Former Archdeacons include: • 1848–1861: William Clive, Vicar of Welshpool 1819–1865. He was the son of
William Clive MP, who was the brother of Sir
Robert Clive. • 1861–1886:
Henry Powell Ffoulkes, Rector of
Whittington, Oswestry, 1879–1886. • 1886-1916: (d.) David Thomas (Archdeacon of Montgomery). Rector of Llandrinio. A notable Church historian. • 1916–1925: (res.):
Grimaldi Davis • 1925–1938: (d.):
Ellis Griffith • 1938–1944: (ret.):
Evan Thomas • 1944–1951: (d.):
John Lloyd • 1952–1959: William A Jones • 1959-1966: William Williams • 1966–1976: Elidyr Glynne Jones • 1977–1987:
Owen Thomas • 1987-1998:
Bill Pritchard. • 1998–2002:
David Griffith • 2002–2012:
John Thelwell • 2012–2018:
Peter Pike • 7 October 201831 August 2024 (ret.): Barry Wilson • 1 September 2024present:
Gerwyn Capon Barry Frank Wilson (born 1958) was collated Archdeacon of Montogomery on 7 October 2018. A former teacher, he trained for the ministry on the
Church of England's Northern Ordination Course; — and ordained priest the following Petertide (27 June 1998) — by
Christopher Hill,
Bishop of Stafford, at his title church. Wilson served his title (curacy) at
Stone until 1999, later becoming an incumbent in the same diocese — Vicar of
Betley, 2004–2013. He then moved to Chester diocese, where he served as Rector of
Nantwich until 2017, then a
canon residentiary of
the cathedral until his archidiaconal collation. ==References==