Archdeacon of Malmesbury

The Archdeacon of Malmesbury is a senior

The Archdeaconry of North Wilts was created from the Archdeaconry of Bristol in the Diocese of Bristol by Order-in-Council on 12 August 1904^[1] and renamed the Archdeaconry of Swindon on 30 May 1919, due to the bishop's concern over confusion with the similarly named Archdeaconry of Wilts in Salisbury diocese.^[2] In 1999, Alan Hawker, the last recorded Archdeacon of Swindon, became the first recorded Archdeacon of Malmesbury;^[3][4] the current Malmesbury archdeaconry covers a very similar area to the 1904 North Wilts archdeaconry.

• 1904–1909 (res.): Hemming Robeson^[6][7]
• 1910–1919 (ret.): Ravenscroft Stewart^[8][9]

From 30 May 1919, the archdeaconry was renamed Swindon.

• 1919–1928 (res.): Reginald Talbot^[10]
• 1928–1947 (ret.):
  Bishop suffragan of Malmesbury, 1927–1946)^[11]
• 1947–1963 (ret.): Leonard Cornwell (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[12]
• 1963–1969 (res.): Cyril Bowles^[13]
• 1970–1973 (res.): Freddy Temple^[14]
• 1974–1982 (ret.): Jeffrey Maples (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[15]
• 1982–1992 (ret.): Kenneth Clark^[16]
• 1992–1997 (res.): Michael Middleton^[17]
• 1998–1999: Alan Hawker (became Archdeacon of Malmesbury)^[18]

Since 1999, the archdeaconry has been called Malmesbury.

• 1999 – 1 November 2010 (ret.): Alan Hawker (previously Archdeacon of Swindon; afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[18]
• 1 November 2010 – 2011 (Acting): Hedley Ringrose^[19]
• 2011 – 30 September 2018 (ret.): Christine Froude^[20] (also Acting Archdeacon of Bristol from December 2012)^[21]
  • from January 2013 until 1 April 2015, Derek Chedzey was part-time Assistant Archdeacon for the diocese^[22][23]
• 4 October 2018 – 2019: Graham Archer (Acting)^[24]
• 7 May 2019 – present: Christopher Bryan^[25]

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