Archdeacon of Birmingham

The Archdeacon of Birmingham is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Birmingham.

The archdeaconry was created within the Diocese of Worcester by Order-in-Council on 12 August 1892 (substantially from the Archdeaconry of Coventry but also from a small part of the Worcester archdeaconry)[1] but became part of the new Diocese of Birmingham upon its creation by Order-in-Council on 13 January 1905.[2]

The Archdeacon is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy[3] within the archdeaconry's six deaneries: Edgbaston; Handsworth and Central; Kings Norton; Moseley; Shirley; and Warley.

The current archdeacon, since 2019, is Jenny Tomlinson.[4]

  1. ^ "No. 26316". The London Gazette. 12 August 1892. pp. 4569–4582.
  2. ^ "No. 27754". The London Gazette. 13 January 1905. pp. 311–312.
  3. ^ "ABCD: a basic church dictionary" Meakin, T: Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2001 ISBN 978-1-85311-420-5
  4. ^ "Jenny Tomlinson announced as new Archdeacon of Birmingham - The Church of England - Birmingham". www.cofebirmingham.com. Archived from the original on 12 February 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2019.