The Archdeacon of Exeter is a senior ecclesiastical officer of the
Diocese of Exeter in the
Church of England. The modern diocese is divided into four archdeaconries: the archdeacon of Exeter supervises clergy and buildings within the area of the Archdeaconry of Exeter.
History
The first recorded archdeacon of Exeter occurs in 1083, around the time when archdeacons were first appointed in Britain. Around that time, the Diocese of Exeter was divided into four archdeaconries: Exeter,
Cornwall,
Totnes (or Totton) and
Barnstaple (or Barum). This configuration of archdeaconries within the diocese remained for almost 800 years, until the creation of the independent
Diocese of Truro from the Cornwall archdeaconry.[1] On 22 March 1918, the archdeaconries were reconfigured and the
Archdeaconry of Plymouth created from Totnes archdeaconry.[2] Presently, the diocese operates an informal 'area scheme' such that responsibility for roughly half the diocese is delegated to each suffragan bishop: special oversight is given to the
Bishop of Crediton for the Barnstaple and Exeter archdeaconries and to the
Bishop of Plymouth for the Plymouth and Totnes archdeaconries.[3]
^Matthew, H. C. G.; Harrison, B., eds. (23 September 2004),
"Eva fitz Harding - his mum", The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford: Oxford University Press,
doi:
10.1093/ref:odnb/54454, retrieved 17 August 2023
The Archdeacon of Exeter is a senior ecclesiastical officer of the
Diocese of Exeter in the
Church of England. The modern diocese is divided into four archdeaconries: the archdeacon of Exeter supervises clergy and buildings within the area of the Archdeaconry of Exeter.
History
The first recorded archdeacon of Exeter occurs in 1083, around the time when archdeacons were first appointed in Britain. Around that time, the Diocese of Exeter was divided into four archdeaconries: Exeter,
Cornwall,
Totnes (or Totton) and
Barnstaple (or Barum). This configuration of archdeaconries within the diocese remained for almost 800 years, until the creation of the independent
Diocese of Truro from the Cornwall archdeaconry.[1] On 22 March 1918, the archdeaconries were reconfigured and the
Archdeaconry of Plymouth created from Totnes archdeaconry.[2] Presently, the diocese operates an informal 'area scheme' such that responsibility for roughly half the diocese is delegated to each suffragan bishop: special oversight is given to the
Bishop of Crediton for the Barnstaple and Exeter archdeaconries and to the
Bishop of Plymouth for the Plymouth and Totnes archdeaconries.[3]
^Matthew, H. C. G.; Harrison, B., eds. (23 September 2004),
"Eva fitz Harding - his mum", The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford: Oxford University Press,
doi:
10.1093/ref:odnb/54454, retrieved 17 August 2023