The Archdeacon of Bradford is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Leeds. The archdeaconry was originally created within the now-defunct Diocese of Bradford by Order in Council on 25 February 1921.
As Archdeacon she or he is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy"ABCD: a basic church dictionary" Meakin, T: Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2001 within four area deaneries: Airedale, Bowling & Horton, Calverley and Otley.
Since the creation of the Diocese of LeedsThe Church of England – Synod approves new Diocese of Leeds for West Yorkshire and The Dales on 20 April 2014, the archdeaconry forms the Bradford episcopal area under the Area Bishop of Bradford.Moving towards a new diocese for West Yorkshire and the Dales (Accessed 9 July 2013)
List of archdeacons 1921–1928: William Stanton Jones 1928–1932: Cecil Wilson (also Provost of Bradford, 1930–1931) 1932–1934: Frederick Ackerley 1934–1953: Sidney Lowe 1953–1957: Kenneth Kay 1957–1965: Hubert Higgs 1965–1977: William Johnston 1977–1984: Frank Sargeant 1984–1999: David Shreeve 1999–2004: Guy Wilkinson 2004–2015: David Lee Alistair Helm (Acting) 17 January 2016–present: (Accessed 31 January 2016) Andy JolleyDiocese of Leeds — Archdeacon of Bradford appointed (Accessed 13 July 2016)
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