Archdeacon of Lynn

The Archdeacon of Lynn is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Norwich.

As archdeacon is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy ^[1] within the area deaneries. The archdeaconry of Lynn was created from those of Norwich and of Norfolk on 28 August 1894.^[2]

List of archdeacons

• 1894–1903 (res.): Arthur Lloyd, Bishop suffragan of Thetford^[3]
• 1903–6 January 1926 (d.): John Bowers, Bishop suffragan of Thetford^[4]
• 1926–1946 (ret.): Harry Radcliffe (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[5]
• 1946–1953 (ret.): John Woodhouse, Bishop suffragan of Thetford^[6]
• 1953–28 September 1956 (d.): William Musselwhite^[7]
• 1957–1961 (ret.): Percival Smith (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[8]
• 1961–1972 (ret.): William Llewellyn (also first Bishop suffragan of Lynn from 1963)^[9]
• 1973–1980 (res.): Aubrey Aitken, Bishop suffragan of Lynn^[10]
• 1980–1987 (ret.): Geoffrey Grobecker (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[11]
• 1987–1998 (res.): Tony Foottit^[12]
• 1999–2009 (ret.): Martin Gray (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[13]
• 2009–2018 (ret.): John Ashe^[14]
• 9 September 2018 – 2022 (ret.): Ian Bentley^[15] (retired shortly before death, 31 May 2022)^[16]
• 1 October 2022 – present: Catherine Dobson^[17]