The Archdeacon of Salop is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Lichfield.

History

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Shropshire was historically split between the diocese of Hereford (under the Archdeacon of Shropshire) and the diocese of Coventry and Lichfield (under the Archdeacon of Salop). The Shropshire archdeaconry in the Hereford diocese included the deaneries of Burford, Stottesdon, Ludlow, Pontesbury, Clun and Wenlock and the Salop archdeaconry in the Coventry and Lichfield diocese the deaneries of Salop and Newport.

In 1876, the archdeaconry of Shropshire became the archdeaconry of Ludlow, with the additional deaneries of Bridgnorth, Montgomery, Bishops Castle, Condover, and Church Stretton, which had been added in 1535. The archdeaconry of Salop, now entirely in the Lichfield diocese, includes the deaneries of Edgmond, Ellesmere, Hodnet, Shrewsbury, Telford, Wem, Whitchurch and Wrockwardine. Part of Welsh Shropshire was included in the diocese of St Asaph until the disestablishment of the Church in Wales (1920), comprising the deanery of Oswestry in the archdeaconry of Montgomery, and two parishes in the deanery of Llangollen and the archdeaconry of Wrexham. Certain parishes in Montgomeryshire chose to remain in the Hereford diocese.

List of archdeacons

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References

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  1. ^ "Shropshire Parish Registers". Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Cavan". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 12 December 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ^ "Carpenter, Horace John". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 12 December 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  4. ^ "Austerberry, Ven. Sidney Denham". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 12 December 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  5. ^ "About Robert Jeffery". Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  6. ^ "Jeffery, Robert Martin Colquhoun". Who's Who. Vol. 2015 (October 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 12 December 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  7. ^ "Frost, Ven. George". Who's Who. Vol. 2015 (October 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 12 December 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  8. ^ "New Archdeacon of Salop is named". Shropshire Star. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  9. ^ "Hall, Ven. John Barrie". Who's Who. Vol. 2015 (October 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 12 December 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  10. ^ "Thomas, Ven. Paul Wyndham". Who's Who. Vol. 2015 (October 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 12 December 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  11. ^ "Archdeaconry of Salop: A statement from the Bishop of Lichfield". Diocese of Lichfield. 23 March 2024. Archived from the original on 29 March 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2024.

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