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 six area deaneries: Aston and Yardley, Bordesley, Coleshill, Polesworth and Solihull, Sutton Coldfield and Yardley.

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. The London Gazette: no. 27960. pp. 7089–7090. 23 October 1906. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
3. Owen, Very Rev. Charles Mansfield. Who Was Who. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
4. Hobhouse, Rev. Walter. Who Was Who. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
5. Gardner, Ven. George Lawrence Harter. Who Was Who. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
6. Richards, Very Rev. John Harold. Who Was Who. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
7. McGowan, Rt Rev. Henry. Who Was Who. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
8. Parker, Rt Rev. Clement George St Michael. Who Was Who. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
9. Dunlop, Ven. Maxwell Tulloch. Who Was Who. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
10. Warman, Ven. Francis Frederic Guy. Who Was Who. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
11. Tytler, Rt Rev. Donald Alexander. Who Was Who. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
12. Cooper, Rev. Canon John Leslie. Who's Who. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
13. Barton, Ven. (Charles) John Greenwood. Who's Who. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
14. Russell, Ven. Brian Kenneth. Who's Who. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
15. Diocese in Europe – From Aston to Oslo (Accessed 8 November 2013)
16. Diocese of Birmingham – Notification of Appointments, 8 September 2014 (Accessed 13 September 2014)