Archdeacon of Bromley & Bexley

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

  • 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

  1. ^ "No. 40376". The London Gazette. 4 January 1955. pp. 94–95.
  2. ^ "Gazette". Church Times. No. 7245. 4 January 2002. p. 6. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 7 June 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "The Digest". Diocese of Rochester (MailChimp). 24 April 2023. Archived from the original on 24 April 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  5. ^ "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.
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  • Reginald McCahearty
  • David Halsey
  • David Stewart-Smith
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  • Edward Francis
  • Garth Norman
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  • Garth Norman (previously Archdeacon of Bromley)
  • Paul Wright
  • Allie Kerr
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