Archdeacon of Bradford

The Archdeacon of Bradford is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Leeds. The archdeaconry was originally created within the now-defunct Diocese of Bradford by Order in Council on 25 February 1921.^[1]

As Archdeacon she or he is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy^[2] within four area deaneries: Airedale, Bowling & Horton, Calverley and Otley.^[3]

Since the creation of the Diocese of Leeds^[4] on 20 April 2014, the archdeaconry forms the Bradford episcopal area under the Area Bishop of Bradford.^[5]

List of archdeacons

• 1921–1928: William Stanton Jones
• 1928–1932: Cecil Wilson (also Provost of Bradford, 1930–1931)
• 1932–1934: Frederick Ackerley
• 1934–1953: Sidney Lowe
• 1953–1957: Kenneth Kay
• 1957–1965: Hubert Higgs
• 1965–1977: William Johnston
• 1977–1984: Frank Sargeant
• 1984–1999: David Shreeve
• 1999–2004: Guy Wilkinson
• 2004–2015: David Lee
• Alistair Helm (Acting)
• 17 January 2016–present:^[6] Andy Jolley^[7]