Archdeacon of Manchester

The Archdeacon of Manchester is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England in Greater Manchester.

The archdeaconry of Manchester was established on 29 September 1843^[1] a few years before the Diocese of Manchester (on 1 September 1847.)^[2] The archdeaconry was therefore initially, for the time being, established in the Diocese of Chester.

List of archdeacons

Archdeacons of Manchester
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
25 October 1843	1854 (res.)	John Rushton
2 September 1854	1 July 1867 (d.)	Robert Master	Died in office.
1867	1870 (res.)	Richard Durnford
1870	1890 (res.)[3]	George Anson	Son of William Anson.
1890	1905 (res.)	James Wilson	[4]
1905	1 February 1909 (d.)	Foster Blackburne	[5] Died in office.
1909	1909 (res.)	John Wright	[6] Elected Anglican Archbishop of Sydney.
1909	1916 (res.)	Willoughby Allen	[7]
1916	17 June 1934 (d.)	Noel Aspinall	[8] Died in office.
1934	1966 (ret.)	Selwyn Bean	Grandson of New Zealand prime minister Richard Seddon via his mother was Jennie Seddon Bean; afterwards archdeacon emeritus.[9]
1966	1972 (res.)	Hetley Price	[10]
1972	1980 (ret.)	Arthur Ballard	[11]
1980	1998 (ret.)	Brian Harris	[12]
1998	2004 (ret.)	Alan Wolstencroft	Afterwards archdeacon emeritus.[13]
2005	2009 (ret.)	Andrew Ballard	[14]
24 May 2009	2016	Mark Ashcroft	[15]
14 May 2017	present	Karen Lund	[16]