The Archdeacon of Berkshire (also rendered Archdeacon of Berks) is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Oxford . The archdeacon is the head of the archdeaconry of Berkshire, a post historically found within the diocese of Salisbury , and then, from 7 October 1836, within Oxford diocese.[ 1]
List of archdeacons [ edit ]
Some archdeacons without territorial titles are recorded from around the time of the Norman Conquest ; see Archdeacon of Salisbury .
Archdeaconry transferred to Diocese of Oxford, 7 October 1836 [ 1]
1836 –1855 (res.): Edward Berens
21 March 1855 – 3 September 1869 (res.): James Randall
Greenway, Diana E. (1991), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300 , vol. 4, pp. 28–31
Horn, Joyce M. (1962), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541 , vol. 3, pp. 9–11
Horn, Joyce M. (1986), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857 , vol. 6, pp. 14–16
Horn, Joyce M. (1996), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857 , vol. 8, p. 86
Account of Purley on Thames – Archdeacons (PDF) (accessed 4 December 2012)
High Medieval Late Medieval Early modern Late modern
Office holders
Steven Croft , Bishop of Oxford
Gavin Collins , area Bishop of Dorchester
area Bishop of Buckingham (vacant)
area Bishop of Reading (vacant)
AEO : Paul Thomas , Bishop suffragan of Oswestry & Rob Munro , Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet
Sarah Foot , Dean of Christ Church, Oxford
Jonathan Chaffey , Archdeacon of Oxford
Guy Elsmore , Archdeacon of Buckingham
Stephen Pullin , Archdeacon of Berkshire
David Tyler , Archdeacon of Dorchester
Selected deaneries
Office holders
Stephen Lake , Bishop of Salisbury
Karen Gorham , Bishop suffragan of Sherborne
Andrew Rumsey , Bishop suffragan of Ramsbury
AEO : Paul Thomas , Bishop suffragan of Oswestry & Rob Munro , Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet
Nick Papadopulos , Dean of Salisbury
Alan Jeans , Archdeacon of Sarum
Antony MacRow-Wood , Archdeacon of Dorset
Sue Groom , Archdeacon of Wilts
Penny Sayer , Archdeacon of Sherborne
Channel Islands Historic offices
Current
Former
England
Archdeacons in the Diocese in Europe : The Aegean
Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands
Europe
Italy
Malta
Northern France
the Riviera
Scandinavia
Scandinavia and Germany
South-Eastern Europe
Spain (or the Peninsula) and North Africa