The Archdeacon of Westmorland and Furness is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Carlisle.Diocesan web site They are responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy "ABCD: a basic church dictionary" Meakin, T: Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2001 within its four rural deaneries: Barrow, Windermere, Kendal and Furness.Crockford's on line accessed 16 March 2012
The archdeaconry of Westmorland was erected by Order-in-Council of 10 August 1847 from the Archdeaconry of Richmond, but that Order did not come into effect until Hugh Percy (Bishop of Carlisle) died on the 5th of February 1856 (because he did not consent to the changes to his diocese). The Archdeaconry of Furness was erected by further Order-in-Council in 1884; they were subsequently merged to form the current archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness. The incumbent is Vernon Ross.
Archdeacons of Westmorland and of Westmorland and Furness 1856–January 1865 (ret.): Robert Evans (first archdeacon) 1865–25 July 1896 (d.): John Cooper, Vicar of Kendal 1896–1901 (res.): John Diggle, Vicar of Mossley Hill until 1897 1901–1 March 1915 (d.): William Sherwen, Rector of Dean 1915–1923 (res.): Campbell West-Watson, Bishop suffragan of Barrow-in-Furness and, from 1921, Rector of Aldingham (became Archdeacon of Furness) 1923–1931 (ret.): Henry Lafone, Vicar of Kendal 1931–1944: John Hopkinson, Vicar of Christ Church, Cockermouth (son of Alfred Hopkinson) 1944–1 July 1946 (d.): Harold Mulliner, Vicar of Winster 1947–1951 (res.): Hubert Wilkinson, Vicar of Winster until 1948, then Vicar of Ambleside with Rydal (became Archdeacon of Liverpool) 1951–1965 (res.): Cyril Bulley, Vicar of Ambleside with Rydal until 1959, then Bishop suffragan of Penrith In 1959, Furness archdeaconry was merged into Westmorland archdeaconry and the latter was renamed as "Westmorland and Furness". 1965–1971 (res.): Richard Hare, Vicar of St George with St Luke, Barrow until 1969, then Vicar of Winster (became Bishop suffragan of Pontefract) 1971–1977 (res.): Walter Ewbank, Vicar of Winster 1978–1983 (res.): Arthur Attwell, Vicar of St John's, Windermere until 1982 (became Bishop of Sodor and Man) 1983–1989 (res.): Peter Vaughan (became area Bishop of Ramsbury) 1989–1995 (ret.): Lawrie Peat (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) 1995–1999 (ret.): David Jenkins (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) 2000–2011 (res.): George Howe (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) 2012–2016 (ret.):National Archdeacons' Forum — Archdeacons' News — #18, October 2016 (Accessed 4 October 2016) Penny Driver 25 February 2017present: Vernon RossDiocese of Carlisle — New Archdeacons of Carlisle and Westmorland and Furness (Accessed 4 October 2016)
Archdeacons of Furness The archdeaconry (occasionally called Barrow-in-Furness) was created by Order-in-Council on 27 May 1884. 1884–1893 (res.): Arthur Crosse, Vicar of St George's, Barrow 1893The Times, 23 February 1893 p. 6 (Accessed 15 April 2014)–1901 (res.):London Middlesex Gazette, March 23, 1901 p. 7 (Accessed 15 April 2014) Thompson Phillips, Vicar of St George's, Barrow 1901–1905 (res.): Cecil Boutflower, Vicar of St George's, Barrow 1905–1912 (res.): Herbert Campbell, Vicar of St George's, Barrow 1912–1923 (res.): Henry Lafone, Vicar of St George's, Barrow until 1919, then Vicar of Cartmel 1923–1926 (res.): Campbell West-Watson, Bishop suffragan of Barrow and Rector of Aldingham 1926–1 August 1944 (d.): Godfrey Smith, Vicar of Haverthwaite 1944–1958 (ret.): Herbert Turner, Bishop suffragan of Penrith and, until 1955, Vicar of Hawkshead On 7 August 1959, Furness archdeaconry was dissolved and its territory added to the Westmorland archdeaconry, which was renamed "Westmorland and Furness".
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