Archdeacons in the Diocese in Europe

The archdeacons in the Diocese in Europe are senior clergy of the Church of England Diocese in Europe. They each have responsibility over their own archdeaconry, of which there are currently seven, each of which is composed of one or more deaneries, which are composed in turn of chaplaincies (as opposed to the parishes of the mainland and Manx dioceses).

They share this task with running a local church in their area, although the Diocese in Europe was (as of 2012) working towards a new system whereby there would be four full-time archdeacons instead.[1] Colin Williams became a full-time Archdeacon for both the Eastern archdeaconry and that of Germany and Northern Europe ("Archdeacon of Europe")[2][3] in September 2015, based in Frankfurt, Germany;[4] his successor, Leslie Nathaniel is full-time in both roles together.[5] David Waller is now also archdeacon of two archdeaconries: Gibraltar and Italy & Malta.[6] It is also intended that the next Archdeacon of France (full-time) will also, eventually, become Archdeacon of Switzerland.[7]

In 1866, the Diocese of Gibraltar had two archdeaconries: Gibraltar and Malta.[8] The current roles of archdeacons are set down in the diocese's 1995 constitution.[9]

  1. ^ "New interim Archdeacons appointed (2012)". Diocese in Europe. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Ludlow rector to become Archdeacon of Europe". BBC News. 27 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Review of the year 2015: Appointments".
  4. ^ Diocese in Europe — First full time archdeacon appointed Archived 29 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 29 May 2015)
  5. ^ "Archdeacon of the East and Archdeacon of Germany & Northern Europe" (PDF). Diocese in Europe - The Church of England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2023.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference waller was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Recruitment: Archdeacon of France".
  8. ^ The Clergy List for 1866 (London: George Cox, 1866) p. 471
  9. ^ "Constitution of the Diocese in Europe 1995". europe.anglican.org.