MarketArchdeacon of Bodmin
Company Profile

Archdeacon of Bodmin

The Archdeacon of Bodmin is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Truro. The role was established by Order in Council on 21 May 1878, two years after the diocese itself was created, by splitting the Archdeaconry of Cornwall.

List of archdeacons
• 1878–1892 (res.): Reginald Hobhouse • 1892–1924 (ret.): Henry Du Boulay • 1924–1939 (d.): Montague Williamson • 1939–1952 (ret.): William Rigg (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) • 1953–1956 (ret.): John Wellington, Assistant Bishop • 1956–1961 (ret.): William Prior (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) • 1962–1969 (ret.): Arthur Williams (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) • 1969–1979 (res.): Conrad Meyer • 1979–1981 (ret.): John Wingfield (afterwards archdeacon emeritus). After Wingfield had announced his retirement, the Rev George Stephen Clark, Vicar of Par, was announced as his replacement; however, Clark died in 1981 prior to being collated as archdeacon. • 1981–1989 (d.2003): George Temple (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) • 1989–2000 (ret.): Rodney Whiteman (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) • 2000–2011 (ret.): Clive Cohen (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) • 29 July 201128 February 2021: Audrey Elkington (Acting Archdeacon of Cornwall, 15 May 20181 September 2019) • 1 March 20212021: Paul Bryer, Archdeacon of Cornwall and Acting Archdeacon of Bodmin • 23 May 202115 October 2025 (res.): Kelly Betteridge (became Bishop of Basingstoke) ==References==
tickerdossier.comtickerdossier.substack.com