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John Kiddle (born 28 June 1958) is a senior Anglican clergyman, who serves as Archdeacon of Wandsworth since 2015.[1]
Descended from a Hampshire family, Kiddle was educated at Monkton Combe School, Somerset,[2] and went up to Queens' College, Cambridge (MA 1983) before studying for the priesthood at Ridley Hall.[3] He later pursued further studies at Heythrop College, London (MTh 2002).
Ordained in 1983, after a curacy at Ormskirk, Lancashire, he held incumbencies in Huyton and then Watford, Hertfordshire. Appointed a Canon Residentiary of St Albans Cathedral in 2010,[4] Kiddle obtained preferment in 2015 as Archdeacon of Wandsworth.[5]
His responsibilities as Archdeacon of Wandsworth are various and include administrative oversight over five deaneries throughout South West London extending from Battersea to Kingston including Tooting, Richmond & Barnes and of course Wandsworth.[6] Archdeacon Kiddle particularly enjoys advancing Southwark diocese's missional and pastoral work in the parishes under his jurisdiction.[7]