Archdeacon of Aston

The Archdeacon of Aston is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Birmingham.

The Archdeacon is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy"ABCD: a basic church dictionary" Meakin, T: Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2001 within the archdeaconry's three deaneries: Aston and Sutton Coldfield, Coleshill and Polesworth, and Yardley and Solihull.

The post was created from the Archdeaconry of Birmingham by Order-in-Council on 23 October 1906 and is currently held by Phelim O'Hare, who was collated at Aston Parish Church on 14 July 2024.

List of archdeacons 1906–1912 (res.): Mansfield Owen 1912–1913 (res.): Walter Hobhouse 1913–1920 (res.): George Gardner 1920–1938 (res.): Harold Richards 1938–1946 (res.): Henry McGowan (afterwards Bishop of Wakefield) 1946–1954 (res.): Michael Parker (afterwards Bishop suffragan of Aston) 1954–1955: vacant 1955–2 October 1964 (d.): Maxwell Dunlop 1965–1977 (ret.): Francis Warman (afterward archdeacon emeritus) 1977–1982 (res.): Donald Tytler (afterwards Bishop suffragan of Middleton) 1982–1990 (res.): John Cooper 1990–2003 (ret.): John Barton (afterward archdeacon emeritus) 2005–25 January 2014 (res.): Brian RussellDiocese in Europe – From Aston to Oslo (Accessed 8 November 2013) 16 November 201430 September 2022 (res.): Simon HeathfieldDiocese of Birmingham – Notification of Appointments, 8 September 2014 (Accessed 13 September 2014) 14 July 2024present: Phelim O'Hare

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