Archdeacons in the Diocese in Europe


The archdeacons in the Diocese in Europe are senior clergy of the Church of England Diocese in Europe. They each have responsibility over their own archdeaconry, of which there are currently seven, each of which is composed of one or more deaneries, which are composed in turn of chaplaincies.
They share this task with running a local church in their area, although the Diocese in Europe was working towards a new system whereby there would be four full-time archdeacons instead. Colin Williams became a full-time Archdeacon for both the Eastern archdeaconry and that of Germany and Northern Europe in September 2015, based in Frankfurt, Germany; his successor, Leslie Nathaniel is full-time in both roles together. David Waller is now also archdeacon of two archdeaconries: Gibraltar and Italy & Malta. It is also intended that the next Archdeacon of France will also, eventually, become Archdeacon of Switzerland.
In 1866, the Diocese of Gibraltar had two archdeaconries: Gibraltar and Malta. The current roles of archdeacons are set down in the diocese's 1995 constitution.

Archdeacons of Gibraltar

The archdeaconry covers the Western Mediterranean, including Andorra, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Madeira and the Balearic and Canary Islands. The area deaneries include Algarve, Puerto de la Cruz and Palma de Mallorca. In 2013, the archdeaconry synod voted to change its name to "Iberia and Gibraltar", but this change has not been effected. The Cathedral Church is that of the Holy Trinity in Gibraltar.
The archdeacon is David Waller, also of Italy and Malta.
The archdeaconry covers the Central Mediterranean including Italy, Sicily and Malta. There is a Pro-Cathedral of St Paul in Valletta, Malta.
The archdeacon in David Waller, also of Gibraltar.
The Eastern Archdeaconry covers Eastern Europe – the Greater Athens deanery, the Moscow deanery and the area for which the archdeacon takes direct responsibility. The title was Archdeacon of the Aegean until 1994.
  • 1935–1947 : John Sharp, Archdeacon in South-Eastern Europe and a canon of St Paul's Cathedral, Valletta.
  • 1971–1977 : Stephen Skemp, chaplain of Ankara then Athens
  • 1978–1994 : Geoffrey Evans, "Archdeacon of the Aegean and the Danube" chaplain of Ïzmir with Bornova
  • 1995–2000 : Jeremy Peake, chaplain of Vienna
  • 2002–2015: Patrick Curran, chaplain of Vienna with Prague
  • October 20151 April 2019 : Colin Williams
  • 1 April17 October 2019: Adèle Kelham, Archdeacon of Switzerland and Acting Archdeacon of the East
  • 17 October 2019present: Leslie Nathaniel

    Archdeacons of the Riviera

The Archdeaconry of the Riviera was subsumed into the Archdeaconry of France. Archdeacons described as Archdeacon of the Riviera included:
The area deaneries comprise Belgium & Luxembourg and The Netherlands. There is a Pro-Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Brussels. Before the expansion of the diocese in 1980 and erection of Holy Trinity into a Pro-Cathedral, this archdeaconry was called Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands; it had its origin in 1977, and was the first archdeaconry of the diocese.
The Archdeaconry of France consists of all of France and Monaco and includes the Maisons-Lafitte deanery. As archdeacon, Meurig Williams, was based in Brussels The two area deaneries are those of Lille and Mid-Pyrenees & Aude. Before the mid-to-late 1990s, the post was called Archdeacon of Northern France.
  • 1979–1980 : Eric McLellan, Archdeacon in France, chaplain at the British Embassy Church, Paris
  • 1979–1984 : John Livingstone, chaplain of St George's, Paris
  • 1984–1985 : Peter Sertin, chaplain of St Michael's, Paris
  • 1986–1994 : Brian Lea, chaplain of St Michael's, Paris
  • 1994–2002 : Martin Draper, chaplain of St George's, Paris
  • 2002–2006 : Anthony Wells, chaplain of St Michael's, Paris
  • 2007–30 June 2012 : Ken Letts, chaplain of Holy Trinity, Nice with Vence
  • 25 October 201330 September 2016 : Ian Naylor, chaplain of Pau
  • 29 September 20161 January 2021 : Meurig Williams, bishop's domestic chaplain and Archdeacon of France and Monaco
  • 21 November 2021present: Peter Hooper

    Archdeacons of Switzerland

The archdeacon, Peter Hooper, has Archdeacon of France since 2021. Some sources show that Quin and Hawker were referred to as "Archdeacon in Switzerland."
  • 1979–1980 : Thomas Quin, chaplain of Zürich
  • 1980–1986 : Anthony Nind, chaplain of Zürich
  • 1986–2004 Peter Hawker, chaplain of Berne and chaplain of Zürich
  • 2004–1 September 2006 : John Williams, chaplain of Montreux
  • 2007–2009 : Arthur Siddall, Archdeacon of Italy and Malta and chaplain of Montreux with Anzère, Gstaad and Monthey
  • 25 September 200913 July 2016 : Peter Potter, chaplain of Berne
  • 14 July 20142021/22: Adèle Kelham, "Acting" Archdeacon, Chaplain at Lausanne Kelham took up the full archidiaconal role but was called "acting" archdeacon solely because she was older than the Church's mandatory retirement age. She resigned the archdeaconry near the end of 2021.
  • present: Peter Hooper, Archdeacon of France and Switzerland

    Archdeacons of Scandinavia and of Germany and Northern Europe

The two area deaneries are those of Germany and The Nordic and Baltic States, including Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Denmark, Finland, Estonia and Latvia.
Following the resignation of Jonathan Lloyd, the Archdeacon of Switzerland, Peter Potter, became acting archdeacon of Germany and Northern Europe until the licensing in October of Colin Williams as the new full-time Archdeacon for Eastern and Northern Europe.
  • 1980–1989 : Brian Horlock, chaplain of Oslo with Bergen, Trondheim and Stavanger
  • 1990–1995 : Gerald Brown, chaplain of Oslo with Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger etc. and of Stockholm with Gävle & Västerås
  • 1996–2005 : David Ratcliff, Archdeacon of Scandinavia and Germany, chaplain of Frankfurt-am-Main, and of Stockholm with Gävle & Västerås
  • 2005–2008 : Mark Oakley, chaplain of Copenhagen
  • 2008–2010: vacancy?
  • 20 January 2010–March 2014 : Jonathan Lloyd, chaplain of Copenhagen with Aarhus
  • March 2014 – 2015 : the Archdeacon of Switzerland, Acting Archdeacon of Germany and Northern Europe
  • October 20151 April 2019 : Colin Williams
  • 1 April17 October 2019: John Newsome, Area Dean of Germany and Acting Archdeacon of Germany and Northern Europe
  • 17 October 2019present: Leslie Nathaniel