List of Archdeacons of Southend
Encyclopedia
This is a list of the archdeacon
s of Southend
, a position in the diocese of Chelmsford
of the Church of England
. The diocese was created in 1914.
Archdeacon
An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in Anglicanism, Syrian Malabar Nasrani, Chaldean Catholic, and some other Christian denominations, above that of most clergy and below a bishop. In the High Middle Ages it was the most senior diocesan position below a bishop in the Roman Catholic Church...
s of Southend
Southend-on-Sea
Southend-on-Sea is a unitary authority area, town, and seaside resort in Essex, England. The district has Borough status, and comprises the towns of Chalkwell, Eastwood, Leigh-on-Sea, North Shoebury, Prittlewell, Shoeburyness, Southchurch, Thorpe Bay, and Westcliff-on-Sea. The district is situated...
, a position in the diocese of Chelmsford
Diocese of Chelmsford
The Diocese of Chelmsford is a Church of England diocese, part of the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers Essex and the five East London boroughs of Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Newham, Redbridge, and Waltham Forest, and is co-terminous with the boundaries of the Catholic Diocese of...
of the Church of England
Church of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
. The diocese was created in 1914.
- ?–1968 Neville Welch
- 1977–1982 John MosesJohn Moses (dean)John Moses KCVO was the Dean of St Paul's from November 1996 until his retirement on 31 August 2006.Moses' last service as dean was a Sung Eucharist on 12 July 2006...
- 1982–1992 Jonathan BaileyJonathan BaileyJonathan Sansbury Bailey, KCVO was Bishop of Dunwich from 1992 to 1995, Bishop of Derby from 1995 to 2005, and Clerk of the Closet from 1997 to 2005.-Early life:...
- 1992–2000 David JenningsDavid Jennings (bishop)David Willfred Michael Jennings was the Anglican Bishop of Warrington from 2000 until he resigned with effect from 31 October 2009. He was educated at Radley College and King's College London before embarking on a curacy at Walton-on-the-Hill, Liverpool. After a further curacy at Christchurch...
- c2000–present David Lowman