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The '''Archdeacon of Lancaster''' is a senior [[ecclesiastical]] officer within the [[Diocese of Blackburn]]. Originally created in the [[Anglican Diocese of Manchester|Diocese of Manchester]] it became part of the new Diocese of Blackburn in 1926.

As Archdeacon, they are responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy <ref>Meakin, T. ''ABCD: a basic church dictionary''. Norwich: Canterbury Press, 2001 {{ISBN|978-1-85311-420-5}}</ref> within the seven [[Rural Dean|area deaneries]]: Blackpool, Garstang, Kirkham, Lancaster & Morecambe, Poulton, Preston and Tunstall.

The post was created, simultaneously with [[Anglican Diocese of Manchester|Manchester diocese]], from the [[Archdeaconry of Chester]] on 31 August 1847<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=20769 |date=31 August 1847 |pages=3157–3160  }}</ref> but remained unfilled until 1870; and is currently vacant.

==List of archdeacons==
*1847–1870: ''Post vacant''
*1870–1895 (ret.): [[William Hornby (priest)|William Hornby]]<ref name="british-history">{{cite web
| url        = http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53257
| title      = A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 8
| publisher  = British History Online
| access-date = 16 June 2012
}}</ref> (1810–1899)<ref>{{Who's Who
| title=Hornby, William
| id = U187265
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2007 online
| access-date = 30 August 2013 
}}</ref>
*1896–1905 (res.): [[Arthur Clarke (priest)|Arthur Clarke]]<ref>{{cite web
| url        = http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53272
| title      = A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 8
| publisher  = British History Online
| access-date = 16 June 2012
}}</ref><ref>{{Who's Who
| title=Clarke, Arthur Frederic
| id = U207540
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2007 online
| access-date = 30 August 2013 
}}</ref>
*1905–1909 (d.): [[William Bonsey]]<ref name="british-history" /> (1845–1909)<ref>{{Who's Who
| title=Bonsey, William
| id = U183897
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2007 online
| access-date = 30 August 2013 
}}</ref>
*1909–1936 (d.): [[Phipps Hornby (priest)|Phipps Hornby]] (1853–1936; son of William)<ref>[http://www.birley.org/Hornby/Descendants%20of%20Phipps%20Hornby/b6340.htm Descendants of Phipps Hornby: Phipps Hornby] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030048/http://www.birley.org/Hornby/Descendants%20of%20Phipps%20Hornby/b6340.htm |date=2016-03-04 }}</ref><ref>{{Who's Who
| title=Hornby, Phipps John
| id = U211488
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2007 online
| access-date = 30 August 2013 
}}</ref>
:''The archdeaconry was transferred from the diocese of Manchester to the newly created diocese of Blackburn by Order-in-Council on 12 November 1926.''<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33220 |date=12 November 1926 |page=7321 }}</ref>
*1936–1950 (d.): [[Henry Fosbrooke]]<ref>{{Who's Who
| title=Fosbrooke, Henry Leonard
| id = U225543
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 30 August 2013 
}}</ref>
*1950–1954 (res.): [[Benjamin Pollard]], [[Anglican Bishop of Lancaster|Bishop suffragan of Lancaster]]<ref>{{Who's Who
| title=Pollard, Benjamin
| id = U54021
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2007 online
| access-date = 30 August 2013 
}}</ref>
*1955–1959 (res.): [[Gordon Fallows]]<ref>{{Who's Who
| title=Fallows, (William) Gordon
| id = U154345
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 30 August 2013 
}}</ref>
*1959–1966 (ret.): [[Charles Lambert (Archdeacon of Lancaster)|Charles Lambert]] (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)<ref>{{Who's Who
| title=Lambert, Charles Henry
| id = U166149
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 30 August 2013 
}}</ref>
*1966–1980 (ret.): [[Geoffrey Gower-Jones]] (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)<ref>{{Who's Who
| title=Gower-Jones, Geoffrey
| id = U164676
| type = was
| volume = 1920–2008
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 30 August 2013 
}}</ref>
*1981–1997 (ret.): [[Ken Gibbons]] (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)<ref>{{Who's Who
| title=Gibbons, Kenneth Harry
| id = U17022
| volume = 2013
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 30 August 2013 
}}</ref>
*1997–1999 (res.): [[Robert Ladds]] (afterward [[Bishop of Whitby|Bishop suffragan of Whitby]])<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/l/20036/Robert%20Sidney+LADDS.aspx| title = The Rt Rev Robert Ladds | publisher= Debretts| access-date = 16 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Who's Who
| title=Ladds, Robert Sidney
| id = U39532
| volume = 2013
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 30 August 2013 
}}</ref>
*1999–2005 (res.): [[Colin Williams (priest)|Colin Williams]] (afterwards archdeacon emeritus; born 1952)<ref>{{Who's Who
| title=Williams, Colin Henry
| id = U39932
| volume = 2013
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 30 August 2013 
}}</ref>
*2005–2010 (res.): [[Peter Ballard]] (born 1955)<ref>{{Who's Who
| title=Ballard, Peter James
| id = U151545
| volume = 2013
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 30 August 2013 
}}</ref>
*March 2011{{snd}}22 September 2019 (res.):<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.blackburn.anglican.org/news/242/archdeacon-of-lancaster-set-to-move-to-o|title=Archdeacon of Lancaster set to move to one of England's top Cathedrals &#124; the Diocese of Blackburn}}</ref> [[Michael Everitt]]<ref>{{Who's Who
| title=Everitt, Michael John
| id = U254629
| volume = 2013
| edition = December 2012 online
| access-date = 30 August 2013 
}}</ref>
**13 April 2017{{snd}}present: Simon Cox, Temporary Assistant Archdeacon<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170706024412/http://www.blackburn.anglican.org/clergy-moves Diocese of Blackburn — Clergy Moves] (Archived from [http://www.blackburn.anglican.org/clergy-moves the original], 6 July 2017; accessed 23 June 2018)</ref>
*4 February 2020{{snd}}present: [[David Picken]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.blackburn.anglican.org/news/312/the-new-archdeacon-of-lancaster-is-annou|title=The new Archdeacon of Lancaster is announced &#124; the Diocese of Blackburn}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Archdeacons of Lancaster}}
{{Diocese of Blackburn}}
{{Archdeacons in the Church of England}}

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[[Category:Lists of Anglicans|Lancaster]]
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