Patrick Evans (priest)

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Patrick Evans is a Church of England clergyman, born in 1943. He trained originally to become a solicitor and then worked in marketing and sales management, before training for ordination at Lincoln Theological College and becoming Vicar of St Mildred's, Tenterden and Area Dean of West Charing.

He then became Archdeacon of Maidstone and Diocesan Director of Ordinands, posts he held until 2002, and then from 2002 to his retirement in March 2007 he was Archdeacon of Canterbury in the Church of England.^[1]^[2] From 1989 to 2007 he was also an Honorary Canon of Canterbury Cathedral. Before becoming Archdeacon of Maidstone.

He is co-chairman of Canterbury and Rochester Church in Society and has also served as a trustee and board member of numerous Church associations and several secular charities.

References[]

^ "First woman archdeacon for Canterbury". Metro (British newspaper). 28 April 2007. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
^ "Three-minute silence across Europe". The Times. 4 January 2005. Retrieved 11 January 2011.

Church of England titles
Preceded by Michael Percival Smith	Archdeacon of Maidstone 1989–2002	Succeeded by Philip Down
Preceded by John Pritchard	Archdeacon of Canterbury 2002–2007	Succeeded by Sheila Watson

v t Archdeacons of Maidstone
William Lyall Benjamin Harrison Benjamin Smith Henry Spooner John Macmillan Karl Sopwith Alexander Sargent Julian Bickersteth Gordon Strutt Michael Nott Thomas Prichard Niel Nye Michael Percival Smith Patrick Evans Philip Down Stephen Taylor

v t Archdeacons of Canterbury
High Medieval	John Walter Roger de Pont L'Évêque Thomas Becket Geoffrey Ridel Herbert Poore Philip of Poitou Henry Sandford Simon Langton / William Middleton Richard de Ferings
Late Medieval	Simon de Faversham John Bruton Robert de Stratford Pierre Roger Simon Islip Thomas Butiller Richard Clifford Robert Hallam Angelo Cardinal Acciaioli John Wakering / Prospero Cardinal Colonna
Early modern	William Warham Nicholas Harpsfield Edmund Gheast Edmund Freke William Redman Charles Fotherby William Kingsley George Hall William Sancroft Samuel Parker John Battely Thomas Green Thomas Bowers Samuel Lisle Sir John Head John Lynch
Late modern	Houstonne Radcliffe Hugh Percy James Croft Edward Parry Rodney Eden William Walsh Leonard White-Thomson Edward Hardcastle Karl Sopwith Alexander Sargent Michael Nott Bernard Pawley John Simpson Michael Till John Pritchard Patrick Evans Sheila Watson Philip Down & Stephen Taylor, Joint Acting Jo Kelly-Moore

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