Archdeacon of Aston
The Archdeacon of Aston is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Birmingham.
The Archdeacon is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within the archdeaconry's three deaneries: Aston and Sutton Coldfield, Coleshill and Polesworth, and Yardley and Solihull.
The post was created from the Archdeaconry of Birmingham by Order-in-Council on 23 October 1906 and is currently held by Phelim O'Hare, who was collated at Aston Parish Church on 14 July 2024.
List of archdeacons
- 1906–1912 : Mansfield Owen
- 1912–1913 : Walter Hobhouse
- 1913–1920 : George Gardner
- 1920–1938 : Harold Richards
- 1938–1946 : Henry McGowan
- 1946–1954 : Michael Parker
- 1954–1955: vacant
- 1955–2 October 1964 : Maxwell Dunlop
- 1965–1977 : Francis Warman
- 1977–1982 : Donald Tytler
- 1982–1990 : John Cooper
- 1990–2003 : John Barton
- 2005–25 January 2014 : Brian Russell
- 16 November 2014 – 30 September 2022 : Simon Heathfield
- 14 July 2024 – present: Phelim O'Hare