Archdeacon of Coventry


The Archdeacon of Coventry is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Coventry. The post has been called the Archdeacon Pastor since 2012.

History

The post was historically within the Diocese of Lichfield beginning in the 12th century – around the time when archdeacon first started to occur in England. From 24 January 1837, the archdeaconry was in the Diocese of Worcester, and since 6 September 1918 it has been in the Diocese of Coventry. From 2009, the archdeacon of Coventry also had statutory oversight over the Archdeaconry of Warwick, delegated from the Archdeacon Missioner, in preparation for the merging of the two archdeaconries. This arrangement may or may not still be legally in effect following the end of use of the terms "of Warwick/of Coventry".

List of archdeacons

High Medieval

Late Medieval

  • ?–bef. 1302 : Gregory Giudice de Alatri
  • 1302–29 August 1320 : Richard
  • 29 August 1320 – 27 August 1335 : John Cardinal Gaetani de Urbe
  • 27 August 1335 – 11 April 1340: Vacant
  • 11 April 1340–bef. 1349: Humphrey de Hastanges
  • 11 July 1349–aft. 1352 : Hugh de Marisco
  • 3 September 1349–bef. 1351 : William de Sallowe
  • 12 February 1352–bef. 1354 : William Cross
  • 30 July 1354 – 1355 : Richard Boule
  • 25 January 1355 – 20 September 1358 : William de Driffield
  • 20 September 1358–bef. 1361 : John de Pipe
  • 14 August 1361–bef. 1369 : Richard de Birmingham
  • 22 November–24 December 1369 : William Lombe
  • 24 December 1369–bef. 1408 : Robert de Stretton
  • 20 June 1408 – 18 June 1422 : Robert de Oxton
  • 18 June 1422 – 1433 : John Heyworth
  • 22 May 1433–bef. 1442 : Robert Esple
  • 29 June 1442–bef. 1488 : Roger Wall
  • 1 December 1488 – 30 January 1505 : Thomas Mills
  • aft. 1505–bef. 1509: George Strangways
  • aft. 1509–1512 : Ralph Colyngwood
  • 2 October 1512–bef. 1558 : John Blythe

Early modern

Late modern