David Anthony Picken (born Hednesford, Staffordshire, 5 June 1963) is a British Anglican priest. Since 2020, he has served as the Archdeacon of Lancaster; he previously served as Archdeacon of Newark since 2012.[1]

Picken was educated at Kingsmead School, Hednesford and the University of London. He was firstly a teacher of Religious Studies; then ordained deacon in 1990, and priest in 1991.[2] After a curacy in Worth, West Sussex he was Team Vicar and Hospital Chaplain in Wordsley then Team Rector of High Wycombe[3]

References

  1. ^ "David Picken - Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham". southwell.anglican.org. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  2. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008–09 p 642 London, Church House Publishing, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7151-1029-4
  3. ^ ‘PICKEN, Ven. David Anthony’, Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016 ; online edn, Nov 2016
Church of England titles Preceded byNigel Peyton Archdeacon of Newark 2012–2020 Succeeded byTBA Preceded byMichael Everitt Archdeacon of Lancaster 2020–present Incumbent


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