The Archdeacon of Bromley & Bexley is a senior ecclesiastical officer in charge of the Bromley & Bexley archdeaconry in the Church of England Diocese of Rochester. The archdeaconry was created — as the Archdeaconry of Bromley, from the Archdeaconry of Rochester — by Order in Council on 4 January 1955.[1]
List of archdeacons edit
- 1955–1966 (d.): Reginald McCahearty
- 1966–1968 (res.): David Halsey
- 1968–1969 (res.): David Stewart-Smith
- 1969–1978 (ret.): Herbert Cragg (afterwards archdeacons emeritus)
- 1979–1994 (ret.): Edward Francis (afterwards archdeacons emeritus)
- 1994–2003 (ret.): Garth Norman (afterwards archdeacons emeritus)
- The archdeaconry was renamed to Bromley & Bexley at the beginning of 2002.[2]
- 2003–2022 (ret.):[3] Paul Wright
- 23 April 2023[4] – present: Allie Kerr[5]
References edit
- ^ "No. 40376". The London Gazette. 4 January 1955. pp. 94–95.
- ^ "Gazette". Church Times. No. 7245. 4 January 2002. p. 6. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 7 June 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ "Resignations and Retirements (Archdeacon retires)". Church Times. No. 8289. 28 January 2022. p. 32. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 1 February 2022 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ "The Digest". Diocese of Rochester (MailChimp). 24 April 2023. Archived from the original on 24 April 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
- ^ "New Archdeacon of Bromley and Bexley announced". Diocese of Rochester. 8 January 2023. Archived from the original on 3 February 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2023.