Archdeacon of Halifax

The Archdeacon of Halifax is the priest in charge of the archdeaconry of Halifax, an administrative division of the Church of England Diocese of Leeds (formerly in the Diocese of Wakefield.)^[1]

History

The Archdeaconry was founded (from the

Archdeacons of Huddersfield

• 1888–1892 (res.): Norman Straton^[6]
• April 1892 – 1913 (ret.): William Donne^[7]
• 1914–1927: Richard Harvey (became Archdeacon of Halifax)^[8]

Archdeacons of Halifax

With the diocesan reorganisation of 1927, the archdeaconry was renamed to Halifax.

• 1927–1935 (ret.): Richard Harvey (previously Archdeacon of Huddersfield)
• 1935–1946 (ret.): Albert Baines^[9]
• 1946–1949 (res.): Arthur Morris^[10]
• 1949–1961 (res.): Eric Treacy^[11]
• 1961–1972 (res.): John Lister^[12]
• 1972–1984 (ret.): John Alford (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[13]
• 1985–1989 (res.): Alan Chesters^[14]
• 1989–1994 (res.): David Hallatt^[15]
• 1995–2003 (res.): Richard Inwood (became Bishop suffragan of Bedford)
• 2003–28 October 2011 (res.): Robert Freeman^[1][16]
• 22 January 2012 – 31 October 2021 (ret.): Anne Dawtry^[17][18][19]
• 27 February 2022 – present:^[20] Bill Braviner^[21]

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