Archdeacon of Hackney

The Archdeacon of Hackney is a senior Anglican priest serving the diocese of London,[1] responsible for disciplinary and pastoral supervision of the clergy[2] within its three area deaneries: Hackney, Islington and Tower Hamlets.[3]

Created from the archdeaconry of London by Order-in-Council on 2 March 1951, at its erection the archdeaconry comprised the rural deaneries of Bethnal Green, of Hackney and Stoke Newington, of Islington, of Poplar and of Stepney.[4]

  1. ^ Diocesan web site Archived February 5, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "ABCD: a basic church dictionary" Meakin, T: Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2001 ISBN 978-1-85311-420-5
  3. ^ Crockford's on line accessed Saturday 4 February 2012 13:23 GMT
  4. ^ "No. 39161". The London Gazette. 2 March 1951. p. 1103.