The Archdeacon of Coventry is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Coventry. The post has been called the Archdeacon Pastor since 2012.
History The post was historically within the Diocese of Lichfield (formerly "Diocese of Coventry and Lichfield" until 1539, and later "Diocese of Lichfield and Coventry" until 1837) beginning in the 12th century – around the time when archdeacon first started to occur in England. From 24 January 1837, the archdeaconry was in the Diocese of Worcester, and since 6 September 1918 it has been in the Diocese of Coventry. From 2009, the archdeacon of Coventry also had statutory oversight over the Archdeaconry of Warwick, delegated from the Archdeacon Missioner, in preparation for the merging of the two archdeaconries. This arrangement may or may not still be legally in effect following the end of use of the terms "of Warwick/of Coventry"Coventry Diocese – A New Archdeacon (Rodham and Green remained, legally, collated to the Archdeaconries of Warwick and of Coventry).National Archdeacons' Forum — Archdeacons’ News — #26, July 2017 (Accessed 9 September 2017)
List of archdeacons
High Medieval aft. 1135–1161 (res.): Richard Peche aft. 1161–bef. 1175: Edmund bef. 1176–aft. 1184: Nicholas bef. 1184–aft. 1189: Richard Brito (I) bef. 1210–aft. 1210: Richard de Leghes : Robert de Bosco : Richard of Gloucester bef. –aft. 1245: Alexander of Hales bef. 1240–aft. 1242: Adam de Hoo bef. 1245–aft. 1245: Lawrence of St Martin bef. 1248–1255 (res.): William of Kilkenny bef. 1272–bef. 1286: John Kirkby : Richard Brito (II) bef. –aft. 1297: Robert Stafford 14 November 1299–?: Peter de Insula
Late Medieval ?–bef. 1302 (d.): Gregory Giudice de Alatri 1302–29 August 1320 (exch.): Richard (son of Anibaldus Riccardi de Urbe) 29 August 1320 – 27 August 1335 (d.): John Cardinal Gaetani de Urbe (Cardinal-deacon of St Theodore) 27 August 1335 – 11 April 1340: Vacant (due to an ongoing dispute between the king and the pope) 11 April 1340–bef. 1349: Humphrey de Hastanges 11 July 1349–aft. 1352 (deprived): Hugh de Marisco (not consistently in post) 3 September 1349–bef. 1351 (d.): William de Sallowe 12 February 1352–bef. 1354 (d.): William Cross 30 July 1354 – 1355 (deprived): Richard Boule 25 January 1355 – 20 September 1358 (exch.): William de Driffield 20 September 1358–bef. 1361 (d.): John de Pipe 14 August 1361–bef. 1369 (res.): Richard de Birmingham 22 November–24 December 1369 (exch.): William Lombe 24 December 1369–bef. 1408 (d.): Robert de Stretton 20 June 1408 – 18 June 1422 (res.): Robert de Oxton 18 June 1422 – 1433 (res.): John Heyworth 22 May 1433–bef. 1442 (res.): Robert Esple 29 June 1442–bef. 1488 (d.): Roger Wall 1 December 1488 – 30 January 1505 (d.): Thomas Mills aft. 1505–bef. 1509: George Strangways aft. 1509–1512 (res.): Ralph Colyngwood (afterwards Dean of Lichfield) 2 October 1512–bef. 1558 (d.): John Blythe
Early modern – (deprived): Henry Comberford (disputed) 1560–July 1577 (d.): Thomas Lever August 1577 – 1584 (res.): William James 14 November 1584 – 1631 (d.): William Hinton 13 May–16 September 1631 (d.): Samuel Brooke 29 September 1631 – 1642 (res.): Ralph Brownrigg 1643–bef. 1661 (d.): Francis Walsall (disputed) 1661–3 March 1673 (d.): John Riland 10 March 1673–bef. 1684 (d.): George Downing 1684–20 April 1703 (d.): Lancelot Addison (also Dean of Lichfield since 1683) 26 July 1703–bef. 1708 (d.): Richard Davies 9 August 1708–bef. 1741 (d.): William Wilson 9 June 1741 – 2 July 1778 (d.): Thomas Smallbrook 22 July 1778 – 4 April 1793 (d.): Norman Fotheringham 16 May 1793 – 20 February 1816 (d.): William Vyse 14 March 1816 – 28 September 1827 (d.): Charles Buckeridge 19 October 1827–bef. 1851 (res.): William Spooner The archdeaconry was in Worcester diocese from 24 January 1837. 31 March 1851 – 22 March 1873 (d.): John Sandford
Late modern 1873–1887 (ret.): Charles Holbech 1887–1908 (ret.): William Bree 1908–9 November 1922 (d.): George Arbuthnot On 6 September 1918, the archdeaconry was moved to the new Diocese of Coventry. 1923–1927 (res.): Claude Blagden 1927–1935 (res.): Joseph Hunkin 1935–1940 (res.): Richard Brook 1941–1946 (res.): Richard Howard (also Provost of Coventry, 1933–1958) 1946–1965 (ret.): Leonard Stanford (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) 1965–1977 (ret.): Eric Buchan (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) 1977–1983 (res.): Peter Bridges 1983–1989 (res.): Alan Morgan 1989–2000 (ret.): Ian RussellRussell, I. (2000) The Churchwarden's Handbook. Stowmarket: Kevin Mayhew 2001–2007 (res.): Mark Bryant 2008–2012 (ret,): Ian Watson (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) December 201231 August 2017: John Green (Acting, April–December 2012;Coventry Diocese – Acting Archdeacon of Coventry called Archdeacon Pastor) July 201718 March 2018: Clive Hogger (Acting;Diocese of Coventry — Appointment of Acting Archdeacon (Accessed 9 September 2017) assistant archdeacon since March 2018) 18 March 2018January 2023 (res.): Sue Field (called Archdeacon Pastor)Diocese of Coventry — Hundreds welcome our new Archdeacon Pastor (Accessed 25 March 2018) was required to resign in January 2023 following disciplinary proceedings.
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