Archdeacon of Oakham

The Archdeacon of Oakham is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Anglican Diocese of Peterborough.^[1] As such, they are responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy^[2] within its six rural deaneries: Corby, Higham, Kettering, Oundle, Peterborough and Rutland.^[3]

The archdeaconry was created by splitting the Archdeaconry of Northampton on 29 June 1875; the archdeaconry has remained part of Peterborough diocese since its creation.^[4]

List of archdeacons

• 1875–1879 (res.): Lord Alwyne Compton (became Dean of Worcester)^[5]
• 1880–18 September 1906 (d.): Prideaux Lightfoot^[6]
• 1906–1918 (res.): Edward Moore^[7]
• 1918–1923 (res.): Walter Whittingham (became Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich)^[8]
• 1924–1934 (res.): Arthur Greaves (became Sub-Dean of Lincoln)^[9]
• 1934–1936 (res.): Frank Partridge (became Bishop of Portsmouth)^[10]
• 1936–1945 (ret.): Norman Lang, Assistant Bishop of Peterborough^[11]
• 1946–1966 (ret.): Norman Millard (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[12]
• 1967–1977 (ret.): Frank Towndrow (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[13]
• 1977–1999 (ret.): Bernard Fernyhough (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[14]
• 2000–2011 (ret.): David Painter (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[15]
• 25 February 2012^[16] – 30 November 2021 (ret.): Gordon Steele^[17] (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[18]
• 6 February 2022   present: Alison Booker^[19]