Archdeacon of Birmingham
The Archdeacon of Birmingham is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Birmingham.
The archdeaconry was created within the Diocese of Worcester by Order-in-Council on 12 August 1892 but became part of the new Diocese of Birmingham upon its creation by Order-in-Council on 13 January 1905.
The Archdeacon is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within the archdeaconry's six deaneries: Edgbaston; Handsworth and Central; Kings Norton; Moseley; Shirley; and Warley.
The current archdeacon, since 2019, is Jenny Tomlinson.
List of archdeacons
- 1894–1903: Edmund Knox, Bishop suffragan of Coventry
- 1903–1904: John Diggle
- 1904–1912: Winfrid Burrows
- 1912–1915: Mansfield Owen
- 1915–1944: Charles Hopton
- 1944–1947: Geoffrey Allen
- 1947–1967: Sidney Harvie-Clark
- 1967–1974: Vernon Nicholls
- 1974–1984: Gerald Hollis
- 1985–January 2001: John Duncan
- 2001 – 1 November 2018 : Hayward Osborne
- 1 December 2018 – 31 May 2019: Julian Francis
- 12 May 2019 – present: Jenny Tomlinson