David Sharples AKC (born 17 March 1958) is a retired priest who served as Archdeacon of Rochdale[1] and former Archdeacon of Salford.[2]

He was educated at King's College London and ordained after a period of study at the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield in 1983.[3] After a curacy at St Mary the Virgin, Prestwich he was Vicar of St Anne's, Royton from 1987 to 2002; and Director of Ordinands for the Anglican Diocese of Manchester from 2002.[4]

He retired effective 31 March 2024.[5]

A keen supporter of Manchester City, he is married with two sons.

References

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  1. ^ Diocesan web-site
  2. ^ "manchester.anglican". Archived from the original on 18 December 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  3. ^ Crockfords on-line accessed 18 June 2013 20:38 GMT
  4. ^ ‘Sharples, David John’, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 18 June 2013
  5. ^ "David Sharples — Notice of Retirement". Diocese of Manchester. Archived from the original on 1 April 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2024.