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
History
The Archdeaconry was founded with the erection of the Diocese of Wakefield on 20 November 1888. From then until its reorganisation in 1927, the archdeaconry of Huddersfield comprised all but the northwestern corner of that diocese. In 1927, the archdeaconry was renamed to that of Halifax and its borders moved to cover the western half of the diocese.The archdeaconry of Halifax has constituted the western half of the diocese since the 1927 reorganisation, covering the deaneries of Calder Valley, Halifax, Brighouse and Elland, Huddersfield, Almondbury and Kirkheaton. Since the creation of the Diocese of Leeds on 20 April 2014, the archdeaconry forms the Huddersfield episcopal area.
List of archdeacons
Archdeacons of Huddersfield
- 1888–1892 : Norman Straton
- April 1892 – 1913 : William Donne
- 1914–1927: Richard Harvey
Archdeacons of Halifax
With the diocesan reorganisation of 1927, the archdeaconry was renamed to Halifax.- 1927–1935 : Richard Harvey
- 1935–1946 : Albert Baines
- 1946–1949 : Arthur Morris
- 1949–1961 : Eric Treacy
- 1961–1972 : John Lister
- 1972–1984 : John Alford
- 1985–1989 : Alan Chesters
- 1989–1994 : David Hallatt
- 1995–2003 : Richard Inwood
- 2003–28 October 2011 : Robert Freeman
- 22 January 2012 – 31 October 2021 : Anne Dawtry
- 27 February 2022 – present: Bill Braviner