Archdeacon of Auckland

The archdeaconry of Auckland is a post in the Church of England Diocese of Durham. It was created from the Archdeaconry of Durham by Order-in-Council on 23 May 1882,^[1] when the Diocese of Newcastle was created from Durham's other two archdeaconries.

List of archdeacons

June – November 1882: Henry Watkins^[2]
1882-1907: Robert Long^[3]
1908-1914: Edwin Price
1914–1928: Percy Derry^[4]
1929–1936: Alfred Rawlinson, Canon of Durham and bishop's examining chaplain (afterwards Bishop of Derby)
1936–1943: Leslie Owen (Bishop suffragan of Jarrow from 1939; afterwards Bishop suffragan of Maidstone and Bishop of Lincoln)
1944–1949: Colin Dunlop, Bishop suffragan of Jarrow (afterwards Dean of Lincoln)
1950–1958: John Ramsbotham, Bishop suffragan of Jarrow
1958–1973: Charles Stranks
1974–1983: George Marchant
1983–1993: Derek Hodgson (afterwards Archdeacon of Durham)
1993–2001: Granville Gibson
2001–2006: Ian Jagger (afterwards Archdeacon of Durham)
2007–2017:^[5] Nick Barker
18 February 2018 – present:^[6] Rick Simpson

^ "No. 25110". The London Gazette. 23 May 1882. pp. 2393–2394.
^ SGD.83/1 (Accessed 30 May 2014)
^ "No. 27743". The London Gazette. 13 December 1904. pp. 8543–2394.
^ Yorkshire Post, 11 December 1922, p.9, column g: installed as a canon residentiary in addition, holding both posts up to his death
^ "Resignations and retirements". Church Times. No. 8049. 23 June 2017. p. 32. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
^ "New Archdeacon of Auckland Announced | Durham Diocese". Archived from the original on 30 October 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.