Church of England ecclesiastical office
TheArchdeacon of Leicester is a senior ecclesiastical officer in theChurch of England Diocese of Leicester .
The first archdeacon of Leicester is recorded before 1092 – around the time when archdeacons were first appointed in England – in theDiocese of Lincoln . He was one of eight archdeacons appointed by the bishop:Lincoln ,Huntingdon ,Northampton ,Oxford ,Buckingham ,Bedford andStow .
In theVictorian era reforms, the archdeaconry became part ofPeterborough diocese on 1 May 1839[ 1] [ 2] and, on 12 November 1926, the modernDiocese of Leicester was founded from Leicester and Loughborough archdeaconries and part of the archdeaconry of Northampton.[ 3]
List of archdeacons [ edit ] ^ "No. 19538" .The London Gazette . 5 September 1837. pp. 2334– 2337.^ Robert K. Forrest, 'Marsh, Herbert (1757–1839)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2012Accessed 31 Aug 2013 ^ "No. 33220" .The London Gazette . 12 November 1926. pp. 7321– 7322.^ "Archdeacons deprived under Queen Elizabeth" (PDF) . Retrieved10 June 2012 .^ "Mitchinson, John" .Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920– 2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved3 September 2013 .(Subscription orUK public library membership required.) ^ "Stocks, John Edward" .Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920– 2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved3 September 2013 .(Subscription orUK public library membership required.) ^ "MacNutt, Frederick Brodie" .Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920– 2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved3 September 2013 .(Subscription orUK public library membership required.) ^ "Matthews, Cecil Lloyd" .Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920– 2008 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved3 September 2013 .(Subscription orUK public library membership required.) ^ "Edwards, Irven David" .Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920– 2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved3 September 2013 .(Subscription orUK public library membership required.) ^ "Cole, Ronald Berkeley" .Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920– 2008 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved3 September 2013 .(Subscription orUK public library membership required.) ^ "Silk, (Robert) David" .Who's Who . Vol. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved3 September 2013 .(Subscription orUK public library membership required.) ^ "Edson, Michael" .Who's Who . Vol. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved3 September 2013 .(Subscription orUK public library membership required.) ^ "Diocese of Leicester – Archdeacon of Leicester to be Bishop of Bedford" . Diocese of Leicester. 4 March 2012. Archived fromthe original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved17 April 2013 .^ "Bedford, Bishop Suffragan of" .Who's Who . Vol. 2013 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved3 September 2013 .(Subscription orUK public library membership required.) ^ "Diocese of Leicester News" . Diocese of Leicester. 2 October 2012. Archived fromthe original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved17 April 2013 .^ [1] [permanent dead link ] ^ "New Area Deans for Rochdale and Salford & Leigh" .Diocese of Manchester . 6 May 2025. Archived fromthe original on 3 June 2025. Retrieved4 June 2025 .^ "Richard Worsfold — Notice of Appointment" .Diocese of Manchester . 14 August 2025. Archived fromthe original on 6 October 2025. Retrieved6 October 2025 .^ "Richard Trethewey" .Diocese of Leicester . 3 August 2025. Archived fromthe original on 3 October 2025. Retrieved7 October 2025 .Greenway, Diana E. (1977),Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300 , vol. 3, pp. 32– 35 King, H.P.F. (1962),Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541 , vol. 1, pp. 12– 13 Horn, Joyce M.; Smith, David M. (1999),Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857 , vol. 9, pp. 18– 20 Horn, Joyce M. (1996),Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857 , vol. 8, p. 124 Cocks, Terence."The Archdeacons of Leicester 1092–1992" (PDF) . Retrieved15 January 2012 . Le Neve, John ;Hardy, Sir Thomas Duffus (1854).Archdeacons of Leicester . Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae. Vol. 2. Oxford:Oxford University Press . pp. 59–63 – viaWikisource .
High Medieval Late Medieval Early modern Late modern
Office holders Historic offices
Office holders Historic offices
Office holders Selected deaneries Historic offices
Current
Former
England Archdeacons in the Diocese in Europe : The AegeanBelgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands Europe Italy Malta Northern France the Riviera Scandinavia Scandinavia and Germany South-Eastern Europe Spain (or the Peninsula) and North Africa