The archdeacons in the Diocese of Portsmouth are senior ecclesiastical officers in the Church of England in south-east Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. They currently include: the Archdeacon of the Meon, the Archdeacon of the Isle of Wight and the Archdeacon of Portsdown. Each one has responsibility over a geographical area within the diocese, providing organisational leadership and pastoral support to clergy within their area.

History

The Anglican Diocese of Portsmouth was created on 1 May 1927^[1] from the Diocese of Winchester's archdeaconries of the Isle of Wight and of Portsmouth, which had been created in that diocese on 22 December 1871^[2] and 6 February 1925 respectively.^[3]

In November 1999, the Portsmouth archdeaconry was split in two: Lowson remained as Archdeacon of Portsdown and a new Archdeacon of the Meon was appointed.^[4]

List of archdeacons

Archdeacons of the Isle of Wight[edit]

The archdeaconry was created in Winchester diocese, split from Winchester archdeaconry, in 1871.

1874–16 November 1886 (d.): Francis McDougall (also assistant bishop)^[5]
1886–7 September 1906 (d.): Henry Haigh^[6]
1906–2 February 1922 (d.): James Macarthur (also Bishop suffragan of Southampton until 1920; afterwards assistant bishop for the island)^[7]^[8]
1922–1928 (res.): Lewen Tugwell^[9]

Wight archdeaconry has been part of Portsmouth diocese since the latter's creation in 1927.

1929–1936 (ret.): Robert McKew^[10]
1937–31 August 1948 (d.): Hampton Weekes^[11]
1948–1952 (res.): Edward Roberts^[12]
1952–1961 (ret.): Alexander Cory (afterward archdeacon emeritus)^[13]
1961–1965 (res.): Geoffrey Tiarks^[14]
1965–1977 (res.): Ron Scruby^[15]
1977–1986 (res.): Freddie Carpenter (afterward archdeacon emeritus)^[16]
1986–1996 (ret.): Tony Turner (afterward archdeacon emeritus)^[17]
1996–2003 (ret.): Mervyn Banting (afterward archdeacon emeritus)^[18]
2003–2006 (res.): Trevor Reader^[19]
2006–2011 (res.): Caroline Baston^[20]
2011–2018 (res.): Peter Sutton^[21]
18 May 2019 – 2022 (res.):^[22] Peter Leonard
22 January 2023 – present: Steve Daughtery (also Vicar of Bembridge)^[23]

Archdeacons of Portsmouth[edit]

1925–1927 (res.): Neville Lovett^[24]
1927–1936 (res.): Harold Rodgers^[25]
1937–1945 (res.): Harold Hyde-Lees^[26]
1945–1952 (res.): Arthur Kitching (also an assistant bishop)^[27]
1952–1956 (res.): Edward Roberts^[12]
1956–1964 (res.): Michael Peck^[28]
1965–1969 (res.): Geoffrey Tiarks^[14]
1969–1977 (ret.): Christopher Prior (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[29]
1977–1985 (ret.): Ron Scruby (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[15]
1985–1993 (ret.): Norman Crowder (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[30]
1993–1999 (res.): Graeme Knowles^[31]
February – November 1999: Chris Lowson^[32]^[33] (became Archdeacon of Portsdown)^[34]

In November 1999, the archdeaconry of Portsmouth was split into Portsdown and the Meon.

Archdeacons of Portsdown[edit]

November 1999–2006: Chris Lowson (previously Archdeacon of Portsmouth)
2006–2013 (ret.): Trevor Reader^[19]
14 April 2013 – 3 July 2019 (res.): Joanne Grenfell^[35] (became Bishop of Stepney)^[36]
3 July 2019 – present: vacant
2020-January 2024: Jenny Rowley^[37]

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Archdeacons of the Meon[edit]

1999–2010 (res.): Peter Hancock^[39]
11 September 2011 – 28 January 2021: Gavin Collins^[40]
28 January 2021 – 2 July 2023 (Acting): Will Hughes^[41]
2 July 2023 – present: Kathryn Percival^[42]^[43]

References

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^ "No. 33018". The London Gazette. 6 February 1925. pp. 843–845.
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^ "McKew, Robert". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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^ "Baston, Caroline". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Sutton, Peter Allerton". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Diocese of Portsmouth - News - Archdeacon of the Isle of Wight to step down". Diocese of Portsmouth. 9 January 2022. Archived from the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
^ "New Archdeacon of the Isle of Wight appointed". Diocese of Portsmouth. 7 December 2022. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
^ "Lovett, Ernest Neville". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Rodgers, Harold Nickinson". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Hyde-Lees, Harold Montagu". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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^ "Knowles, Graeme Paul". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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^ "Grenfell, Joanne Woolway". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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^ "Diocese of Portsmouth - Archdeacon of Portsdown to step down".
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^ "Collins, Gavin Andrew". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 16 January 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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^ "New Archdeacon of the Meon appointed". Diocese of Portsmouth. 19 March 2023. Archived from the original on 20 March 2023. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
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v t e Archdeacons in the Diocese of Portsmouth
Isle of Wight	Francis McDougall Henry Haigh James Macarthur, Bishop of Southampton Lewen Tugwell Robert McKew Hampton Weekes Edward Roberts Alexander Cory Geoffrey Tiarks Ron Scruby Freddie Carpenter Tony Turner Mervyn Banting Trevor Reader Caroline Baston Peter Sutton Peter Leonard Steve Daughtery
Portsmouth (until 1999) & Portsdown (since 1999)	Neville Lovett Harold Rodgers Harold Hyde-Lees Arthur Kitching Edward Roberts Michael Peck Geoffrey Tiarks Christopher Prior Ron Scruby Norman Crowder Graeme Knowles Chris Lowson (became Archdeacon of Portsdown) Chris Lowson, Archdeacon of Portsdown Trevor Reader, Archdeacon of Portsdown Joanne Grenfell, Archdeacon of Portsdown Jenny Rowley, Archdeacon-designate of Portsdown
The Meon	Peter Hancock Gavin Collins Will Hughes (acting) Kathryn Percival

v t e Anglican Diocese of Portsmouth
Portsmouth Cathedral Bishopsgrove, Fareham Portsmouth Diocesan Office
Office holders	Jonathan Frost, Bishop of Portsmouth AEO: Bishop suffragan of Richborough (vacant) & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Anthony Cane, Dean of Portsmouth Jenny Rowley, Archdeacon-designate of Portsdown Steve Daughtery, Archdeacon of the Isle of Wight Kathryn Percival, Archdeacon of the Meon
Historic offices	Provost of Portsmouth (1927–2000; see Dean of Portsmouth) Archdeacon of Portsmouth (1924–1999)

Archdeacons in the Church of England

Current

northern province	Auckland Blackburn Bolton Bradford Carlisle Chester Cleveland Doncaster Durham East Riding (York) Halifax Lancaster Leeds Lindisfarne Liverpool Knowsley and Sefton Macclesfield Man Manchester Newark Nottingham Northumberland Pontefract Richmond and Craven Rochdale St Helens and Warrington Salford Sheffield and Rotherham Stoke Sunderland Walsall West Cumberland Westmorland and Furness Wigan and West Lancashire York (West Riding)
southern province	Ashford Aston Barnstaple Barking Bath Bedford Berkshire Birmingham Bodmin Boston Bournemouth Brighton & Lewes Bristol Bromley & Bexley Buckingham Cambridge Canterbury Chelmsford Charing Cross ("Two Cities") Cheltenham Chichester Colchester Cornwall Coventry ("Archdeacon Pastor") Croydon Derby City and South Derbyshire Derbyshire Peak and Dales Dorchester Dorking Dorset Dudley East Derbyshire Eastern Archdeaconry (Europe) Exeter France Germany and Northern Europe Gibraltar Gloucester Hackney Hampstead Harlow Hastings Hereford Hertford Horsham Huntingdon and Wisbech Ipswich Isle of Wight Italy and Malta Lambeth Leicester Lewisham & Greenwich Lichfield Lincoln London Loughborough Ludlow Lynn Maidstone Malmesbury The Meon Middlesex Norfolk North West Europe Northampton Northolt Norwich Oakham Oxford Plymouth Portsdown Reigate Rochester St Albans Salop/Shropshire (Lichfield diocese) Sarum Sherborne Southend Southwark Stansted Stow and Lindsey Sudbury Suffolk Surrey Switzerland Taunton Tonbridge Totnes Wandsworth Warwick ("Archdeacon Missioner") Wells West Ham Westminster Wilts Winchester Worcester
non-territorial	Military archdeacons: Royal Navy, Army, Royal Air Force Prison Service "Archdeacon Missioner" (see Warwick) & "Archdeacon Pastor" (see Coventry) Rural Mission (Eds & Ips diocese)

Former

England

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Spain (or the Peninsula) and North Africa