Archdeacon of Canterbury
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The Archdeacon of Canterbury is an office-holder in the Diocese of Canterbury in the Church of England. Like other archdeacons, he or she is an administrator in the diocese at large (having oversight of parishes in roughly half the diocese) and is a Canon Residentiary of the cathedral.
The Archdeacon of Canterbury, however, has additional significance beyond that of other archdeacons: he or she is traditionally sent by the Archbishop of Canterbury to act at his representative elsewhere, particularly at enthronement ceremonies for new diocesan bishops in the Archbishop's Province of Canterbury.
The present incumbent is Patrick Evans, who is due to retire in March 2007 and be succeeded by Sheila Watson.
[edit] Selected office-holders
- Roger de Pont L'Evêque
- Thomas Becket
- John Lawrence Pritchard, 1996-2002
- Patrick Evans, 2002-2007
- Sheila Watson, archdeacon-elect
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