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The '''Archdeacon of Westmorland and Furness''' is a senior [[ecclesiastical]] officer within the [[Diocese of Carlisle]].<ref>[http://www.carlislediocese.org.uk/people-and-structures/archdeacons.html Diocesan web site]</ref> As such he or she is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy <ref>"ABCD: a basic church dictionary" Meakin, T: Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2001 ISBN 978-1-85311-420-5</ref> within its four [[Rural Dean|rural deaneries]]: [[Barrow-in-Furness|Barrow]], [[Windermere]], [[Kendal]] and [[Furness]].<ref>[[Crockford's Clerical Directory|CRockford's on line]] accessed Friday 16 March 2012 17:09[[GMT]]</ref> <br> The current incumbent is [[Penny Driver]].
The '''Archdeacon of Westmorland and Furness''' is a senior [[ecclesiastical]] officer within the [[Diocese of Carlisle]].<ref>[http://www.carlislediocese.org.uk/people-and-structures/archdeacons.html Diocesan web site]</ref> As such he or she is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy <ref>"ABCD: a basic church dictionary" Meakin, T: Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2001 ISBN 978-1-85311-420-5</ref> within its four [[Rural Dean|rural deaneries]]: [[Barrow-in-Furness|Barrow]], [[Windermere]], [[Kendal]] and [[Furness]].<ref>[[Crockford's Clerical Directory|CRockford's on line]] accessed Friday 16 March 2012 17:09[[GMT]]</ref>

The archdeaconry of Westmorland was created in 1847 and that of Furness in 1884 and were subsequently merged to form the current archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness. The current incumbent is [[Penny Driver]].

==Archdeacons of Westmorland==
* 1856–1865 [[Robert Wilson Evans]]
* 1865-1896 John Cooper
* 1896–? [[John Diggle]] (later Archdeacon of Birmingham, 1903 and [[Bishop of Carlisle]], 1905)
* ?–1931 Henry Pownall Mains Lafone
* 1931–1944 John Henry Hopkinson

==Archdeacons of Westmorland and Furness==
* ?–?1966 [[Cyril Bulley|Sydney Cyril Bulley]] (also Suffragan [[Bishop of Penrith]], 1959–1966 and [[Bishop of Carlisle]], 1966)
* 1965–1971 [[Thomas Richard Hare]] (afterwards Suffragan [[Bishop of Pontefract]], 1971)
* Walter Frederick Ewbank
* ?–1983 [[Arthur Henry Attwell]] (afterwards [[Bishop of Sodor and Man]], 1983)
* ?1983–1989 [[Peter St George Vaughan]] (afterwards [[Bishop of Ramsbury]], 1989)
* 1989–1995 Lawrence Joseph Peat
* 1995–1999 David Thomas Ivor Jenkins
* 2000–2011 George Alexander Howe
* 2011–present [[Penny Driver|Penelope May Driver]]


==Notes==
==Notes==

Revision as of 00:45, 6 June 2012

The Archdeacon of Westmorland and Furness is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Carlisle.[1] As such he or she is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy [2] within its four rural deaneries: Barrow, Windermere, Kendal and Furness.[3]

The archdeaconry of Westmorland was created in 1847 and that of Furness in 1884 and were subsequently merged to form the current archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness. The current incumbent is Penny Driver.

Archdeacons of Westmorland

Archdeacons of Westmorland and Furness

Notes

  1. ^ Diocesan web site
  2. ^ "ABCD: a basic church dictionary" Meakin, T: Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2001 ISBN 978-1-85311-420-5
  3. ^ CRockford's on line accessed Friday 16 March 2012 17:09GMT