The Archdeacon of Plymouth is a senior clergy position in the Church of England Diocese of ExeterDiocese of Extern website and is responsible for the supervision of the clergy within the five rural deaneries: Ivybridge, Plymouth Moorside, Plymouth Devonport, Plymouth Sutton and Tavistock.Crockford's on line accessed 18 March 2012 21:12 GMT
The archdeaconry was created by an Order-in-Council splitting the Archdeaconry of Totnes on 22 March 1918. The current archdeacon is Jane Bakker.
List of archdeacons 19181920 (res.): Arthur Perowne 192128 April 1928 (d.): Ernest Newman 19281950 (ret.): Whitfield Daukes (also Bishop suffragan of Plymouth from 1934) 19501962 (ret.): Norman Clarke, Bishop suffragan of Plymouth 19621978 (res.): Frederick Matthews (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) 19781982 (res.): Kenneth Newing (became Bishop suffragan of Plymouth) 19822000 (ret.): Robin Ellis 20012010 (ret.): Tony Wilds 201031 December 2018 (ret.): Ian Chandler (on leave during 2018)National Archdeacons' Forum — Archdeacons’ News — #30, January 2018 (Accessed 22 February 2018) 18 June 201930 April 2023 (ret.): Nick Shutt (Acting since 2018) 13 June 2023present: Jane Bakker
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