Archdeacon of Ashford

The Archdeacon of Ashford is a senior office-holder in the English Diocese of Canterbury (a division of the Church of England Province of Canterbury). The Archdeacon of Ashford is an Anglican priest that oversees the Archdeaconry of Ashford, which is one of three subdivisions of the diocese. The first incumbent was Philip Down, who was collated Archdeacon of Ashford on 13 March 2011[1] and who retired effective 15 October 2017.[2] The second and current archdeacon is Darren Miller,[3] who was collated on 13 January 2018.[4]

## History

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The archdeaconry was created under the Pastoral Measure 1983, by Trevor Willmott, Bishop of Dover (exercising the functions of diocesan bishop delegated by the Archbishop of Canterbury) on 1 February 2011.[5] At the same time, it was decided that Down (then Archdeacon of Maidstone) would transfer to the newly created role.[6]

## Composition

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The archdeaconry covers a central and eastern portion the diocese. As of 2012[update], the archdeaconry of Ashford consists the following deaneries in the Diocese of Canterbury:[7]

* Deanery of Ashford
* Deanery of Dover
* Deanery of Elham
* Deanery of Romney and Tenterden
* Deanery of Sandwich

## References

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1. ^ News from Canterbury Diocese – Philip Down welcomed as the first Archdeacon of Ashford[permanent dead link‍]
2. ^ "Resignations and retirements". Church Times. No. 8044\. 19 May 2017. p. 31\. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
3. ^ Diocese of Canterbury — New Archdeacon of Ashford announced (Accessed 14 August 2017)
4. ^ Canterbury Cathedral — Music List, 1–14 January 2018 (Accessed 23 January 2018)
5. ^ Section 14 Order – Creating the Archdeaconry of Ashford Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine
6. ^ Philip Down – Changes to the structure of the Diocese
7. ^ Canterbury Diocese – Archdeaconry of Ashford

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Archdeacons of Ashford

* Philip Down
* Darren Miller

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Diocese of Canterbury

* Canterbury Cathedral
* The Old Palace, Canterbury
* Diocesan House, Canterbury

Office holders|

* Archbishop of Canterbury and Primate of All England (vacant)
* Rose Hudson-Wilkin, Bishop suffragan of Dover (pseudo-diocesan)
* AEO: the Bishop suffragan of Richborough & the Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet
* David Monteith, Dean of Canterbury
* Will Adam, Archdeacon of Canterbury
* Darren Miller, Archdeacon of Ashford
* Archdeacon of Maidstone (vacant)

Provincial episcopal visitors|

* Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet
* Luke Irvine-Capel, Bishop suffragan designate of Richborough

Selected deaneries|

* Elham Deanery
* Romney Deanery

Historic offices|

* Bishop suffragan of Croydon (1904–1985; transferred to Southwark)
* Bishop suffragan of Maidstone (1944–2009)
* Archdeacon of Croydon (1930–1985; transferred to Southwark)

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Archdeacons in the Church of England

Current|

| northern
province|

* Auckland
* Blackburn
* Bolton
* Bradford
* Carlisle
* Chester
* Cleveland
* Doncaster
* Durham
* East Riding (York)
* Halifax
* Lancaster
* Leeds
* Lindisfarne
* Liverpool
* Knowsley and Sefton
* Macclesfield
* Man
* Manchester
* Newark
* Nottingham
* Northumberland
* Pontefract
* Richmond and Craven
* Rochdale
* St Helens and Warrington
* Salford
* Sheffield and Rotherham
* Stoke
* Sunderland
* Walsall
* West Cumberland
* Westmorland and Furness
* York (West Riding)

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southern
province|

* Ashford
* Aston
* Barnstaple
* Barking
* Bath
* Bedford
* Berkshire
* Birmingham
* Bodmin
* Boston
* Bournemouth
* Brighton & Lewes
* Bristol
* Bromley & Bexley
* Buckingham
* Cambridge
* Canterbury
* Chelmsford
* Charing Cross ("Two Cities")
* Cheltenham
* Chichester
* Colchester
* Cornwall
* Coventry ("Archdeacon Pastor")
* Croydon
* Derby City and South Derbyshire
* Derbyshire Peak and Dales
* Dorchester
* Dorking
* Dorset
* Dudley
* East Derbyshire
* Eastern Archdeaconry (Europe)
* Exeter
* France
* Germany and Northern Europe
* Gibraltar
* Gloucester
* Hackney
* Hampstead
* Hastings
* Hereford
* Hertford
* Horsham
* Huntingdon and Wisbech
* Ipswich
* Isle of Wight
* Italy and Malta
* Lambeth
* Leicester
* Lewisham & Greenwich
* Lichfield
* Lincoln
* London
* Loughborough
* Ludlow
* Lynn
* Maidstone
* Malmesbury
* The Meon
* Middlesex
* Norfolk
* North West Europe
* Northampton
* Northolt
* Norwich
* Oakham
* Oxford
* Plymouth
* Portsdown
* Reigate
* Rochester
* St Albans
* Salop/Shropshire (Lichfield diocese)
* Sarum
* Sherborne
* Southend
* Southwark
* Stansted
* Stow and Lindsey
* Sudbury
* Suffolk
* Surrey
* Switzerland
* Taunton
* Tonbridge
* Totnes
* Wandsworth
* Warwick ("Archdeacon Missioner")
* Wells
* West Ham
* Westminster
* Wilts
* Winchester
* Worcester

non-territorial|

* Military archdeacons: Royal Navy, Army, Royal Air Force
* Prison Service
* "Archdeacon Missioner" (see Warwick) & "Archdeacon Pastor" (see Coventry)
* Rural Mission (Eds & Ips diocese)

Former|

| England|

* Basingstoke
* Bromley
* Chesterfield
* Cirencester
* Craven
* Derby
* Ely
* Essex
* Furness
* Generous Giving and Stewardship (York diocese)
* Halifax (old)
* Harlow
* Huddersfield
* Huntingdon
* Kingston-on-Thames
* Lewes
* Lewes & Hastings
* Lewisham
* Lindsey
* Mission Resources (Leeds diocese)
* North Wilts
* Portsmouth
* Richmond
* Ripon
* Salisbury
* Shropshire/Salop (Hereford diocese)
* Stafford
* Stow
* Swindon
* Warrington
* Westmorland
* Wigan and West Lancashire
* Winchester (ancient)
* Wisbech

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* Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands
* Europe
* Italy
* Malta
* Northern France
* the Riviera
* Scandinavia
* Scandinavia and Germany
* South-Eastern Europe
* Spain (or the Peninsula) and North Africa

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