The Archdeacon of Tonbridge is a senior ecclesiastical officer in charge of the Archdeaconry of Tonbridge in the Church of England Diocese of Rochester. The archdeaconry was created from Rochester archdeaconry by Order in Council on 4 April 1906.
The archdeaconry covers 6 deaneries, namely Malling, Paddock Wood, Sevenoaks, Shoreham, Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells.
List of archdeacons 1906–18 June 1925 (d.): Avison Scott, Vicar of St James's Tunbridge Wells (first archdeacon) 1925–1940 (ret.): Leonard Savill (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) 1940–1953 (ret.): William Gray, Vicar of St Nicholas, Rochester (until 1942) then Vicar of Kippington (until 1952; afterwards archdeacon emeritus) 1953–1976 (ret.): Maples Earle, Rector of Wrotham (until 1959) then Vicar of Shipbourne (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) 1977–1995 (ret.): Richard Mason,Oxford Index Vicar of Edenbridge (until 1983) then Minister of St Luke's Sevenoaks (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) 1996–2002 (ret.): Judith Rose 200231 July 2017: Clive Mansell 24 September 2017Diocese of Rochester — Archdeacon of Tonbridge (Accessed 1 September 2017)19 July 2021: Julie ConaltyJames Langstaff — New Archdeacon of Tonbridge (Accessed 1 August 2017) (became Bishop of Birkenhead) 16 January 2022October 2024 (res.): Sharon Copestake 23 February 2025present: Nick Cornell
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