Archdeacon of Aston

The Archdeacon of Aston is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Birmingham.

The Archdeacon is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy^[1] within the archdeaconry's three deaneries: Aston and Sutton Coldfield, Coleshill and Polesworth, and Yardley and Solihull.

The post was created from the Archdeaconry of Birmingham by Order-in-Council on 23 October 1906^[2] and is currently held by Phelim O'Hare, who was collated at Aston Parish Church on 14 July 2024.^[3]^[4]

List of archdeacons

1906–1912 (res.): Mansfield Owen^[5]
1912–1913 (res.): Walter Hobhouse^[6]
1913–1920 (res.): George Gardner^[7]
1920–1938 (res.): Harold Richards^[8]
1938–1946 (res.): Henry McGowan (afterwards Bishop of Wakefield)^[9]
1946–1954 (res.): Michael Parker (afterwards Bishop suffragan of Aston)^[10]
1954–1955: vacant
1955–2 October 1964 (d.): Maxwell Dunlop^[11]
1965–1977 (ret.): Francis Warman (afterward archdeacon emeritus)^[12]
1977–1982 (res.): Donald Tytler (afterwards Bishop suffragan of Middleton)^[13]
1982–1990 (res.): John Cooper^[14]
1990–2003 (ret.): John Barton^[15] (afterward archdeacon emeritus)
2005–25 January 2014 (res.): Brian Russell^[16]^[17]
16 November 2014 – 30 September 2022 (res.):^[18] Simon Heathfield^[19]
14 July 2024 – present: Phelim O'Hare^[3]^[4]

References

^ "ABCD: a basic church dictionary" Meakin, T: Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2001 ISBN 978-1-85311-420-5
^ "No. 27960". The London Gazette. 23 October 1906. pp. 7089–7090.
^ ^a ^b Birmingham, Church of England. "Archdeacon of Aston announced - Church of England Birmingham". www.cofebirmingham.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
^ ^a ^b "notice sheet" (PDF). Elmdon Church. 7 July 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
^ "Owen, Charles Mansfield". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 March 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Hobhouse, Walter". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 March 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Gardner, George Lawrence Harter". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 March 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Richards, John Harold". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 March 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "McGowan, Henry". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 March 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Parker, Clement George St Michael". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 March 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Dunlop, Maxwell Tulloch". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 March 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Warman, Francis Frederic Guy". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 March 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Tytler, Donald Alexander". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 March 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Cooper, John Leslie". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 March 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Barton, (Charles) John Greenwood". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 March 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Russell, Brian Kenneth". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 March 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Diocese in Europe – From Aston to Oslo Archived 2014-03-17 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 8 November 2013)
^ "Resignations and retirements". Church Times. 18 November 2022. ISSN 0009-658X.
^ Diocese of Birmingham – Notification of Appointments, 8 September 2014 Archived 14 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 13 September 2014)

[1] "ABCD: a basic church dictionary" Meakin, T: Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2001 ISBN 978-1-85311-420-5

[2] "No. 27960". The London Gazette. 23 October 1906. pp. 7089–7090.

[ohare-ann-3] Birmingham, Church of England. "Archdeacon of Aston announced - Church of England Birmingham". www.cofebirmingham.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.

[ohare-coll-4] "notice sheet" (PDF). Elmdon Church. 7 July 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.

[5] "Owen, Charles Mansfield". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 March 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[6] "Hobhouse, Walter". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 March 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[7] "Gardner, George Lawrence Harter". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 March 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[8] "Richards, John Harold". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 March 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[9] "McGowan, Henry". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 March 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[10] "Parker, Clement George St Michael". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 March 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[11] "Dunlop, Maxwell Tulloch". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 March 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[12] "Warman, Francis Frederic Guy". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 March 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[13] "Tytler, Donald Alexander". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 March 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[14] "Cooper, John Leslie". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 March 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[15] "Barton, (Charles) John Greenwood". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 March 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[16] "Russell, Brian Kenneth". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 March 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[17] Diocese in Europe – From Aston to Oslo Archived 2014-03-17 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 8 November 2013)

[18] "Resignations and retirements". Church Times. 18 November 2022. ISSN 0009-658X.

[19] Diocese of Birmingham – Notification of Appointments, 8 September 2014 Archived 14 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 13 September 2014)

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v t e Diocese of Birmingham
St Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham Bishop's Croft, Harborne Diocesan Office, Birmingham
Office holders	Michael Volland, Bishop of Birmingham Bishop suffragan of Aston (vacant) AEO: Paul Thomas, Bishop suffragan of Oswestry & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Matt Thompson, Dean of Birmingham Jenny Tomlinson, Archdeacon of Birmingham Phelim O'Hare, Archdeacon of Aston
Historic offices	Provost of Birmingham (1931–2000; see Dean of Birmingham)