Archdeacons in the Diocese of Portsmouth

The archdeacons in the Diocese of Portsmouth are senior ecclesiastical officers in the Church of England in south-east Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. They currently include: the archdeacon of The Meon, the archdeacon of the Isle of Wight and the archdeacon of Portsdown. Each one has responsibility over a geographical area within the diocese, providing organisational leadership and pastoral support to clergy within their area.

History[]

The Anglican Diocese of Portsmouth was created on 1 May 1927^[1] from the Diocese of Winchester's archdeaconries of the Isle of Wight and of Portsmouth, which had been created in that diocese on 22 December 1871^[2] and 6 February 1925 respectively.^[3]

In November 1999, the Portsmouth archdeaconry was split in two: Lowson remained as Archdeacon of Portsdown and a new Archdeacon of The Meon was appointed.^[4]

List of archdeacons[]

Archdeacons of the Isle of Wight[]

The archdeaconry was created in Winchester diocese, split from Winchester archdeaconry, in 1871.

1874–16 November 1886 (d.): Francis McDougall (also assistant bishop)^[5]
1886–7 September 1906 (d.): Henry Haigh^[6]
1906–2 February 1922 (d.): James Macarthur (also Bishop suffragan of Southampton until 1920; afterwards assistant bishop for the island)^[7]^[8]
1922–1928 (res.): Lewen Tugwell^[9]

Wight archdeaconry has been part of Portsmouth diocese since the latter's creation in 1927.

1929–1936 (ret.): Robert McKew^[10]
1937–31 August 1948 (d.): Hampton Weekes^[11]
1948–1952 (res.): Edward Roberts^[12]
1952–1961 (ret.): Alexander Cory (afterward archdeacon emeritus)^[13]
1961–1965 (res.): Geoffrey Tiarks^[14]
1965–1977 (res.): Ron Scruby^[15]
1977–1986 (res.): Freddie Carpenter (afterward archdeacon emeritus)^[16]
1986–1996 (ret.): Tony Turner (afterward archdeacon emeritus)^[17]
1996–2003 (ret.): Mervyn Banting (afterward archdeacon emeritus)^[18]
2003–2006 (res.): Trevor Reader^[19]
2006–2011 (res.): Caroline Baston^[20]
2011–2018 (res.): Peter Sutton^[21]
18 May 2019 – present: Peter Leonard^[22]

Archdeacons of Portsmouth[]

1925–1927 (res.): Neville Lovett^[23]
1927–1936 (res.): Harold Rodgers^[24]
1937–1945 (res.): Harold Hyde-Lees^[25]
1945–1952 (res.): Arthur Kitching (also an assistant bishop)^[26]
1952–1956 (res.): Edward Roberts^[12]
1956–1964 (res.): Michael Peck^[27]
1965–1969 (res.): Geoffrey Tiarks^[14]
1969–1977 (ret.): Christopher Prior (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[28]
1977–1985 (ret.): Ron Scruby (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[15]
1985–1993 (ret.): Norman Crowder (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[29]
1993–1999 (res.): Graeme Knowles^[30]
February – November 1999: Chris Lowson^[31]^[32] (became Archdeacon of Portsdown)^[33]

In November 1999, the archdeaconry of Portsmouth was split into Portsdown and The Meon.

Archdeacons of Portsdown[]

November 1999–2006: Chris Lowson (previously Archdeacon of Portsmouth)
2006–2013 (ret.): Trevor Reader^[19]
14 April 2013 – 3 July 2019 (res.): Joanne Grenfell^[34] (became Bishop of Stepney)^[35]
3 July 2019 – present: vacant
2020 onwards: Jenny Rowley (announced)^[36]

Archdeacons of The Meon[]

1999–2010 (res.): Peter Hancock^[37]
11 September 2011 – 28 January 2021: Gavin Collins^[38]
28 January 2021 – present (Acting): ^[39]

References[]

^ "No. 33269". The London Gazette. 26 April 1927. p. 2672.
^ "No. 23810". The London Gazette. 22 December 1871. pp. 5716–5717.
^ "No. 33018". The London Gazette. 6 February 1925. pp. 843–845.
^ Diocese of Lincoln – Who's Who Archived 4 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 14 January 2014)
^ Royal College of Surgeons Biographies – McDougall, The Rev Francis Thomas (1817–1886) (Accessed 16 January 2014)
^ "Haigh, Henry". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
^ "Macarthur, James". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
^ "Church news". Church Times (#2997). 2 July 1920. p. 10. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 20 September 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.
^ "Tugwell, Lewen Greenwood". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
^ "McKew, Robert". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
^ "Weekes, Christian William Hampton". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Roberts, Edward James Keymer". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
^ "Cory, Alexander". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Tiarks, Geoffrey Lewis". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Scruby, Ronald Victor". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2011 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
^ "Carpenter, Frederick Charles". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
^ "Turner, Antony Hubert Michael". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
^ "Banting, (Kenneth) Mervyn (Lancelot Hadfield)". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Reader, Trevor Alan John". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
^ "Baston, Caroline". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
^ "Sutton, Peter Allerton". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
^ [1]
^ "Lovett, Ernest Neville". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
^ "Rodgers, Harold Nickinson". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
^ "Hyde-Lees, Harold Montagu". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
^ "Kitching, Harold Montagu". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
^ "Peck, Michael David Saville". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
^ "Prior, Christopher". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
^ "Crwoder, Norman Harry". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
^ "Knowles, Graeme Paul". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
^ Southern Daily Echo — Archdeacon Peter is man for new era (Accessed 21 December 2015)
^ Diocese of Portsmouth — New Archdeacon for Portsmouth and Havant^{[permanent dead link]} (Accessed 21 December 2015)
^ "Lowson, Chris". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
^ "Grenfell, Joanne Woolway". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
^ "New Bishop of Stepney announced". 7 May 2019.
^ "Diocese of Portsmouth - News - New Archdeacon of Portsdown is appointed".
^ "Hancock, Peter". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
^ "Collins, Gavin Andrew". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
^ "Diocesan Announcements - Diocese of Portsmouth".

[1] "No. 33269". The London Gazette. 26 April 1927. p. 2672.

[2] "No. 23810". The London Gazette. 22 December 1871. pp. 5716–5717.

[3] "No. 33018". The London Gazette. 6 February 1925. pp. 843–845.

[4] Diocese of Lincoln – Who's Who Archived 4 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 14 January 2014)

[5] Royal College of Surgeons Biographies – McDougall, The Rev Francis Thomas (1817–1886) (Accessed 16 January 2014)

[6] "Haigh, Henry". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[7] "Macarthur, James". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[8] "Church news". Church Times (#2997). 2 July 1920. p. 10. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 20 September 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.

[9] "Tugwell, Lewen Greenwood". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[10] "McKew, Robert". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[11] "Weekes, Christian William Hampton". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[roberts-12] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Roberts, Edward James Keymer". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[13] "Cory, Alexander". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[tiarks-14] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Tiarks, Geoffrey Lewis". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[scruby-15] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Scruby, Ronald Victor". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2011 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[16] "Carpenter, Frederick Charles". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[17] "Turner, Antony Hubert Michael". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[18] "Banting, (Kenneth) Mervyn (Lancelot Hadfield)". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[reader-19] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Reader, Trevor Alan John". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[20] "Baston, Caroline". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[21] "Sutton, Peter Allerton". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

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[23] "Lovett, Ernest Neville". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[24] "Rodgers, Harold Nickinson". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[25] "Hyde-Lees, Harold Montagu". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[26] "Kitching, Harold Montagu". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[27] "Peck, Michael David Saville". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[28] "Prior, Christopher". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[29] "Crwoder, Norman Harry". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2007 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[30] "Knowles, Graeme Paul". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[31] Southern Daily Echo — Archdeacon Peter is man for new era (Accessed 21 December 2015)

[32] Diocese of Portsmouth — New Archdeacon for Portsmouth and Havant^{[permanent dead link]} (Accessed 21 December 2015)

[lowson-33] "Lowson, Chris". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[34] "Grenfell, Joanne Woolway". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[35] "New Bishop of Stepney announced". 7 May 2019.

[36] "Diocese of Portsmouth - News - New Archdeacon of Portsdown is appointed".

[37] "Hancock, Peter". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[38] "Collins, Gavin Andrew". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[39] "Diocesan Announcements - Diocese of Portsmouth".

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show v t Archdeacons in the Diocese of Portsmouth
Isle of Wight	Francis McDougall Henry Haigh James Macarthur, Bishop of Southampton Lewen Tugwell Robert McKew Hampton Weekes Edward Roberts Alexander Cory Geoffrey Tiarks Ron Scruby Freddie Carpenter Tony Turner Mervyn Banting Trevor Reader Caroline Baston Peter Sutton Peter Leonard
Portsmouth (until 1999) & Portsdown (since 1999)	Neville Lovett Harold Rodgers Harold Hyde-Lees Arthur Kitching Edward Roberts Michael Peck Geoffrey Tiarks Christopher Prior Ron Scruby Norman Crowder Graeme Knowles Chris Lowson (became Archdeacon of Portsdown) Chris Lowson, Archdeacon of Portsdown Trevor Reader, Archdeacon of Portsdown Joanne Grenfell, Archdeacon of Portsdown Jenny Rowley, Archdeacon-designate of Portsdown
The Meon	Peter Hancock Gavin Collins Will Hughes (acting)

show v t Anglican Diocese of Portsmouth
Portsmouth Cathedral
Office holders	Rob Wickham, Acting Bishop of Portsmouth and Bishop of Edmonton AEO: Norman Banks, Bishop suffragan of Richborough Anthony Cane, Dean of Portsmouth Peter Leonard, Archdeacon of the Isle of Wight Jenny Rowley, Archdeacon-designate of Portsdown Will Hughes, Acting Archdeacon of The Meon
Historic offices	Provost of Portsmouth (1927–2000; see Dean of Portsmouth) Archdeacon of Portsmouth (1924–1999)