The Archdeacon of Doncaster is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Sheffield, responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy"ABCD: a basic church dictionary" Meakin, T: Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2001 within the six area deaneries: Adwick-le-Street, Doncaster, Snaith & Hatfield, Tankersley, Wath and West Doncaster.
History The archdeaconry of Doncaster was created in the Diocese of York from parts of the York and Sheffield archdeaconries on 18 February 1913 and transferred to the Diocese of Sheffield upon its creation on 23 January 1914.
List of archdeacons 1913–1941 (ret.): Folliott Sandford (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) The archdeaconry has been in Sheffield diocese since 23 January 1914. 1941–1947 (res.): Robert Stannard (afterwards Bishop of Woolwich, 1947) 1947–1954 (res.): John Brewis 1955–1959 (res.): John Nicholson 1959–1967 (res.): Peter Bostock 1967–1979 (ret.): Evan Rogers (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) 1979–1985 (res.): Ian Harland (afterwards Bishop of Lancaster, 1985) 1985–1994 (ret.): Desmond Carnelley (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) 1994–2001 (ret.): Bernard Holdridge 2001–2011 (ret.): Bob Fitzharris (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) 201231 December 2019 (ret.): Steve Wilcockson 1 January16 May 2020: David Stevens (acting) 23 September 2020present: Javaid Iqbal (Acting since 16 May)
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