The Archdeacon of Croydon is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Southwark.Diocesan web site As such the deacon is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy "ABCD: a basic church dictionary" Meakin, T: Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2001 within its five rural deaneries: Croydon Addington, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South and Sutton.Crockford's on line accessed Tuesday 10 April 2012 20:50GMT
History The archdeaconry was created in the Diocese of Canterbury from the Archdeaconry of Maidstone by Order in Council on 1 April 1930 and transferred to the Diocese of Southwark on 1 January 1985.Podmore, Colin – Aspects of Anglican Identity, p84 (Google Books) (Accessed 23 February 2013)
List of archdeacons 19301937 (res.): Edward Woods, Bishop suffragan of Croydon 19301942 (res.): William Anderson, Bishop suffragan of Croydon 19421946 (res.): Harold Bradfield 19461947 (res.): Maurice Harland (also Bishop suffragan of Croydon since 1942) 194827 March 1957 (d.): Charles Tonks 19571967 (res.): Jesse Clayson 19671977 (ret.): John Hughes (also Bishop suffragan of Croydon since 1956) 19781993 (res.): Frederick Hazell The archdeaconry was transferred to Southwark diocese on 1 January 1985. 199417 September 2011 (ret.): Tony Davies (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) 20111 February 2013 (ret.): Barry Goodwin (Acting) 14 April 201329 February 2020 (ret.): Chris Skilton 15 March 202024 June 2022: Rosemarie Mallett (became Bishop of Croydon) 4 December 2023present: Greg Prior
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