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The Archdeacon of Aston is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Birmingham.

The Archdeacon is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within the archdeaconry's three deaneries: Aston and Sutton Coldfield, Coleshill and Polesworth, and Yardley and Solihull.

The post was created from the Archdeaconry of Birmingham by Order-in-Council on 23 October 1906 and is currently held by Phelim O'Hare, who was collated at Aston Parish Church on 14 July 2024.

List of archdeacons

• 1906–1912 (res.): Mansfield Owen
• 1912–1913 (res.): Walter Hobhouse
• 1913–1920 (res.): George Gardner
• 1920–1938 (res.): Harold Richards
• 1938–1946 (res.): Henry McGowan (afterwards Bishop of Wakefield)
• 1946–1954 (res.): Michael Parker (afterwards Bishop suffragan of Aston)
• 1954–1955: vacant
• 1955–2 October 1964 (d.): Maxwell Dunlop
• 1965–1977 (ret.): Francis Warman (afterward archdeacon emeritus)
• 1977–1982 (res.): Donald Tytler (afterwards Bishop suffragan of Middleton)
• 1982–1990 (res.): John Cooper
• 1990–2003 (ret.): John Barton (afterward archdeacon emeritus)
• 2005–25 January 2014 (res.): Brian Russell
• 16 November 2014 – 30 September 2022 (res.): Simon Heathfield
• 14 July 2024 – present: Phelim O'Hare

References

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2. "No. 27960". The London Gazette. 23 October 1906. pp. 7089–7090.
3. ^ Birmingham, Church of England. "Archdeacon of Aston announced - Church of England Birmingham". www.cofebirmingham.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
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6. "Hobhouse, Walter". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 March 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
7. "Gardner, George Lawrence Harter". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 March 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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11. "Dunlop, Maxwell Tulloch". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 March 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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13. "Tytler, Donald Alexander". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (December 2012 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 March 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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17. Diocese in Europe – From Aston to Oslo Archived 2014-03-17 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 8 November 2013)
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19. Diocese of Birmingham – Notification of Appointments, 8 September 2014 Archived 14 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 13 September 2014)

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