Archdeacon of Oakham

The Archdeacon of Oakham is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Anglican Diocese of Peterborough.[1] As such he or she is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy[2] within its six rural deaneries: Corby, Higham, Kettering, Oundle, Peterborough and Rutland.[3]

The archdeaconry was created by splitting the Archdeaconry of Northampton on 29 June 1875; the archdeaconry has remained part of Peterborough diocese since its creation.[4] The current incumbent is Gordon Steele.

List of archdeacons

• 1875–1879 (res.): Lord Alwyne Compton (became Dean of Worcester)[5]
• 1880–18 September 1906 (d.): Prideaux Lightfoot[6]
• 1906–1918 (res.): Edward Moore[7]
• 1918–1923 (res.): Walter Whittingham (became Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich)[8]
• 1924–1934 (res.): Arthur Greaves (became Sub-Dean of Lincoln)[9]
• 1934–1936 (res.): Frank Partridge (became Bishop of Portsmouth)[10]
• 1936–1945 (ret.): Norman Lang, Assistant Bishop of Peterborough[11]
• 1946–1966 (ret.): Norman Millard (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[12]
• 1967–1977 (ret.): Frank Towndrow (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[13]
• 1977–1999 (ret.): Bernard Fernyhough (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[14]
• 2000–2011 (ret.): David Painter (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[15]
• 25 February 2012[16]–present: Gordon Steele[17]

References

1. Diocesan web site
2. "ABCD: a basic church dictionary" Meakin, T: Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2001 ISBN 978-1-85311-420-5
3. Crockford's on line accessed Sunday 4 December 2011 19:43 GMT
4. "No. 24223". The London Gazette. 29 June 1875. pp. 3291–3293.
5. "Compton, Lord Alwyne". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 1 August 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
6. "Lightfoot, Reginald Prideaux". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 1 August 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
7. "Moore, Edward Marsham". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 1 August 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
8. "Whittingham, Walter Godfrey". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 1 August 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
9. "Greaves, Arthur Ivan". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 1 August 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
10. "Partridge, Frank". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 1 August 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
11. "Lang, Norman Macleod". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 1 August 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
12. "Millard, Ernest Norman". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 1 August 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
13. "Towndrow, Frank Noel". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 1 August 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
14. "Fernyhough, Bernard". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 1 August 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
15. "Painter, David Scott". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 1 August 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
16. Peterborough Cathedral – Welcome Service for the new Archdeacon of Oakham Archived August 8, 2014, at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 1 August 2014)
17. "Steele, Gordon John". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 1 August 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)