Richard Acworth

Richard Foote Acworth[1] (born 19 October 1936) is a British Church of England priest, most notably Archdeacon of Wells from 1993[2] to 2003.[3]

Acworth was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead; Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge and Ripon College Cuddesdon. After National Service in the RNVR he was ordained deacon in 1963, and priest in 1964. He served curacies in Fulham, Langley and Bridgwater. He was Vicar of Yatton from 1969 to 1981; Priest in charge of St John Taunton from 1981 to 1985; and Vicar of St Mary Magdalene, Taunton from 1985 to 1993.[4]

References

Companies House
Church news. The Times (London, England), Friday, August 13, 1993; pg. 14; Issue 64721
"Richard Foote Acworth". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
'ACWORTH, Ven. Richard Foote', Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016 ; online edn, Nov 2016 accessed 8 Oct 2017

Church of England titles
Preceded by Ted Thomas	Archdeacon of Wells 1993–2003	Succeeded by Peter Maurice

Archdeacons of Wells
High Medieval	Archdeacons without territorial titles: Benselin, Archdeacon of Exon Walkerius Robert Arald John de Bada Archdeacons of Wells: Eustace Robert Thomas of Earley Simon of Wells Hugh of Wells William of Bardney William of Bitton (uncle) John of Bitton Peter Chaceporc William of Bitton (nephew) Godfrey Giffard S. Thomas Bytton Walter Haselshaw Peter de Insula
Late Medieval	Thomas de Charlton Wibert de Lutleton Robert de Wamberg Simon de Montacute Thomas Upton Robert Mortimer Hugh Thomas Fastolf William de Court Étienne Cardinal Aubert Simon Cardinal Langham Andrew Baret John de Rypon John Beer Thomas Tuttebury Nicholas Slake John Ikelyngton Thomas Bubwith Andrew Holes Thomas Bridlington William Nykke Richard Nykke François de Busleyden Thomas Beaumont Polydore Vergil
Early modern	John Cotterell John Rugge Bartholomew Clerke John Langworth Gerard Wood William Watts Grindal Sheafe Charles Thirlby Edwin Sandys Samuel Hill Henry Layng Edmund Archer John Wicksted George Shakerley Edmund Aubery Lionel Seaman Francis Potter William Willes Charles Sandiford Henry Law
Late modern	Fitzhardinge Portman Otway Fitzgerald Arthur Salmon Frederick Brymer Walter Farrer George Hollis, Bishop of Taunton Norman Higgins Bryant Salmon John Lance Peter Haynes Ted Thomas Richard Acworth Peter Maurice Nicola Sullivan Kevin Roberts (Acting) Anne Gell

Diocese of Bath and Wells
Wells Cathedral Bishop's Palace, Wells Bath Abbey Glastonbury Abbey (ruins)
Office holders	Peter Hancock, Bishop of Bath and Wells Ruth Worsley, Bishop suffragan of Taunton AEO: Jonathan Goodall, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet John Davies, Dean of Wells Simon Hill, Archdeacon of Taunton Anne Gell, Archdeacon of Wells Adrian Youings, Archdeacon of Bath
Historic offices	For the Bishops of Wells (10th century–1090), Bishops of Bath (1090–1197 & 1219–1245) and Bishops of Bath and Glastonbury (1197–1219), see Bishop of Bath and Wells
Benefices and parishes	List of ecclesiastical parishes in the Diocese of Bath and Wells

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