The Archdeacon of Oakham is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Anglican Diocese of Peterborough.Diocesan web site As such, they are responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy"ABCD: a basic church dictionary" Meakin, T: Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2001 within its six rural deaneries: Corby, Higham, Kettering, Oundle, Peterborough and Rutland.Crockford's on line accessed Sunday 4 December 2011 19:43 GMT
The archdeaconry was created by splitting the Archdeaconry of Northampton on 29 June 1875; the archdeaconry has remained part of Peterborough diocese since its creation.
List of archdeacons 1875–1879 (res.): Lord Alwyne Compton (became Dean of Worcester) 1880–18 September 1906 (d.): Prideaux Lightfoot 1906–1918 (res.): Edward Moore 1918–1923 (res.): Walter Whittingham (became Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich) 1924–1934 (res.): Arthur Greaves (became Sub-Dean of Lincoln) 1934–1936 (res.): Frank Partridge (became Bishop of Portsmouth) 1936–1945 (ret.): Norman Lang, Assistant Bishop of Peterborough 1946–1966 (ret.): Norman Millard (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) 1967–1977 (ret.): Frank Towndrow (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) 1977–1999 (ret.): Bernard Fernyhough (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) 2000–2011 (ret.): David Painter (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) 25 February 2012Peterborough Cathedral – Welcome Service for the new Archdeacon of Oakham (Accessed 1 August 2014)30 November 2021 (ret.): Gordon Steele (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) 6 February 2022 present: Alison Booker
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