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.

v t e Diocese of Durham
Durham Cathedral Auckland Castle Prince-Bishops Durham Castle
Office holders	Bishop of Durham (vacant) Sarah Clark, Bishop suffragan of Jarrow and acting Bishop of Durham AEO: Stephen Race, Bishop suffragan of Beverley & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Philip Plyming, Dean of Durham Rick Simpson, Archdeacon of Auckland Libby Wilkinson, Archdeacon of Durham Katherine Bagnall, Archdeacon of Sunderland
Historic offices	Bishop suffragan of Berwick (16th century) Archdeacon of Northumberland (until 1882; now in Newcastle) Archdeacon of Lindisfarne (1842–1882; now in Newcastle)