Archdeacon of Tonbridge
Church of England ecclesiastical office
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The Archdeacon of Tonbridge is a senior ecclesiastical officer in charge of the Archdeaconry of Tonbridge in the Church of England Diocese of Rochester. The archdeaconry was created from Rochester archdeaconry by Order in Council on 4 April 1906.[1]
The archdeaconry covers 6 deaneries, namely Malling, Paddock Wood, Sevenoaks, Shoreham, Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells.[2]
List of archdeacons
- 1906–18 June 1925 (d.): Avison Scott, Vicar of St James's Tunbridge Wells (first archdeacon)[3]
- 1925–1940 (ret.): Leonard Savill (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[4]
- 1940–1953 (ret.): William Gray,[5][better source needed] Vicar of St Nicholas, Rochester (until 1942) then Vicar of Kippington (until 1952; afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[6]
- 1953–1976 (ret.): Maples Earle,[7] Rector of Wrotham (until 1959) then Vicar of Shipbourne (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[8]
- 1977–1995 (ret.): Richard Mason,[9] Vicar of Edenbridge (until 1983) then Minister of St Luke's Sevenoaks (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)[10]
- 1996–2002 (ret.): Judith Rose[11][12]
- 2002 – 31 July 2017:[13] Clive Mansell[2][14]
- 24 September 2017[15] – 19 July 2021: Julie Conalty[16] (became Bishop of Birkenhead)[17]
- 16 January 2022[18] – October 2024 (res.): Sharon Copestake[19]
- 23 February 2025 – present: Nick Cornell[20]