The archdeaconry of Auckland is a post in the Church of England Diocese of Durham. It was created from the Archdeaconry of Durham by Order-in-Council on 23 May 1882, when the Diocese of Newcastle was created from Durham's other two archdeaconries.
List of archdeacons JuneNovember 1882: Henry WatkinsSGD.83/1 (Accessed 30 May 2014) 1882-1907: Robert Long 1908-1914: Edwin Price 1914–1928: Percy DerryYorkshire Post, 11 December 1922, p.9, column g: installed as a canon residentiary in addition, holding both posts up to his death 1929–1936: Alfred Rawlinson, Canon of Durham and bishop's examining chaplain (afterwards Bishop of Derby) 1936–1943: Leslie Owen (Bishop suffragan of Jarrow from 1939; afterwards Bishop suffragan of Maidstone and Bishop of Lincoln) 1944–1949: Colin Dunlop, Bishop suffragan of Jarrow (afterwards Dean of Lincoln) 1950–1958: John Ramsbotham, Bishop suffragan of Jarrow 1958–1973: Charles Stranks 1974–1983: George Marchant 1983–1993: Derek Hodgson (afterwards Archdeacon of Durham) 1993–2001: Granville Gibson 2001–2006: Ian Jagger (afterwards Archdeacon of Durham) 2007–2017: Nick Barker 18 February 2018present: Rick Simpson
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