Archdeacon of Plymouth

The Archdeacon of Plymouth is a senior clergy position in the Church of England Diocese of Exeter[1] and is responsible for the supervision of the clergy within the five rural deaneries: Ivybridge, Plymouth Moorside, Plymouth Devonport, Plymouth Sutton and Tavistock.[2]

The archdeaconry was created by an Order-in-Council splitting the Archdeaconry of Totnes on 22 March 1918.[3] The current archdeacon is Nick Shutt.

List of archdeacons

• 1918 – 1920 (res.): Arthur Perowne[4]
• 1921 – 28 April 1928 (d.): Ernest Newman[5]
• 1928 – 1950 (ret.): Whitfield Daukes (also Bishop suffragan of Plymouth from 1934)[6]
• 1950 – 1962 (ret.): Norman Clarke, Bishop suffragan of Plymouth[7]
• 1962 – 1978 (res.): Frederick Matthews (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[8]
• 1978 – 1982 (res.): Kenneth Newing (became Bishop suffragan of Plymouth)[9]
• 1982 – 2000 (ret.): Robin Ellis[10]
• 2001 – 2010 (ret.): Tony Wilds[11]
• 2010 – 31 December 2018 (ret.):[12] Ian Chandler[13] (on leave during 2018)[14]
• 18 June 2019 – present: Nick Shutt[15] (Acting since 2018)[14]

References

1. Diocese of Extern website Archived 2012-03-19 at the Wayback Machine
2. Crockford's on line accessed 18 March 2012 21:12 GMT
3. "No. 30591". The London Gazette. 22 March 1918. pp. 3624–3625.
4. "Perowne, Arthur William Thomson". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 4 August 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
5. "Newman, Ernest Frederick". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 4 August 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
6. "Daukes, Francis Whitfield". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 4 August 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
7. "Clarke, Norman Harry". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 4 August 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
8. "Matthews, Frederick Albert John". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2014 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 4 August 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
9. "Newing, Kenneth Albert". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 4 August 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
10. "Ellis, Robin Gareth". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 4 August 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
11. "Wilds, Anthony Ronald". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 4 August 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
12. https://exeter.anglican.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/AD-CLERUM-2018-Advent.pdf
13. "Chandler, Ian Nigel". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 4 August 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
14. National Archdeacons' Forum — Archdeacons’ News — #30, January 2018 (Accessed 22 February 2018)
15. https://exeter.anglican.org/collation-of-the-venerable-nick-shutt-the-new-archdeacon-of-plymouth/