Archdeacon of Aston

The Archdeacon of Aston is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Birmingham.

The Archdeacon is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy^[1] within the archdeaconry's three deaneries: Aston and Sutton Coldfield, Coleshill and Polesworth, and Yardley and Solihull.

The post was created from the Archdeaconry of Birmingham by Order-in-Council on 23 October 1906^[2] and is currently held by Phelim O'Hare, who was collated at Aston Parish Church on 14 July 2024.^[3][4]

List of archdeacons

• 1906–1912 (res.): Mansfield Owen^[5]
• 1912–1913 (res.): Walter Hobhouse^[6]
• 1913–1920 (res.): George Gardner^[7]
• 1920–1938 (res.): Harold Richards^[8]
• 1938–1946 (res.): Henry McGowan (afterwards Bishop of Wakefield)^[9]
• 1946–1954 (res.): Michael Parker (afterwards Bishop suffragan of Aston)^[10]
• 1954–1955: vacant
• 1955–2 October 1964 (d.): Maxwell Dunlop^[11]
• 1965–1977 (ret.): Francis Warman (afterward archdeacon emeritus)^[12]
• 1977–1982 (res.): Donald Tytler (afterwards Bishop suffragan of Middleton)^[13]
• 1982–1990 (res.): John Cooper^[14]
• 1990–2003 (ret.): John Barton^[15] (afterward archdeacon emeritus)
• 2005–25 January 2014 (res.): Brian Russell^[16][17]
• 16 November 2014 – 30 September 2022 (res.):^[18] Simon Heathfield^[19]
• 14 July 2024 – present: Phelim O'Hare^[3][4]