Archdeacon of Macclesfield
The Archdeacon of Macclesfield is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Chester. As such she or he is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within its six rural deaneries: Bowdon, Congleton, Knutsford, Macclesfield, Mottram, Nantwich, Chadkirk, Cheadle and Stockport.
The archdeaconry of Macclesfield was created from the Chester archdeaconry on 21 September 1880.
List of archdeacons
- 1880–1884 : James Kelly
- 1884–1893 : Arthur Gore
- 1893–1904 : Maxwell Woosnam
- 1904–28 December 1918 : Maitland Wood
- 1919–27 April 1922 : Edward Mercer
- 1922–7 January 1932 : John Thorpe
- 1932–26 October 1941 : John Armitstead
- 1941–7 October 1950 : Frank Okell
- 1950–1958 : Tyler Whittle
- 1958–4 April 1965 : Thomas Clarke
- 1965–13 May 1967 : Harry Saunders
- 1967–1978 : Francis House
- 1978–1985 : Rennie Simpson
- 1985–1994 : John Gaisford
- 1994–2010 : Richard Gillings
- 2011 – 29 September 2023: Ian Bishop
- 28 April 2024 – present: Jane Proudfoot