MarketArchdeacon of Lancaster
Company Profile

Archdeacon of Lancaster

The Archdeacon of Lancaster is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Blackburn. Originally created in the Diocese of Manchester it became part of the new Diocese of Blackburn in 1926.

List of archdeacons
• 1847–1870: Post vacant • 1870–1895 (ret.): William Hornby (1810–1899) • 1896–1905 (res.): Arthur Clarke • 1905–1909 (d.): William Bonsey • 1909–1936 (d.): Phipps Hornby (1853–1936; son of William) :The archdeaconry was transferred from the diocese of Manchester to the newly created diocese of Blackburn by Order-in-Council on 12 November 1926. • 1936–1950 (d.): Henry Fosbrooke • 1950–1954 (res.): Benjamin Pollard, Bishop suffragan of Lancaster • 1955–1959 (res.): Gordon Fallows • 1959–1966 (ret.): Charles Lambert (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) • 1966–1980 (ret.): Geoffrey Gower-Jones (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) • 1981–1997 (ret.): Ken Gibbons (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) • 1997–1999 (res.): Robert Ladds (afterward Bishop suffragan of Whitby) • 1999–2005 (res.): Colin Williams (afterwards archdeacon emeritus; born 1952) • 2005–2010 (res.): Peter Ballard (born 1955) • March 201122 September 2019 (res.): Michael Everitt • 13 April 2017present: Simon Cox, Temporary Assistant Archdeacon • 4 February 2020present: David Picken ==References==
tickerdossier.comtickerdossier.substack.com