret.): John Barton[13] (afterward archdeacon emeritus)
• 2005–25 January 2014 (res.): Brian Russell[14][15]
• 16 November 2014–present: Simon Heathfield[16]

References

1. "ABCD: a basic church dictionary" Meakin, T: Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2001 ISBN 978-1-85311-420-5
2. "No. 27960". The London Gazette. 23 October 1906. pp. 7089–7090.
3. "Owen, Very Rev. Charles Mansfield". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 17 March 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
4. "Hobhouse, Rev. Walter". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 17 March 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
5. "Gardner, Ven. George Lawrence Harter". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 17 March 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
6. "Richards, Very Rev. John Harold". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 17 March 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
7. "McGowan, Rt Rev. Henry". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 17 March 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
8. "Parker, Rt Rev. Clement George St Michael". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 17 March 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
9. "Dunlop, Ven. Maxwell Tulloch". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 17 March 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
10. "Warman, Ven. Francis Frederic Guy". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 17 March 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
11. "Tytler, Rt Rev. Donald Alexander". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 17 March 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
12. "Cooper, Rev. Canon John Leslie". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 17 March 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
13. "Barton, Ven. (Charles) John Greenwood". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 17 March 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
14. "Russell, Ven. Brian Kenneth". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 17 March 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
15. Diocese in Europe – From Aston to Oslo Archived 2014-03-17 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 8 November 2013)
16. Diocese of Birmingham – Notification of Appointments, 8 September 2014 Archived 14 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 13 September 2014)