TheArchdeaconry of Surrey is the ecclesiastical officer in charge of the archdeaconry of Surrey, a subdivision of theChurch of EnglandDiocese of Guildford in theProvince of Canterbury.
The whole archdeaconry was historically in thediocese of Winchester; thebishop of Winchester had a principal residence atFarnham Castle inSurrey. So the archdeacon was alsorector ofSt Andrew's Church, Farnham and usedFarnham as a centre from which to administer the churches in the area.[1]
On 1 May 1927[2] it was separated from thediocese of Winchester and became thediocese of Guildford. On 17 August 1928, thearchdeaconry of Dorking was formed out of the archdeaconry of Surrey byOrder in Council.[3] Today Surrey has those same two archdeaconries.
The archdeaconry of Surrey is further subdivided into deaneries: Aldershot, Cranleigh, Farnham, Godalming, Guildford and Surrey Heath.[4]
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