Archdeacon of Barnstaple
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The Archdeaconry of Barnstaple or Barum is one of the oldest archdeaconries in England. It is an administrative division of the Diocese of Exeter in the Church of England.
History
[edit]The Diocese of Exeter was divided into four archdeaconries in Norman times, probably during the bishopric of Osbern FitzOsbern (1072–1103):[1]
In 1782, it was noted that the archdeaconry contained the deaneries of Barum (Barnstaple), Chumleigh, Hertland, Shirwell, South Molton and Torrington.[2]
The archdeaconry currently comprises the following deaneries:
- Deanery of Barnstaple
- Deanery of Hartland
- Deanery of Holsworthy
- Deanery of Shirwell
- Deanery of South Molton
- Deanery of Torrington
List of archdeacons
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References
[edit]- ^ Watkin, Hugh R., The History of Totnes Priory, Vol.2, Torquay, 1917, p.981
- ^ Thesaurus ecclesiasticus provincialis; or, a survey of the diocese of Exeter: printed and sold by the editors, B. Thorn and Son. Sold also by Messrs. Rivington and Sons, and T. Evans, London; Fletcher, Oxford; and Merril, Cambridge, 1782
- ^ Gardiner, Francis–Barnstaple: 1837–1897
- ^ "Sanderson, Rt. Rev Wilfrid Guy", Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2007 accessed 27 November 2012
- ^ Diocese of Exeter – New archdeacons for Totnes and Barnstaple announced Archived 18 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine & ad clerum (Accessed 2 January 2015)
- ^ "New Principal for South West Ministry Training Course". 22 April 2020.
- ^ "New Archdeacon of Barnstaple Says Amazing Things Can Happen in Small Parishes". 11 April 2021.
Sources
[edit]- Le Neve, John; Hardy, Sir Thomas Duffus (1854). . Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae. Vol. 1. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. – via Wikisource.
- Horn, Joyce M. (1964), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541, vol. 9, pp. 19–21
- Gribble, Joseph Besly–Memorials of Barnstaple: being an attempt to supply the want of a history of that ancient borough; 1830; pp 483–486 (Google eBook)