David Sharples AKC (born 17 March 1958) is a retired priest who served as Archdeacon of Rochdale and former Archdeacon of Salford.
He was educated at King's College London and ordained after a period of study at the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield in 1983.Crockfords on-line accessed 18 June 2013 20:38 GMT After a curacy at St Mary the Virgin, Prestwich he was Vicar of St Anne's, Royton from 1987 to 2002; and Director of Ordinands for the Anglican Diocese of Manchester from 2002.‘Sharples, David John’, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 18 June 2013
He retired effective 31 March 2024.
A keen supporter of Manchester City, he is married with two sons.
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