Archdeacon of Macclesfield

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The Archdeacon of Macclesfield is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Chester.^[1] As such she or he is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy^[2] within its six rural deaneries: Bowdon, Congleton, Knutsford, Macclesfield, Mottram, Nantwich, Chadkirk, Cheadle and Stockport.^[3]

The archdeaconry of Macclesfield was created from the Chester archdeaconry on 21 September 1880^[4] (the Diocese of Liverpool having been created from the Liverpool archdeaconry earlier that year). The archdeaconry is currently vacant.

List of archdeacons

1880–1884 (res.): James Kelly^[5]
1884–1893 (res.): Arthur Gore^[6]
1893–1904 (res.): Maxwell Woosnam^[7]
1904–28 December 1918 (d.): Maitland Wood^[8]
1919–27 April 1922 (d.): Edward Mercer^[9]
1922–7 January 1932 (d.): John Thorpe^[10]
1932–26 October 1941 (d.): John Armitstead^[11]
1941–7 October 1950 (d.): Frank Okell (also Bishop suffragan of Stockport from 1949)^[12]
1950–1958 (ret.): Tyler Whittle (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[13]
1958–4 April 1965 (d.): Thomas Clarke^[14]
1965–13 May 1967 (d.): Harry Saunders^[15]
1967–1978 (ret.): Francis House (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[16]
1978–1985 (ret.): Rennie Simpson (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[17]
1985–1994 (res.): John Gaisford^[18]
1994–2010 (ret.): Richard Gillings (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[19]
2011 – 29 September 2023: Ian Bishop^[20] (became Bishop of Thetford)^[21]

References

^ Diocesan web site
^ "ABCD: a basic church dictionary" Meakin, T: Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2001 ISBN 978-1-85311-420-5
^ Crockford's on line (Accessed Sunday 4 December 2011)
^ "No. 24884". The London Gazette. 21 September 1880. pp. 4986–4991.
^ "Kelly, James Butler Knill". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 December 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Gore, Arthur". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 December 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Woosnam, Charles Maxwell". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 December 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Wood, Alfred Maitland". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 December 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Mercer, John Edward". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 December 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Thorpe, John Henry". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 December 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Armitstead, John Hornby". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 December 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Okell, Frank Jackson". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 December 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Whittle, John Tyler". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 December 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Clarke, Thomas". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 December 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Saunders, Harry Patrick". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 December 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "House, Francis Harry". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 December 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Simpson, Rennie". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 December 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Gaisford, John Scott". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 December 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Gillings, Richard John". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 December 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Bishop, Ian Gregory". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 December 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Limbach, Katherine (14 June 2023). "New Bishop of Thetford announced". Diocese of Norwich. Archived from the original on 14 June 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.

[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)

[4] "No. 24884". The London Gazette. 21 September 1880. pp. 4986–4991.

[5] "Kelly, James Butler Knill". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 December 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[6] "Gore, Arthur". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 December 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[7] "Woosnam, Charles Maxwell". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 December 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[8] "Wood, Alfred Maitland". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 December 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[9] "Mercer, John Edward". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 December 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[10] "Thorpe, John Henry". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 December 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[11] "Armitstead, John Hornby". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 December 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[12] "Okell, Frank Jackson". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 December 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[13] "Whittle, John Tyler". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 December 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[14] "Clarke, Thomas". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 December 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[15] "Saunders, Harry Patrick". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 December 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[16] "House, Francis Harry". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 December 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[17] "Simpson, Rennie". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 December 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[18] "Gaisford, John Scott". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 December 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[19] "Gillings, Richard John". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 December 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[20] "Bishop, Ian Gregory". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 December 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[21] Limbach, Katherine (14 June 2023). "New Bishop of Thetford announced". Diocese of Norwich. Archived from the original on 14 June 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.

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v t e Diocese of Chester
Chester Cathedral Bishop's House, Chester Church House, Chester St John's, Chester
Office holders	Mark Tanner, Bishop of Chester Julie Conalty, Bishop suffragan of Birkenhead Sam Corley, Bishop suffragan of Stockport AEO: Stephen Race, Bishop suffragan of Beverley & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Tim Stratford, Dean of Chester Michael Gilbertson, Archdeacon of Chester Archdeacon of Macclesfield (vacant)
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