Archdeacon of Maidstone

The Archdeacon of Maidstone is an office-holder in the Diocese of Canterbury (one of the dioceses of the Province of Canterbury in the Church of England). The Archdeacon of Maidstone is an Anglican priest who oversees the Archdeaconry of Maidstone, which is one of three subdivisions of the diocese. The current incumbent is Stephen Taylor, who was collated Archdeacon of Maidstone on 18 September 2011.[1]

History

The archdeaconry was created from the ancient Archdeaconry of Canterbury by Order in Council on 4 June 1841.[2]

Composition

The archdeaconry covers approximately the north-west and south-west corners of the diocese. As of 2012, the archdeaconry of Maidstone consists the following deaneries in the Diocese of Canterbury:

Deanery of Maidstone
Deanery of North Downs
Deanery of Ospringe
Deanery of Sittingbourne
Deanery of the Weald

List of archdeacons

4 June 1841 – 1845 (res.): William Lyall
4 December 1845 – 25 March 1887 (d.): Benjamin Harrison
1887–26 March 1900 (d.): Benjamin Smith[3][4]
1900–1921 (ret.): Henry Spooner[5][6]
1921–1934 (res.): John Macmillan[7] (also Bishop suffragan of Dover from 1927)[8]
1934–1939 (res.): Karl Sopwith[9]
1939–1942 (res.): Alexander Sargent[10]
1942–1958 (ret.): Julian Bickersteth[11][12][13][14]
1959–1965 (res.): Gordon Strutt[15][16][17]
1965–1968 (res.): Michael Nott[18][19]
1968–1972 (res.): Thomas Prichard[20][21]
1972–1979 (ret.): Niel Nye[22][23] (later archdeacon emeritus)[24]
1979–1989 (res.): Michael Percival Smith[25]
1989–2002 (res.): Patrick Evans[26][27]
2002–13 March 2011 (res.): Philip Down[28]
18 September 2011 – present: Stephen Taylor[1][29] (on leave 2019–2020)
30 November 2019[30] – 31 May 2020 (Acting): Andrew Sewell[31]

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References

"Diocese of Canterbury". Canterburydiocese.org. Archived from the original on 2011-08-07. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
"No. 19985". The London Gazette. 4 June 1841. pp. 1433–1434.
Clergy List, 1897
"Smith, Ven. Benjamin Frederick". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 18 December 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
Crockford's 1929, p. 1214.
"Spooner, Rev. Henry Maxwell". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 18 December 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
Crockford's 1929, p. 364.
"Macmillan, Rt Rev. John Victor". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 18 December 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
"Sopwith, Ven. Thomas Karl". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 18 December 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
"Sargent, Rev. Canon Alexander". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 18 December 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
Bickersteth, John. "Bickersteth, (Kenneth) Julian Faithfull". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/74205. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
"The Julian Bickersteth Memorial Medal". IHGS. 1962-10-16. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
Canterbury Cathedral Archives CCA-DCc-MAND/RC/1959/1
"Bickersteth, Rev. Kenneth Julian Faithfull". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 18 December 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
"St Mary Magdalene | Detailed History". Stmmm.org.uk. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
Canterbury Cathedral Archives CCA-DCc-MAND/RC/1959/1 and CCA-DCc-MAND/RC/1965/1
"Strutt, Rt. Rev. Rupert Gordon". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 18 December 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
Canterbury Cathedral Archives CCA-DCc-MAND/RC/1965/1 and CCA-DCc-MAND/RC/1968/1
"Nott, Very Rev. Michael John". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 18 December 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
Canterbury Cathedral Archives CCA-DCc-MAND/RC/1968/1
"Prichard, Rev. Canon Thomas Estlin". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 18 December 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
Crockford's Clerical Directory, 2010–2011
"The Ven Niel Nye". Telegraph. 2003-01-25. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
"Nye, Ven. Nathaniel Kemp". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 18 December 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
"Percival Smith, Ven. (Anthony) Michael". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 18 December 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
Canterbury Cathedral Archives CCA-DCc-MAND/HC/1989/1
"Evans, Ven. Patrick Alexander Sidney". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 18 December 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
"Down, Ven. Philip Roy". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 18 December 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
"Taylor, Stephen Ronald". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 18 December 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

Sources

Horn, Joyce M. (1974), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, 3, p. 17

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[Taylor-1] "Diocese of Canterbury". Canterburydiocese.org. Archived from the original on 2011-08-07. Retrieved 2013-10-30.

[2] "No. 19985". The London Gazette. 4 June 1841. pp. 1433–1434.

[3] Clergy List, 1897

[4] "Smith, Ven. Benjamin Frederick". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 18 December 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[5] Crockford's 1929, p. 1214.

[6] "Spooner, Rev. Henry Maxwell". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 18 December 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[7] Crockford's 1929, p. 364.

[8] "Macmillan, Rt Rev. John Victor". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 18 December 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[9] "Sopwith, Ven. Thomas Karl". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 18 December 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[10] "Sargent, Rev. Canon Alexander". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 18 December 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[11] Bickersteth, John. "Bickersteth, (Kenneth) Julian Faithfull". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/74205. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[12] "The Julian Bickersteth Memorial Medal". IHGS. 1962-10-16. Retrieved 30 October 2013.

[13] Canterbury Cathedral Archives CCA-DCc-MAND/RC/1959/1

[14] "Bickersteth, Rev. Kenneth Julian Faithfull". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 18 December 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[15] "St Mary Magdalene | Detailed History". Stmmm.org.uk. Retrieved 2012-07-31.

[16] Canterbury Cathedral Archives CCA-DCc-MAND/RC/1959/1 and CCA-DCc-MAND/RC/1965/1

[17] "Strutt, Rt. Rev. Rupert Gordon". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 18 December 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[18] Canterbury Cathedral Archives CCA-DCc-MAND/RC/1965/1 and CCA-DCc-MAND/RC/1968/1

[19] "Nott, Very Rev. Michael John". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 18 December 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[20] Canterbury Cathedral Archives CCA-DCc-MAND/RC/1968/1

[21] "Prichard, Rev. Canon Thomas Estlin". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 18 December 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[22] Crockford's Clerical Directory, 2010–2011

[23] "The Ven Niel Nye". Telegraph. 2003-01-25. Retrieved 2013-10-30.

[24] "Nye, Ven. Nathaniel Kemp". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 18 December 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[25] "Percival Smith, Ven. (Anthony) Michael". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 18 December 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[26] Canterbury Cathedral Archives CCA-DCc-MAND/HC/1989/1

[27] "Evans, Ven. Patrick Alexander Sidney". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 18 December 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[28] "Down, Ven. Philip Roy". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 18 December 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[29] "Taylor, Stephen Ronald". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 18 December 2013. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

Diocese of Canterbury
Canterbury Cathedral The Old Palace, Canterbury Diocesan House, Canterbury
Office holders	Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury (Primate of All England) Rose Hudson-Wilkin, Bishop suffragan of Dover (pseudo-diocesan) AEO: the Bishop suffragan of Richborough Robert Willis, Dean of Canterbury Jo Kelly-Moore, Archdeacon of Canterbury and Vice-Dean Stephen Taylor, Archdeacon of Maidstone Darren Miller, Archdeacon of Ashford Andrew Sewell, Acting Archdeacon of Maidstone
Provincial episcopal visitors	Norman Banks, Bishop suffragan of Richborough Jonathan Goodall, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Rod Thomas, Bishop suffragan of Maidstone
Channel Islands	Paul Mellor, Dean of Guernsey Bob Key, Dean of Jersey
Selected deaneries	Elham Deanery Romney Deanery
Historic offices	Bishop suffragan of Croydon (1904–1985; transferred to Southwark) Bishop suffragan of Maidstone (1944–2009) Archdeacon of Croydon (1930–1985; transferred to Southwark)