John Kiddle (born 28 June 1958) is a retired senior Anglican clergyman, who served as Archdeacon of Wandsworth from 2015 until 2025.
Background & education Descended from a Hampshire family, Kiddle was educated at Monkton Combe School, Somerset,www.monktoncombeschool.com and went up to Queens' College, Cambridge (MA 1983) before studying for the priesthood at Ridley Hall. He later pursued further studies at Heythrop College, London (MTh 2002).
Ministry Ordained in 1983, after a curacy at Ormskirk, Lancashire, he held incumbencies in Huyton and then Watford, Hertfordshire. Appointed a Canon Residentiary of St Albans Cathedral in 2010, Kiddle obtained preferment in 2015 as Archdeacon of Wandsworth.'KIDDLE, Ven. John', Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 2016 accessed 22 Oct 2017
His responsibilities as Archdeacon of Wandsworth are various and include administrative oversight over five deaneries throughout South West London extending from Battersea to Kingston including Tooting, Richmond & Barnes and of course Wandsworth.www.southwark.anglican.org Kiddle particularly enjoys advancing Southwark diocese's missional and pastoral work in the parishes under his jurisdiction.www.churchofengland.org He retired effective 30 June 2025.
See also Admiral Sir Edward Buxton Kiddle
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